Past Preservation

10/16/2025

I got home from work tonight and realized I had to pour a new concrete base for a headstone I’m repairing later this week… it was light out when I started but quickly got dark making it much harder to work. Man do I miss the days of summer when it stayed light until 9:30pm!

10/15/2025

Is there anyone out there that understands Y-DNA that would be willing to take a look at something for me? I have no idea what I’m doing!

10/14/2025

It’s amazing what you can accomplish in 5 minutes with some water, soft brushes and a little D/2 biological solution.

10/13/2025

What a great little video! Thank you Dennis for sharing your passion with everyone and most of all thank you for defending our freedom!

10/13/2025

With the season coming to a close soon I am reflecting back on the years work… I am most proud of this project from this season. It was by chance that I was able to work on this monument. I just happened to be traveling to the area a few days after someone contacted me about it. I agreed to bring the monument home and work on it. The only other option the family had been given was to replace it which was not an acceptable option for me! It took some time and great attention to detail… but in the end I think it turned out great!

10/12/2025

Whether you are looking to clean your ancestors gravestones or start volunteering in your local cemetery look no further than D/2 biological solution. The most trusted and time tested headstone cleaning solution in America. You can also visit my Linktree and find distributors in Canada and the UK! Dont get caught up buying random headstone cleaners on Amazon or other places… use the proven materials that you know will work and cause no harm!

This material will kill and remove biological growth from stone and will not harm the stone! The final result within a few weeks to months after initial treatment will leave you flabbergasted! The best part about it is that after treatment it will continue to inhibit growth and leave the monument looking good.

10/12/2025

Whether you are looking to clean your ancestors gravestones or start volunteering in your local cemetery look no further than D/2 biological solution. The most trusted and time tested headstone cleaning solution in America. You can also visit my Linktree and find distributors in Canada and the UK! Dont get caught up buying random headstone cleaners on Amazon or other places… use the proven materials that you know will work and cause no harm!

This material will kill and remove biological growth from stone and will not harm the stone! The final result within a few weeks to months after initial treatment will leave you flabbergasted! The best part about it is that after treatment it will continue to inhibit growth and leave the monument looking good.

10/07/2025

I was asked to repair this stone that had fallen over a few years earlier. It belonged to one of the earliest pastors of the German Lutheran Church in Bay City’s West side. Over the years the base had sunken into the sandy soil and broken. Luckily I was able to repair the base and set the stone back into it.

10/07/2025

The first photo was taken in December of 2009… the second photo was taken on July 1st 2025 after a light cleaning! Just goes to show that it doesn’t take long for these monuments to get dirty!

10/07/2025

The photo on the left was taken in December of 2009… the photo on the right was taken on July 1st 2025 after a light cleaning! Just goes to show that it doesn’t take long for these monuments to get dirty!

10/07/2025

Some very good points made in this post… remember preservation is about doing no harm. It’s not fast and it’s very often not easy. If you are doing the fast and easy method you are doing something wrong.

🪦😵‍💫A grave mistake: Using a pressure washer to clean a headstone.

I have recently noticed that more gravestones in my local cemetery have been cleaned with a pressure washer. While they look great and provide instant gratification, let me tell you the downside of this method.

1. The psi is too harsh; it can erode the stone's surface, cause flaking, destroy carved details, and wear down the inscription.

2. Forcing water into small cracks can allow environmental elements, such as lichen, to grow inside the stone, causing your memorial to deteriorate faster from the inside out.

3. The Association for Gravestone Studies does not recommend this method.

When treated with care, I can achieve the same results without the risk. 🪦❤️