Our funeral director told us to use shaving cream and rinse with water to clean headstones. It worked really well on my parent's stones. Darlene Almer Longview, WA <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.

Shaving cream leaves behind an oily residue that attracts damaging bacteria and will eventually flake off layers of the stone. The only thing that should be used on a tombstone is plain water. The Association of Gravestone Studies has more on this subject. http://www.gravestonestudies.org/ Mary Douglass, CG [email protected] wrote: > Our funeral director told us to use shaving cream and rinse with water to > clean headstones. It worked really well on my parent's stones. > > Darlene Almer > Longview, WA > <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free > email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at > http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > __________ NOD32 2094 (20070304) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > > > -- Mary Douglass, CG Your Kansas research specialist URL: www.historical-matters.com