Hi Peggy, My suggestion would be to contact the Henry County Monument Works company there in Paris. I don't think it would hurt it. Tilex has just done wonders on every old monument, and I have done many. Keith [email protected] wrote: You may live near some of my relatives and friends. I grew up in McKenzie. Three of my four cats are from McKenzie and one is named McKenzie, but I haven't lived near there in many years. Does the Tilex do anything to erode the old marble? I guess bleach and water would probably do the same thing, but I worry that it might be too caustic. Of course, I don't really know anything about stone or chemicals, but a lifetime of housework makes me wonder. Tilex doesn't hurt ceramic or porcelain, but I am not sure about marble. Have you checked back to see what happened over time? Just wondering. I wouldn't want to do anything that would harm the tombstones, but I sure do like time saving and convenience. Thanks for the suggestion. Peggy ==== TNHENRY Mailing List ==== NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, politicalannouncements, 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] ============================== You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish.

The problem I see with Tilex and shaving cream is not that it might hurt marble. I doubt that it would, but older stones were sandstone, much softer than marble. I'm afraid it would hurt them. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: Keith Pence To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 9:19 PM Subject: Re: [TNHENRY] cleaning old monuments Hi Peggy, My suggestion would be to contact the Henry County Monument Works company there in Paris. I don't think it would hurt it. Tilex has just done wonders on every old monument, and I have done many. Keith [email protected] wrote: You may live near some of my relatives and friends. I grew up in McKenzie. Three of my four cats are from McKenzie and one is named McKenzie, but I haven't lived near there in many years. Does the Tilex do anything to erode the old marble? I guess bleach and water would probably do the same thing, but I worry that it might be too caustic. Of course, I don't really know anything about stone or chemicals, but a lifetime of housework makes me wonder. Tilex doesn't hurt ceramic or porcelain, but I am not sure about marble. Have you checked back to see what happened over time? Just wondering. I wouldn't want to do anything that would harm the tombstones, but I sure do like time saving and convenience. Thanks for the suggestion. Peggy ==== TNHENRY Mailing List ==== NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, politicalannouncements, 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] ============================== You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. ==== TNHENRY Mailing List ==== NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, politicalannouncements, 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] ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237