How Moss-Covered Gravestones Are Deep Cleaned | Deep Cleaned | Insider

Ryan from Healing Headstones volunteers to deep clean gravestones covered in moss, mold, dirt, grime, and other debris. He begins by spraying down the stone, then he scrapes and brushes off layers of debris.

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[RebelJew]

Did this as a job before. I liked it because it was oddly relaxing to me. I “talked” to each and every person at each headstone as I cleaned it. Obviously they didn’t respond back, but still someone to talk to. Talked to each one by their names, talked about different things. Awesome job and awesome people to work with.

[ButacuPpucatuB]

This is a tremendously wonderful service. When I hurried my aunt and nan, I didn’t anticipate such problems with their headstone. And on top of keeping the moss away, people steal the flowers we leave behind. Ridiculous! So thanks for keeping the headstones clean and visible.

[denisegreene]

As someone who goes and cleans my parents gravestone every 4 months I appreciate that this gentleman cleans forgotten stones. My parents mattered and I honor them by visiting and keeping their stone clean and legible.

[SWog]

I appreciate people who do this kind of work. It's very sad to see cemetery plots that look like they've been forgotten. This honors the memory of those people.

[pineapplefox]

As a biology student, I have to mention that while there is also moss on the headstones, most of what is shown is actually lichen! Lichen is a fungi-cyanobacteria or algae symbiosis. Lichen and moss often grow together, but lichen can withstand dryer conditions, like bare, sun-exposed stone.

[Tis_I_SirJames]

What an honorable thing to do and you did a remarkable job.

[Dreamfuture]

I spent a summer doing this kind of cleaning in the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris. We were working on really old gravestones and 19th century chapels. The stones would have a loss treatment and some scrubbing mostly, in harder cases sand blasting for deeper cleaning, without removing material too much. The chapels were trickier, we had to wrap them with some cloth mixed with chemicals to dissolve the black particle of pollution from a century of coal/gas pollution. We just did it in an effort to preserve and respect the cemetery and its content, and it’s just rewarding and humbling to do this, so kuddos to this guy working hard to restore stones!

[kimberlypatton]

Horticulturist here..This is very important to preserve the headstones, since the moss that grows on the stone exudes an acid type substance that erodes the stone...It is just the nature of things, but rain and weather blow dust and soil particles into the wet stone, which then hosts the moss spores - also locked up into air by wind and rain - into the damp base on the headstones.

[IrishAnnie]

It’s actually not moss. It’s lichens. It is both an algae and fungus. They both support each other with the moisture on the stone. There are 17, 000 different kinds of lichen and they cover 7% of the earths surface, they give off oxygen. Over time, they do harm the stone by breaking it down with micro roots. You did a great job with these stones. They are just beautiful! Thank you.

[Bringthewinter]

What’s really remarkable is that he does such a good job while working within the natural environment and weather elements of the gravestones, since it’s not like he can remove them to take back to a workshop or warehouse to do the work under more controlled conditions.

[okybzig]

What a respectful position and service offered. As a person that has a lineage of people who's gravestones were pillaged and destroyed I can NOT thank you enough. May the angles and the dead bless you 🙏 ✨ 🙌 😌

[VirginiaTombstoneRevival]

My son and I recently began doing this on all of the children’s graves we saw while visiting my moms one day….my son said it made him feel so good we are going to make it a monthly thing.

[katelarouche]

I feel that the moss growing naturally over the headstone is a more peaceful means letting go. Old cemeteries are the most solemn holy places to me because the human stamp has faded away and there's just a field of greening stones.

[allisonharranmua]

You are doing such a good service to honor those who have passed on.

[candyh]

That is a beautiful thing you are doing for their memory, everytime someone walks past and thinks the name or says the name out loud that person is remembered, it is a beautiful thing 🙏

[cynthiaspencer]

This is so sweet of you. For some the families are long gone and cannot look after the site.

[FluffyBunny]

I'd actually like to make a living restoring gravestones. I love being inside graveyards. I even plan on moving into one someday.

[ozzymd]

You're an awesome person doing this, you must have every person whose headstone you've cleaned looking after you ! 😇😇😇😇😇😇

[melissawright]

As a dental hygienist, I cannot express to you how satisfying this is.

[ChrundleTGreat]

Thank you for doing this!! You are truly an angel for taking care of these stones!