Stearic acid and palmitic acid are both organic acids, which means that they are weak acids. This is in sharp contrast to mineral acids like hydrochloric acid and sulfuric acid, which are strong acids. As you might imagine, weak acids do not have the same characteristics as strong acids, in spite of the fact that the people at savinggraves like to pretend that they are the same in an effort to persuade people that shaving cream is evil. Brock Way --- cumyns4211 <[email protected]> wrote: > In fairness to this debate on whether to use or not > to use shaving > cream.......Would you mind expanding on the safe > guards of using shaving > cream on tombstones. I'm not a chemist, any idea > what stearic acid and > palmitic > acid is? I asked Jeves, he gave me the British point > of view. We all know > what happen to the Brits, > ole George sent them a packing a few years back. > > By the way this e-address at "Savingsgraves", > [email protected], someone seemed > to have pull the plug on it. > > Good hunting, > > Doug > > > Where is the evidence? > > (Now watch a hundred people e-mail the doctrine from > savinggraves and association for gravestone studies, > neither of which provide any *evidence*, but rather > only provide a rationale under the PRESUMPTION that > shaving cream causes harm.) > > Brock Way > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brock Way" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 1:10 AM > Subject: [MSATTALA] shaving cream for inscriptions - > evidence of damage? > > > > There is no evidence that shaving cream causes > harm. > > This is an old wives tale. And to prove that there > is > > no evidence...watch this: > > > > Where is the evidence? > > > > (Now watch a hundred people e-mail the doctrine > from > > savinggraves and association for gravestone > studies, > > neither of which provide any *evidence*, but > rather > > only provide a rationale under the PRESUMPTION > that > > shaving cream causes harm.) > > > > Brock Way > > > > Donna Drake wrote: > > > > I've never heard of using chalk and don't know if > it > > would damage headstone but shaving cream will > cause damage. > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources > site! > > http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ > > > > > > ==== MSATTALA Mailing List ==== > > Before forwarding any Virus Warnings or Chain > Letters to anyone, check > > them out at: http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/ Also, > please Visit the Attala > > County Rootsweb site at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~msattala/ > > > > > > > > ==== MSATTALA Mailing List ==== > Were you aware that a portion of the Diary of Judge > Jason Niles is available online at the Attala County > American Local History Network site? > http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ms/county/attala/jasonniles.htm/ > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Make Yahoo! your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

Thanks Brock for the acid info. I'm sure we all know that cemetery tombstones/markers are the personal and private property of the deceased family members. Doug