Familypedia talk:Tombstone Cleaning Tips, Tricks, Techniques

I was this close to blanking the page altogether, but decided we could discuss it before doing so.

First of all, this looks like an advertisement posted by an anonymous user for Find-a-Grave which, according to one of our most prolific contributors, isn't a very good website to begin with.

Besides that, the advice given is flat-out wrong. You should NEVER touch a gravestone, especially if it's fragile. (Unless you know what you are doing, and none of us knows what we are doing - because we are not professionals.) As any geologist will tell you, caulk absorbs itself into the stone, depending on the stone and its porosity. Rainwater activates this process rather than rinses it. And in many climates, it doesn't rain enough to wash caulk away; it only rains enough to wet it. Aaarrrggghhh!!! This is terrible advice.

Don't touch the stone. Take a picture of it.

I'm the last person who should talk about this topic because I get fired-up, passionate, pedantic and I pontificate endlessly. Please consult other sources. Other good sources - NOT find-a-grave. Find-a-Grave isn't a good source because it spams other sites like Wikia.

Fervently,

Zephyrinus 01:58, 3 April 2007 (UTC)