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 on hard surfaces. However, 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 the mold from the surfaces when you use bleach to kill them, which means that it will re-emerge after a short while.
When cleaning many cemetery headstones and markers over the years, we have found that D/2 (Biological Solution) works best in our business. Still, it requires some contact scrubbing and rinsing equipment to see a promptly marked difference. This will destroy the mold spores or roots, keeping them from coming back.
We recommend that most plot owners use a less aggressive method: Wet&Forget, available at most stores. This effortless and quick procedure will also weather the mold away over time.
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 on hard surfaces. However, 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 the mold from the surfaces when you use bleach to kill them, which means that it will re-emerge after a short while.
When cleaning many cemetery headstones and markers over the years, we have found that D/2 (Biological Solution) works best in our business. Still, it requires some contact scrubbing and rinsing equipment to see a promptly marked difference. This will destroy the mold spores or roots, keeping them from coming back.
We recommend that most plot owners use a less aggressive method: Wet&Forget, available at most stores. This effortless and quick procedure will also weather the mold away over time.
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.
