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How To Clean A Headstone – Advice From The Artist

Posted on February 5th, 2010 by Carol

If you are planning a trip to the cemetery to clean some headstones, you should check out this advice from Roy Dixon. Roy is an authority because he designs and creates hand carved memorials for Leyda, Burrus and Metz Monument Company in Burlington, Iowa. Roy has been a regular reader of iPentimento for a while now and to show my appreciation, I would like to introduce you to his website and show you what a talented artist he is.

Just a little side note from me. I once read about an intrepid genealogist who was out in a farm field and she had the idea to use flour to make the writing on an old stone show up more clearly. This was not a very good idea though. There were cattle in the field and even though the stones had some fencing around them, the cows were crazy to get to that flour. You guessed it, they made their way through the fencing, and proceeded to lick that flour off the stones. That wouldn’t have been so bad, but it also damaged the stones and knocked some over. So, never use flour on the stones. Instead, use your common sense. Or, binoculars?

Below is an older photo of my husband’s Great Great Grandfather John Whitmore’s old headstone prior to 1997 when the Medal of Honor Society arranged for a new one to be place on his grave.

Mary E. and John Whitmore.

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5 Responses to “How To Clean A Headstone – Advice From The Artist”

background checks blog (1 comments.), on August 27th, 2008 at 7:36 AM Said:

Your advice is very timely for me. I was at a family reunion at the church next to the graves of my Grandparents and I was noticing this is already a problem. They have only been gone 14 years, but the moss is already making it hard to read the dates.

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basement flooring (1 comments.), on August 27th, 2008 at 2:52 PM Said:

he is really doing appreciable work.

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Roy Dixon (10 comments.), on August 27th, 2008 at 10:05 PM Said:

Thanks a lot, I am still working on the site, so I will try to make it better.
I appreciate your comments.

Thanks to webduck for showing you my site!
headstones (1 comments.), on November 24th, 2008 at 12:43 PM Said:

Roy does great work !
????????? ?????????? (1 comments.), on December 16th, 2008 at 12:12 AM Said:

Great article. I have this bookmarked. Thanks and best regards