HG Headstone Cleaner | Removes Dirt, Stains & Grime from Gravestones | 500ml

This product was recommended and on first use was excellent and brought the headstone up really well. It does have a pungent smell and when ordering it is definitely worth ordering disposable gloves to wear took couple of hand washes to remove the smell. But it is definitely a good product.

Excellent product. I purchased this to try and clean off 43 years of dirt, weathering, and mildew from my late grandmothers headstone. As you can see from the before and after photos, the headstone would have originally been a beautiful white marble but over the years had turned a dark grey. I sprayed this product on the stone and left It for 2 minutes (it warns not to leave it on white marble for more than 2-3 minutes) before giving it a good scrub and then rinsing it off with plenty of water. I then repeated this. The result is not perfect, but I didn’t expect To be. It is certainly a good start though. It has restored a lot of the original whiteness but has struggled with the more stubborn staining, especially on the base and the edges. I will return in the spring to give this another treatment and perhaps leave the product on the more stubborn areas a little bit longer. Overall I rate this as good value, easy to use product when coupled with a bit of elbow grease.

I cleaned my grandfather's white marble headstone last weekend with this. The headstone is 80 years old. I had tried to get D/2, but there is only one distributor of D/2 Biological Solution here in the UK, so it's prohibitively expensive. I emailed the distributor to ask about a wholesale price, but nope. As an alternative, I decided to go with HG, and it worked a charm. The results are AMAZING, and there's a few things you need to know before you use it: 1. Don't use this product if the headstone has lead or gold lettering. It will ruin your headstone. I had two headstones to clean - one with lead lettering - and I'm so glad I read earlier reviews, so I knew not to use it on that second headstone. 2. Make sure the headstones on either side of the one you’re cleaning don’t have lead lettering either. There are few places in the UK that are not going to have a breeze, and I was mortified when I saw the HG solution drifting to neighbouring headstones as I worked. Luckily the other stones around me didn’t have lead lettering, and going forward, I wouldn’t take the risk of my HG accidentally landing on someone else’s headstone and ruining it. So not only check the headstone you want to clean, but check the neighbour’s headstones too. 3. Wear a face mask. Like a full face mask. This stuff is strong, and even when I was careful, there was a lot of blowback (and it wasn’t a windy day.) I wore a mouth/nose mask as I worked, but I still got it in my eyes more than once, and today the skin on my face is puffy and irritated. If I ever use this product again, I will wear one of those clear covid face shields. Barring that, safety glasses, rubber gloves and a mouth & nose mask are an absolute must. Trust me on this. 4. I got the most incredible results with only the gentlest of scrubbing with a nylon brush. For one smallish headstone, however, I did go through an entire 1-quart bottle of the product. In retrospect, had I been more patient, I could have used half that. Time is more effective than scrubbing. I know this because there were detailed portions of the stone I couldn’t scrub, because I had forgotten to bring a toothbrush, yet those spots came out as clean as the areas I had scrubbed down a few times. So simply be patient and let the chemicals do their job. Someone in an earlier review mentioned not using it on a sunny day, because the product dries too quickly. That’s good advice that I wish I had followed. Again, it would have reduced the amount of product I used. 5. Speaking of chemicals. DO NOT WEAR CLOTHES YOU PLAN TO WEAR AGAIN. You know the ratty clothes you keep for when you have to paint? Wear those. Between breezes and scrubbing, some of the solution is going to land on your clothes, and it will bleach the crap out of anything it touches. My khaki shorts are now khaki & speckled pink, and neatly folded in the back of my closet for the next time I have to paint a wall. Or you could just wear white, your call. Would I use this product again? I think so. In terms of time, it’s about the same amount of time to work as Wet & Forget and just a touch longer than D/2 biological solution. Value for money? Yes - the value is there - it’s a well-priced product. In terms of harsh chemicals, I think it’s similar to Wet & Forget, so you really can’t get away from that, unless you use D/2, which again, being under the control of one distributor in the UK, is prohibitively expensive and therefore out of reach for most people doing this as a hobby, volunteering or even running a small business. I’m still waiting to find out if Wet & Forget can be used on lead lettering, and if so, I will try that on headstone #2 and report back. Bottom line, this product is well-priced, incredibly effective, and does exactly what it says it will do. Just be careful, and don’t use it on lead or around other people, pets or anything that breathes without proper protection.

Wow, this product is amazing. I truly didn't expect it could clean up my grandparents marble grave but it has! It took 2 applications, a 3rd in a few places but it looks as good as new, and with very little effort! I sprayed it on and after a few minutes you could see the stains melting away! I used a little brush to get into carved areas and it brushed off easily! It is quite strong, I used rubber gloves and I would say be careful if you have painted letters, it could probably take the colour out, my letters were on the front of the marble

An absolutely amazing product, used on a very dirty 30 year old gravestone and it is now looking like new again. I purchased 2 of the product as I thought with how dirty the stone was I would need a lot of this product , but I found one was plenty.

Used for a marble garden ornament which was very dirty – I should’ve taken pictures from the start but anyway hopefully this will give you a pretty good idea. Very easy to use – leave on for a couple of minutes and then rinse off. Had to do it about four times in order to get back to white marble – lots left over. Very happy with this.

mothers head stone was getting dirty used the cleaning spray it removed the stains BUT also removed some of the text. not something you would use on a regular basis

Excellent product and it looks even cleaner now

I have a heavy marble statue with mold/algae growing on it. I have sprayed practically the entire bottle now numerous times *exactly per the instructions* and almost NOTHING came off.

Ottimo detergente, usato su una lapide in marmo bianco annerito nel corso degli anni ed è ritornata come nuova

Una vera bomba l'ho usato su una scala in tufo del 1600 con gradini grigio scuro me l'ha fatta diventare grigio chiaro quasi bianca. veramente soddisfatto!

Niente di particolare, fa il suo lavoro

Prodotto utilizzato per la pulizia di una tomba esterna, si è rivelato ottimo.