?I second this method, but bleach very sparingly if at all; the friction and water will break up the moss. At a nearby Wal-Mart or Kroger look among the housewares for a product called SONIC SCRUBBER. I bought one and the accessory brush tip kit (total about $20) which work kind of like a battery-powered toothbrush only the brushes are bigger and more appropriate for cleaning things... like moss out of limestone gravestone grooves. Take LOTS of water in jugs if you don't have access to a pond or a garden hose. Dick K. 2562 A1a -----Original Message----- From: Don W Kincaid Sent: Friday, December 31, 2010 2:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [KINCAID] Cemetery headstone cleaning Hello all, Rick Kincaid is planning on doing some restoration work at the Falling Springs Cemetery where several Kincaid folks are buried and asked about a safe way to clean the headstones. Below is Linda Ashley's response to my request for cleaning headstones which we thought might be of help to some on the list. Happy New Year! Don A lady who recently gave a demonstration says she recommends a reasonably soft scrub brush and plain water. She says wet the whole thing down and then start brushing from the top, repeating as often as necessary. Some people use a little bleach in the water, but she says that is hard on both your hands and the stone. A bad case might require it however. If you use bleach, rinse the stone thoroughly after the brushing. That may require a lot of water carrying. Then cut away as much shade as possible and let the sunshine in! Linda ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email Guard: 7.0.0.21, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.16610) http://www.pctools.com/ =======