I think it is too bad that some cemetery caretakers (who should know better) believe in these old wives tales. The idea that shaving cream can cause harm to tombstones is a myth that was exploded long ago, in spite of the fact that a lot of websites with names that seem like they should be authoritative say to the contrary. � Shaving cream simply does NOT harm the tombstone, and if washed away, does NOT leave any residue. Think about it - the principle solvent in the can is water (it is the #1 ingredient), and the other ingredients do not partition in the can. So how could the same ingredients magically become insoluble in the SAME solvent when applied in even greater volume later? That notion simply defies the laws of physics. � Moreover, I have seen a lot of claims of shaving cream doing harm to specific tombstones. But whenever I see the pictures of the stones, it is always the case that the imperfections in the stone are CLEARLY caused�by some other process(es), most usually carbonation and hydrolysis. I even saw one case where a guy showed some pictures claiming to represent shaving cream damage - yet he didn't seem to think it was important to inform the viewer of the pictures that the tombstones in question had recently been involved in a raging brushfire - shameless! � Brock Way � ��� In the cemetery that we took pictures of my husband ancestors the � caretaker came up to us and made sure we were not using shaving cream, he � even took us and showed us a few headstones that had been around since the � early 1800's that someone had used shaving cream on and you could see the � damage, it had eaten right into the stone, and in a few more years nothing � is going to show on these headstones, sad really they stood the test of time � and along comes someone with a can of shaving cream and in a few years all � record is going to be gone. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail