headstone cleaning
Headstone Cleaning *
Do Not Clean Your Headstone without the appropriate equipment and cleaner. Often household cleaners will not work; they do more damage!
NEVER BLEACH !!
If not carefully researched, an attempt to clean a gravestone will result in more damage. Also, you will need permission from the cemetery to do any work. But if you would like to do your own cleaning. Ask for help from someone to show you. :-)
BLACK MOLD
Yes, bleach can kill black mold. Although mold grows on moist surfaces, you can use bleach to destroy it growing on hard surfaces. It would be best not to use bleach to kill mold that grows on absorbent or porous surfaces because mold on absorbent materials spreads its roots deep. You only wipe it from the surfaces when you use bleach to kill them, which means that it will re-emerge after a short while.
We find what works best in our business when cleaning many cemetery headstones and markers over the years is D/2 (Biological Solution). Still, it requires some contact scrubbing and rinsing equipment to see a promptly marked difference that will destroy the spores or roots of the mold, keeping it from coming back.
We recommend most plot owners use a less aggressive method using Wet&Forget, available at most stores, for an effortless and quick procedure that will also, over time, will weather the mold away.
Clause: Because of the uneven surface and texture, ceramic or engraved pictures, and custom artwork available on monuments and headstones, the bio cleaning and removal of stains, mold, fungus, mildew, lichens, and air pollutants from cemetery monuments/headstones will require further removal by the biological nature over time.
Typically Black Mold (Stachybotrys chartarum) can take up to a year in nature to disappear from the surface.
Do Not Clean Your Headstone without the appropriate equipment and cleaner. Often household cleaners will not work; they do more damage!
NEVER BLEACH !!
If not carefully researched, an attempt to clean a gravestone will result in more damage. Also, you will need permission from the cemetery to do any work. But if you would like to do your own cleaning. Ask for help from someone to show you. :-)
BLACK MOLD
Yes, bleach can kill black mold. Although mold grows on moist surfaces, you can use bleach to destroy it growing on hard surfaces. It would be best not to use bleach to kill mold that grows on absorbent or porous surfaces because mold on absorbent materials spreads its roots deep. You only wipe it from the surfaces when you use bleach to kill them, which means that it will re-emerge after a short while.
We find what works best in our business when cleaning many cemetery headstones and markers over the years is D/2 (Biological Solution). Still, it requires some contact scrubbing and rinsing equipment to see a promptly marked difference that will destroy the spores or roots of the mold, keeping it from coming back.
We recommend most plot owners use a less aggressive method using Wet&Forget, available at most stores, for an effortless and quick procedure that will also, over time, will weather the mold away.
Clause: Because of the uneven surface and texture, ceramic or engraved pictures, and custom artwork available on monuments and headstones, the bio cleaning and removal of stains, mold, fungus, mildew, lichens, and air pollutants from cemetery monuments/headstones will require further removal by the biological nature over time.
Typically Black Mold (Stachybotrys chartarum) can take up to a year in nature to disappear from the surface.
