Pat,
The best thing I have seen used on old tombstones to bring out the wording
is chalk. Get a big, thick, piece of the kind sold in arts and crafts
stores, light in color, and rub it over the stone. The words leap out like
magic, and the chalk washes away with the next rain. It is so soft, it does
no damage to the stone.
----- Original Message -----
From: <Kypeon(a)aol.com>
To: <CARMACK-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 11:34 AM
Subject: Re: Carmack Graves
RE: Tombstones
Does anyone remember reading an email (maybe not on the Carmack List)
about how to photograph old tombstones so that the lettering can be read
in
the pictures??
Somewhere, someone wrote that you could rub something on the tombstone
before
taking the photograph. I just can't recall what it was that they
used.
It
certainly made a big difference in the picture. Maybe shaving cream?
BUT, I
seem to recall someone else commenting that you must be careful about
putting
stuff like that on a tombstone because it might cause extra
deterioration.
ANY IDEAS?? The solution must have run into the cracks and lettering of
the
stone to darken them for easy photography.
Pat
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