Regarding "sidewalk chaulk" Maureen Taylor says in her site: http://www.genealogy.com/64_gravestones.html "Cleaning the Stone Cleaning a cemetery stone is a controversial topic. The first rule of conservation and preservation is to cause no damage. Unfortunately, by using household cleaners, chalk and shaving cream to enhance the lettering you may injure the surface in ways that are not readily apparent. Caution should be used before you destroy what you set out to preserve". What could be "more harmless" than ol' white chaulk ? But, when you come to think of it, what is used to "color" sidewalk chaulk? and what do the marketers of "side walk chaulk" care about grave stones ? Maureen Taylor tells you how to do it at: http://www.genealogy.com/64_gravestones.html RWD Thanks to Bill Lathan & Maureen Mead