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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- 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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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.
I would love to do this job!
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.
Oftentimes it’s the groundskeepers that throw away the flowers.
Do you mean that when you come back next year, the flowers are gone? That's usually the groundskeepers removing the flowers to prevent them from rotting there
@@Tharmin.124 For my family, we see the flowers that we gave spread out across many other gravestones nearby. Even the ones that had flowers in them already. We think it may be the groundskeeper themselves because when we asked about it we never got a reply back and it kept happening.
To bad they don't have the best intentions. They're only doing this for views and money. Otherwise they would never do this. People suck now. And the only way to get people to do good, is if you can make money from it.
@@KeweenawPatriot edgy boomer tries to not whine about new generation being bad challenge (impossible)
your life is probably so miserable if you think that everyone is doing everything for clout
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.
that's really interesting!
Was trying to clean my mom's headstone . It was white marble. But is now covered in a grey rough growth that seems like cement ! Really tough stuff !
I’m lichen your explanation.
@Gerry yep, that sounds like crustose lichen, really solid stuff!
@@pineapplefox3673 Crustose Lichen ? Wasn't he a German war veteran !? 😁
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.
🤍
There is a small graveyard out in the woods of this nature trail in my town, some of the stones go back to when people first settled here. The stones are old but still standing. I would like to do this, But It would look bad on camera, and they do have cameras even though it is literally in the middle of nowhere 😂
@Not-user Lions don't worry themselves with opinions of sheep - Game Of Thrones
My promise my dad I go up and clean my nan grandad and grandma and uncle grave they only 2 grave so might sort it on tuesday when I get paid
It takes a special kind of person to clean other people's gravestones. Recently I have been searching for my grand grandmothers grave, so I looked at every grave at the cemetery. But... Every single time I would go near somebody else's grave I felt as if I was trespassing... Like I was not actually allowed to touch them.
What an honorable thing to do and you did a remarkable job.
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.
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.
You raise a valid point. Is permission needed ? What if the family feels as you do ?
@@eiserntorsphantomoftheoper2154. You always need permission.
@@IrishAnnie ok
Why use stones at all. Plant a tree.
Exactly! This could have been written by me word for word!❤️ Thank you.✌️❤️😊
I'd actually like to make a living restoring gravestones. I love being inside graveyards. I even plan on moving into one someday.
Oh don't worry my friend. You WILL get your wish to one day move into a graveyard. Casket and all.....😂😂😂
Bro are you good?
Find your nearest bridge and make that day today!😃 nah I'm playin, you fr crazy tho😆
@@MYZTICTRAVLER 💀💀💀
Love the humor🤣. We shall not fear death.
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.
Looks to be more lichen than moss. Lichenic acid is a good reason for lichens success as primary colonisers. Good to halt the breakdown of these headstones.
@@jeffreyobrien8056 thank you Jeffrey, I came to make the same lichen comment
Those are actually lichens.
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.
Hurrah🎉good for you two❤
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!
That's amazing! I'm thinking of writing a story for a movie with this subject. Probably a love Story between a girl who works as a tombstone cleaner and a guy who comes to visit his old parents in that town.
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.
Repent to Jesus Christ ““Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.”
Isaiah 43:18-19 NIV
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it’s remarkable he works outside?
@@freshii366 if I actually have to explain this, then you’ve never worked outside before.
@@Bringthewinter So is it remarkable that he works outside?
@@Bringthewinter my job is half inside half outside.
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.
As a dental hygienist, I cannot express to you how satisfying this is.
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 🙏 ✨ 🙌 😌
You're an awesome person doing this , you must have every person whose headstone you've cleaned looking after you ! 😇😇😇😇😇😇
That’s lichen
Its not moss. Its lichens and algae. They dissolve the minerals in the stone in order to establish a foothold attachment on the surface so they can feed and grow. Lichens are epiphytes they have no roots but derive their moisture and nutrients from the air or from organic debris that collects on a surface like the nooks and crannies of rock faces or in the crotch of trees. Eliminate their growing conditions and you solve the nuisance. Most graveyard sites are selected & designed for the peaceful repose and comfort of the visitors and not necessarily the ease of maintenence: under the shade of trees, near creek and riverbanks and in shady hollows making lichen growth unavoidable.
Aw, i like the character the moss and grime provides. When i die i hope they don't clean my tombstone.
Chances are they won’t. There are so many gravestones and only so many people doing these cleanings.
Cleaning the stones help preserve them, too. I clean stones when I do gravestone rubbings, because I want my kids and others to be able to enjoy the beautiful stones in the future.
Same. I won’t even have a gravestone. When I go, there will only be memories that will fade with time, making room for new people and new memories. Which is why I love the moss on the gravestone and that it eats the gravestone away. They SHOULD disappear. But that’s just my opinion. Some people are incapable of letting go.
@@Midori_Seabreeze I was with you… until your last sentence. Some people like that physical connection to their ancestors, and learn about the family with the help of gravestones. I’m on Find-A-Grave, and there are many people with requests for gravestone photos for a plethora of reasons. I try to help when I can- would you say that the lady looking for confirmation of her estranged father’s death via a photo of his stone was “incapable of letting go?” Or the man looking for his war buddy, who heard he was buried in a certain cemetery? For some people, that’s all they have to go on. Feel free to be pitched in an unmarked grave, wrapped in linen and surrounded by forest. But for heaven’s sake, please don’t begrudge others who might not want the same for themselves, or the people who appreciate gravestones for various reasons.
@@Midori_Seabreeze You're right, the graves of random, hard-working people should disappear only to leave behind the mausoleums of slaveowners and war criminals.
But the moss living on the gravestone is new life living where one was lost. It’s sort of heartwarming. You can see little ants crawling around, little plants growing near. Cleaning it all off makes it sterile and dead again, and nature is going to come and claim it again anyways, pretty quickly too. I guess this is mostly good for a satisfying cleaning video.
This, I feel exactly the same way.
true but when he goes in the letters it's almost like he's writing their names again and who knows when their name was last written down
Blind Lemon Jefferson: There's just one kind favor I'll ask of you, you can see that my grave is kept clean
This Guy (1 century later): You got it boss!
Nice work! I own a funeral home in northern New Jersey and there’s nothing worse than pulling up to the grave and the stone is so neglected that it can’t be read. Great job on your part.
* SUGGESTION OFFERED* Marble and some other head and footstones are very sensitive to pressure washing. Unless you know what your doing suggest you contact a professional monument company and by all means get permission to clean the stones.
Lawsuits can result if you do not. You don't want that!
I would agree that the way he's scraping at the headstones is probably going to cause too much damage over the long run.
However, when he was rinsing with water, that was not a pressure washer. That was a bucket with a hand pump on top which gently squirts out a small quantity of water, as if you were going to distribute pesticide or spray saltwater on ice.
I've owned both a pressure washer and one of those low pressure squirters. They are very different.
Gravestones are the most fun artifacts archaeologists excavate. They have a name and date, easy for us
Thank you for doing this!! You are truly an angel for taking care of these stones!
I always envied how some countries have very old graves. Most graves here in Europe are only leased for a 25 years period and then removed. An extended lease is very expensive.
I always thought that is a real shame but I guess there is less space available around here.
This is very interesting information. I didn't know you could lease a grave, in America we purchase the plot while we are alive (unless of course it is sudden then our family does) and it belongs to us forever. What is done with the remains once the 25 years is up? Are they cremated?
@@allisonharranmua8193 Yes, but actually no. Laws vary from state to state but, generally speaking, you buy the right to use the plot of land, but it remains the property of the cemetery. In most cases if the grave remains unvisited for an extended period of time (generally a couple decades) and the initial contract did not state otherwise, the cemetery CAN reclaim the rights to the plot and remove the remains/tombstone to make room for another body.
@@allisonharranmua8193 Where I live in Europe, when you die you will be assigned a spot on a local graveyard to your place of residence (your family can pay for you to be moved elsewhere than where you were assigned), you stay there for some years, until all there is left are bones, and this is checked periodically. Then you get your remains moved into small boxes in cemeteries (that are stacked similarly to lockers), and your burial place will be freed for someone else
@@Rita443 that is very interesting to learn. Typical American, I just assumed burial is the same everywhere. Thank you so much for sharing!
@@allisonharranmua8193 You're welcome, I had no idea this was different around the world either!
This is so sweet of you. For some the families are long gone and cannot look after the site.
Thank you for doing this work. I've often thought about doing it, but was always too frightened of causing damage.
Thank you for doing this service,I want to do this job
I have some very old relatives we were here 1724 and always wanted clean these old stones Tanks for the info
How does one get a job doing this? It actually sounds right up my alley as graveyards are peaceful places to me and I enjoy detailing things. I can think of a few graveyards near me that need some TLC!
0:10 Russell the mason & Lola the pagan...G and Baphomet signs...nice couple.
Ola ,esse trabalho pode ser bem digno e por vezes as campas sao esquecidas pelos familiares ou ja nao tem! Coloque mistolin para frestas de azulejos vai ver o milagres das pedras !
That's really cool of you! There an old graveyard near my house that I like to go for walks in and I've always thought that it'd be nice to clean some of them up.
I’m the only one in the comments that believes the stones looked better with the moss on them. Returning your loved ones back to nature.
You aren't the only one. Four or five think the same. Perhaps if you lost a close loved one and wanted their name here forever you would feel differently.
You are doing such a good service to honor those who have passed on.
Let’s be honest no one goes to those graves and the people who are buried there don’t really care if there graves are clean as they are dead
@@mrchihuahuaboy4306 what about the families (especially the newer headstones)
How do you know any of the dead people in those graves deserve to be honored? Dying does not automatically make a jerk into a saint.
@@smorgasbroad1132 how do you know they don't?
Those dead people will be proud
Noticed the freemasonry signs on the tombstones
On the one there is a freemason sign.
I need this! Finally found my ancestors grave in CT and it was tragically moss covered. I would love to have someone do this.
Hello Kelsey I live on the connecticut/Massachusetts border. What part of connecticut?
@@headstonesandhistory Colchester CT
@@kelseymariel2127 I would be glad to come down soon and take care of your relatives grave marker
Hi there, I live in Niantic, CT and have to clean my parent's stones.
I have so much respect to those who do service on headstones. We have a cemetery near us that I get to walk around every day and it saddens me sometimes to see how much disrespect people show to those who have passed. I'm not religious by any means but even if they're dead you have to respect them, just for the memory of them.
the classic Hyde 05530 Headstone Scraper
That's really lovely but I hope no one does it for my gravestone, I like the mossy look
Haha
The sticker on his scraper is bothering me. Scrape that off your scraper, man!
I don't know, I feel like he's destroying the history of these stones like that.
My fraternity does this once a semester and our last one wasn't as successful as we hoped it would be so I'm taking notes
Yay!!! Good for you and your fraternity brothers. Keep up the good deeds ❤❤❤
Did anyone catch the grave that he was pressure washing 15 seconds in? The couples grave, the one with the Freemason and his wife with the pentagram, and Bohemian grove like Owl and crescent moon symbol on it. I wonder where they are located out of?
I used to work at a cemetery/crematory. Headstones with those symbols are very common. They could be from anywhere. I don't know where you see an Owl, but the crescent moon looking symbol is most likely the "Rebekahs" symbol which is an Order of Odd Fellows thing. The pentagram is also most-likely a masonic symbol connected to the "Order of the Eastern Star."
@@endoranddeath6481 Oh, cool I had no idea what it was. I actually used to explore cemeteries a lot when I was younger. Believe it or not I've actually been to a secrete/private odd fellows cemetery, to gain entrance you have to bring flowers to put on a grave, I knew I had seen that symbol somewhere. Used to be into the occult/secrete society stuff when I was younger and knew a lot more back then, my grandfather was a member of many fraternal orders OTO, Freemasons, and probably many more obscure ones lost to time and or firmly held to secrecy.
@@lanceuppercut8220 A lot of old cemeteries are going to have fraternal order symbols all around. The cemetery I worked at could be traced back to the beginning of the 20th century, so there was a lot of stuff around. One of the most unique ones I saw was the shiners order symbol. Its a crescent moon, star and sword that dates back to an ancient Arabic secret order.
Awesome job Ryan 👌
The reason stones get like this is because every single person who knew these deceased individuals is dead themselves. 99% of the time they are monuments to strangers.
Even if they are your relatives you never met them, they died before you were born.
I know it won't happen but I asked to be cremated, my ashes dumped in a hole, and a cottonwood tree planted in that hole. They young people who knew me will hopefully see an enormous cottonwood tree when they are old. "That's grandpa's tree." Then after they die, there will still be a tree and many other trees that were produced by Grampa's tree.
WAOU 🤩 !!! BRAVO 👏 pour ce geste, cette si belle action... Félicitations et surtout MERCI 😘. (France 🇫🇷).
Vielen herzlichen Dank!!!!!
Wunderbare Arbeit!!!!!!
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 🙏
A very noble effort. God bless you.
I love this. I love cemeteries. My family on both sides have been cemetary caretakers for generations. They were small country cemeteries mostly. I learned respect at a young age for were people are laid to rest. My family adopted the old Victorian tradition of picnicking in cemetary on Memorial weekend viewing it more as a park.
My great grandfather taught me how to use paper and charcoal to copy the beautiful faces of a stone to use as a memory of that person. I have cleaned stone at the country cemetary I helped care for.
Omg that's such a beautiful memory. I would love to hear more about this, what kind of work does caretaking of cemeteries involve?
Imagine cleaning and then the owner turns up and says "Thank you for cleaning my home"
You can tell that every one of them was once loved. You’ll be forgotten no matter what you do.
This is why video games like Power Washer simulator exist. This is satisfying to watch.
I appreciate your work but the most speaks to me. It represents the passage of time.
Доброе дело делаете. У моей бабушки надгробие из нержавеющей стали сделано. Это отличительная примета могил 80-90 годов в нашем городке во времена СССР. Потому что тогда работал военный завод химического машиностроения.
Big Respect 🫡 for this work 🙏🏻✝️
Bizda O'zbekistonda hech qaysi qabr toshlari bunday holatga kelmaydi. Chunki vaqti-vaqti bilan marhumning yaqinlari mozorga borib habar olib, tilovat qilishadi va tozalab turishadi. Marhumning hech kimi bo'lmagan taqdirda, mozorda doim tozalab,tekshirib yuruvchi inson bo'ladi.
Thank you for your service 👍
Does this not make it worse reexposing it to the elements? I feel like some of this should protect it.
Храни вас Бог 🙏❤
Much respect for him and others who clean head stones. Families pay good money and they are often forgotten through the years.
Is there a certain headstone that surprised you like an extremely old one or in another way grabbed your attention? 🤔🥰
I hope no one ever does this to my relatives gravestones
Thank you for your thoughtful service. Need more thoughtful and kind souls like yourself sir God bless
My grandpa was like a lot of old people his age were, not a fantastic parent, not emotionally responsible, but I truly believe his poor reactions were bred from his upbringing, and the upbringing of that generation. He would go, every year, and buy the soil or sand or whatever necessary, out of his own money to go straighten the headstones at the local old graveyard that was super unkempt. Every year out of pocket for no pay. Seeing these videos every now and again always makes me think of doing the same like he did, I wish he was alive when I was growing up so he could have showed me how to do these types of things! He's in a military graveyard so his is plenty kempt, it's nice to think at least all those years of him taking care of strangers headstones is being repaid
So satisfying
Probably would advise against using bleach especially on marble, right? I was thinking about that for future use but someone please let me know if that’s a bad idea? Thanks
It's a bad idea.
Please contact someone at the cemetery office before doing this stuff. Wire brushes, cleansers, scrapers, these can all do damage to the stones. There are organizations that work to restore, repair, and maintain stones and cemeteries- if there isn't one near you, search for one online. It's important to get advice from people who are familiar with the types of stones you want to clean, because conditions are not the same everywhere. What might be appropriate in Indiana could be very detrimental in Louisiana. Please don't rush into it without learning the right way to do it.
Merry Christmas, gravestone 🪦
This is best of the video never seen
I’d love to get into doing this!! Are there people all over the country that do it? I’m in Arizona…..
Let the freemason ones deteriorate. Dont waste your time.
Amazing work ❤
Why on earth would you clean such a pretty romantic mossy gravestone? It's so gothic! You break my heart...
There is irony, that gravestones are intended to remember about somebody, but they are misdesigned in terms of cleanability.
Nice work they look amazing 👍👌
Мой хороший, моё почтение 🥲
Память уважение и доброе отношение везде без исключения 🙏
Soon people will by law have to be cremated theres going to be no room eventually.
That is just great. I have tried to do this before and failed. Good advice. So many beautiful headstones and statues ruined by moss and fungi.
I personally like how it looks after nature has taken over..but isn't cleaning it sorta bad for the stone in the long run wouldnt that cause it to fade even faster?
This is such beautiful work! It is as much artwork as the person who carved the headstone. Thank you for this service.
Could you show the scraping process slowly. It is so interesting and most go so fast but you don't. Would love to see more total scraping of the stone. Thank you.
What protective coating do you use? My great uncle and aunt are buried in another state and I try to get up there once a year to clean etc.
It's called d2
If the dead could speak I'm sure they would be eternally grateful someone cares about them and that they are not forgotten.
Hi I'm looking for advice. Trying to restore a picture for my wife. This picture is made of small various colored stones. Was hoping to find a good video but no luck. Any advice would be greatly appreciated 👍
This was such a honor to watch thank you so very much.
Dang. Almost makes me wonder what my grandparents headstones look like because I haven’t seen them in several years.
Douche em down with some "30 Seconds" Clean.
It'll make any cleaning process like that, faster, easier, deeper, and better.
Been using that stuff for like 4 Decades now. Ed Hume knew his stuff 🤗
Such a thoughtful service you provide. 💕
😃
I like nature taking back what's hers. Moss has a lot of charm.
Used to do this for a living! Used to also set stones. Loved it. So satisfying.
Thinking about adding this service to my power washing business. I really like the idea of helping preserve history. Excellent video.
Not gonna wanna use a power washer on these old stones though
I hope you do that. It would be a most beneficial service for family members who no longer live in the area or are too I'll or incapacitated to clean grave stones. Besides it would keep your crew busy during down times and/or you could hire more part time crew. Good luck to you.
I wish there was a book I could read on this.
Therapeutic labour ♥️🙏
Gravestone deep cleaned
Gone but never forgotten
No lie I saw the thumbnail and said “ you can clean gravestones in RDR2” 😂
So, awkward.... But actually none of this is moss. So this video is literally 0% about removing moss.