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Headstone Cleaning
Straight answers about exterior cleaning, written for Southeast Missouri conditions. No fluff, no scare tactics, no pressure — except the kind on the truck.
Cleaning veterans’ markers before Memorial Day
Every spring, ahead of Memorial Day, we set aside time to clean veterans' markers at no charge. It is the same conservation-grade headstone and monument cleaning we sell the rest of the year, pointed at stones that have earned it — and this is how it works if you would like a marker included.
Read post →What D/2 is and why conservators use it
D/2 Biological Solution is the cleaner the National Park Service and the Department of Veterans Affairs use on government headstones — a quaternary ammonium biocide that kills stone-dwelling growth without acids, bleach or salts. When conservation headstone cleaning names its chemistry, this is it.
Read post →Why bleach is the worst thing for a grave marker
Bleach makes a headstone whiter for a season and weaker forever — the salts it leaves inside the stone crystallise and break the surface apart from within. It is the most common well-intentioned damage in any cemetery, and the reason proper headstone cleaning uses conservation chemistry instead.
Read post →How to clean a headstone without damaging it
Soft brush, clean water, a conservation-grade biological cleaner, and patience — that is the entire safe method. Everything harsher damages stone that cannot be replaced, which is why headstone cleaning follows conservation practice rather than cleaning instinct.
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