With the permission of and under the direction of the sextant of The Rural Cemetery, Stockton, CA., we applied shaving cream to several of 'my' family headstones for photographic purposes approximately 4 years ago. The sextant said he would monitor them to see if there was any degradation. To date, he has not notified me that there was any damage caused by the use of shaving cream. George I just attended a DAR meeting. Our speaker was there speaking about the old ranch cemeteries in Texas. She said styrofoam works great on the stones and doesn't damage the stone. Alice ==== MO-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett [email protected] ============================== New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429