Millennial Stone Cleaner

The Products I Use

You’ll find on this page most of the products I use when I’m out working in the cemetery, and that I recommend to fellow cemetery volunteers.

Tools & Brushes

Marshalltown Pointing Trowel

Mix and place mortars, trim putty, very versatile.

Marshalltown Pointing Trowel

Mix and place mortars, trim putty, very versatile.

Marshalltown Tuck Pointer

Helpful for mortar and epoxy infill work.

Snips

Use to trim lead wedge into smaller pieces.

Pro Shovel

We all dig in cemeteries, right?

Sledge Hammer

Used to break apart and remove failed foundations.

Hammer

You will find this useful as you use your chisel.

Brick Hammer

It is helpful when removing mortar and is versatile.

Tombstone Jack

A high powered jacking system for leveling headstones.

Brushes

Soft bristle brushes are required for cleaning.

Plastic Scraper

Helpful for cleaning biological growth.

Wire Brushes

Wire brushes are only ever used on surfaces where you will be bonding, never on an area that will be visible.

Cleaners & Treatments

D/2 Biological

Currently the dominant and most widely used biological cleaner by conservators.

Akemi Longlife

This is a similar formulation because it is also a quaternary ammonia product like D/2.

Wet and Forget

This is a similar formulation because it is also a quaternary ammonia product like D/2.

Rust Remover

Removes light surface rust staining

Tree sap, Silicone, Tape

Graffeti Remover

Easily removes graffiti and is safe on all surfaces.

Rust Remover

Removes light surface rust staining

Epoxies & Adhesives

Monument Setting Compound

Used as an adhesive in the joints of stacked monuments.

Domo 10

Versatile stone epoxy.

Wedge Lead

Serves as a spacer in the joint of stacked monuments.

5010

Versatile stone epoxy that will not turn yellow with exposure to UV light.

2030

Versatile stone epoxy.

Landscaping & Gardening

Tamper

Critical to creating a solid gravel base.

Truegrid

A replacement for concrete foundations.

Chisel

Required for removing old mortar.

Soil Probe

Used when searching for buried fragments of stone and foundations.

Pry Bar

Required for moving stone using leverage.

Lifting, Rigging & Safety

Slings

Required to lift the stone, use in pairs.

Hoist

Used with a tripod to move stone.

Wedge Lead

Serves as a spacer in the joint of stacked monuments.

More Categories & Products

Lime Mortar

Use to set tablet stones in keyways as well as the joints in stacked monuments.