SATISFYING HEADSTONE CLEANING! (and D/2 vs Wet and Forget)

The Other Robert cleans multiple headstones and puts D/2 up against Wet and Forget

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

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[@bmortlock1956]

If you run tap water into a bucket & let it stand for 8-12 hours, the chlorine will dissipate OUT.

[@artcflowers]

If chlorine is used. There are other chems being used these days which does not dissipate

[@robertforrest7956]

You can also get a product used in the aquarium trade that will neutralize chlorine and chloromins used in most tap water. It's completely safe with the products you are using. 👍🏻🙂 The other product you're using that you just spray on, you need to thoroughly saturate the entire surface for it to work better. 😅 I use it here with our old area of the cemetery with excellent results. I usually do 2 sprayings though, seems to work better. 👍🏻

[@IrishAnnie]

Our pool is a perfect example. Chlorine decays in sunlight.

[@scotth9828]

Depends on if the chlorine used is gas or liquid. Gas will off gass but liquid i hear wont.

[@scottnyc6572]

Martha’s stone looks amazing 2 months later.I agree,distilled or rain water is the way to go.Tap water is loaded with chemicals that can react with the ingredients.Hopper is such a good dog.👍🏻

[@howardwest1347]

Other Robert you are so awesome to do all that work. We really appreciate your care and concern for these old stones. You and Robert Wright are very old souls in young bodies. There are a lot of people smiling down on you because you brought there memories back to the forefront. Thank you so much for taking us along. We love it. Donna/Michigan

[@otherrobertinhistory]

Young ? I'm twice his age , over the hill , counting my days , riding into the sunset , on the last run ..........

[@davelindstrom6005]

@@otherrobertinhistory - Come on, now, Other Robert... You're only as old as you feel, you feel with your fingers, and there're only 8 of them because two of "them" are THUMBS!😁 Great series/channel, Roberts!❤

[@cmg6848]

A great job there Robert. I tried wet and forget here in England but it was a no from me. D/2 in a sprayer, brush in hand and the sun on your back and you can't go wrong.

[@CC58]

Supposedly, both cleaners use the same type of quaternary ammonia cleaner. Probably the difference is the brush. The brush gives cleaner a head start by removing the top layer. Try the Wet&Forget with a brush and see if it makes a difference.

[@iamflasunshine]

I use a brush with my wet and forget and it work great. I start with water first, wet and forget and brush, I rinse and then spray it down and leave it.

[@megwilcox2878]

Really interesting comparison with the D2 and the Wet and Forget! It looks like D2 is the winner so far. I had to laugh at myself a bit, when Other Robert's spraying style was too haphazard, and he kept missing spots! Focus, Other Robert!! More pressure! Cover one surface before moving on to the next! I think it's my ADHD talking. Hugs to Hopper!

[@jessicamckinney9825]

I’m glad I’m not the only one who noticed! I also have ocd and adhd so my brain was screaming! Still love that Robert does this!

[@IrishAnnie]

That’s why the US government uses in in Arlington National Cemetery. All national monuments are cleaned with it.

[@lillparrish1292]

Have you tried using a brush with the Wet and Forget? I know the name says you don't have too but it may speed up the process. It's hard to compare the 2 products when scrub one but not the other

[@IrishAnnie]

@@lillparrish1292 I have used both products. Wet and Forget just did not clean. I have used it on my lanai furniture and the mold and mildew wasn’t gone. D2 is the best. You don’t have to use a brush with D2 if you don’t want to, but, brushed, rinsed and sprayed one more time gets rid of the mold.

[@andrewowens9382]

Well other robert you are getting a real professional at doing that job it's good of you doing the headstones 🪦 👏 all the best 👍 Andrew south wales uk 👍 👌 😀 🇬🇧

[@janecarolhogue3140]

Really enjoyed when you brushed the debris off the stones. Thank you for your care

[@gailrockford8914]

Thank you for all the good you do. I have enjoyed your adventures and also your Buddy The other Robert!

[@mercedithcompala8148]

Thank you O'Robert...how beautiful they sleep ❤

[@IrishAnnie]

I wonder if distilled water would be the closest to rain water. My granny used to wash her hair from water in a rain barrel. Her hair was so soft and beautiful!!!

[@gaylevanheiningen7333]

Martha's headstone looks great, Robert. ! Gayle

[@amywright2243]

Awesome job! D2 is just amazing. We use it at a cemetery where I used to volunteer. If you have a military headstone with red clay or grass stains, the D2 will clean it as bright as new.

[@howardwest1347]

Glad to see Hopper came along to kelp. Love it. Donna/MIchigan

[@headstonesandhistory]

Great video and you do good work. I have been using d2 and wet and forget for the past handful of years. I always clean/scrub the stone with product and then spray and revisit in a month. D2 works best but ive also had great results with wet and forget. Price wise....im seeing better results if you weigh in the $. I simply can't afford to keep using D2

[@LiniSue]

Bless you so very much for showing the difference between the two products.

[@tammyfriend2189]

I used Wet It and Forget It on my paver patio, there was a lot of green moss and algae. It took several months but I was very pleased with the results and it is still moss and algae free two years later.

[@dircia7754]

I agree Robert I like the D2 for the great results. You and Robert got cleaning headstones here in California and I love it thank you. I’m a patron from the early old Byrd farm days.

[@janehelbert7551]

I agree with you. The D2 with brush works better.

[@TheJayhawker83]

If you want to scrub. Wet & Forget is just as good. It just takes time for it to work.

[@suzannetisdall7609]

Please find volunteers to rest those stones, restore the cemetery and clean stones. Repair stones before their lost to time and forgotten asap

[@Rickster2791]

Just tried D/2 last week. Can't wait to see how it looks this week and the weeks coming. I'm documenting it along the way.

[@juliewessels4045]

Great job, Other Robert!

[@ricknelson576]

I said it before, and I,ll say it again. You are a hell of a guy for just one guy O.R.

[@SondraD7676]

It appears D2 works much better. Great job on these! Did Robert show you the photos of John that I found and enhanced? I am spying some Other Robert style camouflage socks! 😉😃

[@user-randi1987]

Wow, that worked really well

[@doloresvelez3243]

Nice job. Thank you.

[@lizclarke8570]

Keep up the good work.

[@dolothegreat2019]

Isn't well water just as good?

[@antoinettemcquinney4637]

God bless you!

[@HappierHeadstones]

You are fortunate to have water in a cemetery, but I get you trying different methods.

[@VirginiaTombstoneRevival]

I also use rain water for the cleanings my son and I do. I leave two open totes in the back of my truck to collect and we use that instead of city water.

[@teresak0507]

I had a local church cemetery contact me about cleaning some headstones. When I went to clean one, they asked me to do one beside the one they had someone come in and sandblast to clean! I’ll stick with water and D2. It may not look as white, but I won’t be affecting the integrity of the stone.

[@JoHarmon-hg7wz]

Looks like D2 is a better product. Thanks for showing the differents

[@maryellenshock]

I love what you do!

[@maryellenshock]

Wow I'm impressed!

[@SandyD2022]

I've use the wet and forget on my garage and it cleaned very well. I didn't have to do anything but put it on. My garage look so white again.

[@derpyplayground]

I used Wet and Forget to clean some Civil War Veterans headstones and couldnt believe the results! i posted videos on my channel. I wasnt that impressed until i revisited the cemetery 2 months later and couldnt believe my eyes!

[@ashleymitts]

You can also use the wet and forget just like the D2(with a plastic paint scrapper and brush) and it will come out good. I have noticed with the Wet and forget that even with the spray it and leave it method you may have to spray it again for really bad headstones. Like the ones with the balck algea.

[@andrealopresti9408]

I like seeing the stones getting cleaned and hearing the brush sound. Was curious if you can clean with wet and forget with a brush and water and how it would come out?

[@CharityS-Minnesota]

@adventuresintohistory I was wondering… what about well water? Is well water sufficient to use with the D2? I have wild water at home. But the cemetery that I’m cleaning stones at has city water that’s chlorinated.

[@teresak0507]

I was also wondering about the use of well water.

[@oOignignoktOo1]

I use W&F to clean my ancestors stone and it worked good if you apply it in the right conditions and are very patient. I do it on warm spring days or early fall when there is no rain in the forecast and the surface is dry. Do a 1:5 chemical water ratio and spray a coat and wait 10 minutes and do a second coat and let it set ( it needs 5 hours on the surface with no water to settle in ). After that let nature take it's course but it can take a couple of months for it to start showing the results.

[@esterherschkovich6499]

RESPECT ❤

[@GeorgeAugustine-j6q]

Thanks for the video. However. How can you call it a comparison when you scrub one and not the other?

[@ashleymitts]

You can use a plastic paint scrapper to scrap off the top layer of moss and lychen, makes it easier to scrub. I have cleaned 152 headstones myself. Oh and try and scrub in circles.

[@horsdevors4559]

Strange looking cemetery...no trees, no hills, little variety of headstones....

[@CC58]

Would be interesting to see a six month update. Are they white now? Takes at least 4 months, and up to a year it keeps getting better. Wet and Forget is so cheap you can spray the quartz gravel too.

[@davidmoser3535]

Dude is obcessed with rain water.Sounds like the Col. from Dr Strangelove-I only drink rainwater alcohol.

[@rikspector]

D2 is great and perhaps wet and forget will work with practice.

[@daviddesmond2143]

I bet Wet and Forget would work much better if scrubbed like you did with D2

[@ronniebarksdale8528]

Why not well water? No chlorine in it and much easier to get a bucket!

[@HappierHeadstones]

I would say next door...at our family plots I also call them our neighbors. They are, right? 🤔

[@maryellenshock]

Pay it forward!

[@ashleymitts]

4-5 times a year with D2 or wet and forget is too much. Once a year is good. Even that is too frequent. They say clean them about every 3-5 years.

[@iamflasunshine]

I use the wet and forget and I wet with water then spray with wet and forget and I use a brush. I rinse and then spray and leave it on.

[@andreamills5852]

Awesome job!

[@anitaludovici2859]

Wet and Forget doesn't come close to D2. I've had to treat 6 or 7 times with W&F and scrub. It finally turned white after using D2. I've got a huge jug of W&F in my garage. Never take it with me to clean. D2 handles it all.

[@anitaludovici2859]

Wet & Forget does to come close to cleaning like D2.

[@Looney_L00ser.3]

Omgg I was born January 25 😭😭😭😭

[@denisehibbs9576]

I'm thinking the D2 cleans the stone a little better. You did a ggod job Other Robert ! Thanks for sharing !

[@Dav3Campb3ll]

I'd like to see one of the forgotten cemeteries in the woods fixed up

[@VirginiaTombstoneRevival]

My son and I have a YT channel cleaning stones and we recently found an old, small, pretty much abandoned cemetery and plan to clean it all out and post the process.

[@HappierHeadstones]

Your results with the W&F are the same as mine...not much. I have seen people use it and scrub (rather than just leaving it) and it seems to work ok that way some of the time. I also know a guy that “pre treats” all of his stones with W&F then comes back later and cleans with D2. The W&F does kill some biologcal growth and aids his D2 is his theory. I’m doing that too, but when mine is gone I am not buying more. Great job though. Keep it up!

[@robertburns3014]

This is such a wonderful gift to the families of these folks who went to their rest so many years ago! Thank you to both of the Roberts who offer this service of love and respect to their community.

[@condabogoff973]

I love you guys for preserving these headstones...you are preserving history

[@donnal.oglesby4806]

Awesome before and after with the other Robert and the headstone. Ther D2 works great and best thing to use when restoring any headstone. Thank you so much Robert, for doing this. God bless you, and again thank you.

[@gaylevanheiningen7333]

It probably takes about 4 times to really whiten it up...good job, Robert. I'm not calling you the other Robert,you are both Roberts to me. 2nd Robert sounds like a second fiddle !!!!

[@jeffbryan6077]

I clean all the family markers and have used both D2 and Wet and Forget, both work but I think the D2 does a better job. Luckily most of my family have granite markers so only have to do once a year.

[@IrishAnnie]

Great job!!! Give it another spray and it will be pure white. Great job!!! thank you for honoring her. It looks so much better.

[@carenmccreary-smith743]

Use Dawn to scrub the actual physical dirt and grime off the stone works very well. Then depending on the stone granite vs marble use D/2 or Wet and Forget to pursue the internal staining. Money saving when doing any kind of volume or size stones.

[@vickymurdock8127]

Thank you Robert awesome job ❤

[@Mari-B]

You are a blessing Robert to do this for your friend. 😊 these are such nice, well-kept cemeteries.

[@karencaddle7288]

Not impressed with Wet&Forget. You do an amazing job with D2 though.

[@ToddEWalnuts]

This was a cool video, keep up the great work. The stones looked nice. You guys are doing great things.

[@jessicap4175]

There are so many tombstones that need to be cleaned where my father-in-law's buried you can't even tell who was buried there I know the relative though

[@sharrontaylor4744]

HOT , the last few days . Been tooo HOT TOOO LOOONG . Mid-atlantic states just outside of D.C.& Baltimore area !!! Stay coool Robert !!!😥 🔥🌡🔥

[@celleduffel1533]

I look forward to the results...ty Mr Robert :)

[@sherylchapman4168]

I have a couple of questions: Will D2 clean concrete block walls without harming them? Also, because I am considering cleaning a large area, is there a type of brush that I can attach to a drill to clean these areas?

[@IrishAnnie]

Never use a brush attachment on a drill to clean any stone. Be patient. D2 is the best and it will take time. It’s activated by the rain. It’s incredible the difference before and after. I spray D2 on my stepping stones beside our house. Works great. Wet area, spray. Let it sit 5 minutes. Starts scrubbing. Rinse. Spray on one last coat. Leave it. Best time to use it is after a nice rain. It will be absorbed in to the concrete or stone much better.

[@sherylchapman4168]

@@IrishAnnie Thank you! The area is very large, so maybe I’ll skip any sort of brushing. If I brushed it by hand, it would be an astronomical amount of work. So I’ll try the D2 several times during the rainy season and just let it work.

[@IrishAnnie]

@@sherylchapman4168 Yesterday I sprayed my three HUGE patio umbrellas and today, they are super clean. They were pretty green with mold. It will work great. You’ll see, good luck!!👍🍀

[@nightstalkerck]

" HOPPER " Lol!! I love the name, it's the first time I seen your dog, at certain angles I saw him, but couldn't tell if it was a real dog or statue, because I didn't see him move at all. He's a very good-looking dog. I love dogs.

[@judywebb2193]

Thanks for cleaning the headstones, Robert 😊

[@carolebrooks8929]

Well done other Robert. Well done

[@ChocofishieNZ]

I think you will get a variety of changes depending on the amount of moss, algae etc that has accumulated over time. We use Wet & Forget for cleaning most things outside here in New Zealand. Probably because the product is made here. Usually an annual “spring clean” will keep everything nice and bright. Wonder if over time and with repeated treatments the headstones will continue to improve. It is certainly a lot less labour intensive and therefore easier to apply. Would love to get into our local cemetery to start cleaning some of the older graves.

[@cherylsnead727]

Bless you!

[@ericc315]

I understand you guys like the d2 product. But this review is not quite fair or the same. You can't use a brush on one and not the other. Still like your videos though.

[@BruceBeckwith-ck3vq]

Really good point. I think there is a little bias in this video. He says multiple times that he is a"D2 guy" and I believe had he scrubbed while using W&F the results would have been different. I have used both products and they clean quite similar but in my experience W&F preforms slightly better than D2.

[@goseekfindnow]

I’m fixing to do some memorial cleaning. I may video it. You guys did a great job! ❤

[@RottSkagg]

I've used both d2 and w&f. I clean the stones the same way. Wet with water, spray with d2 or wf, give it a mild scrub, let sit 10 min, then rinse. After 4-6 weeks the stones like almost identical with either cleaner. Thanks for sharing the vid!!!

[@TheJayhawker83]

I've used Wet & Forget. If you use it, don't think it's going to work in 2-3 months because it doesn't. It takes close to a year, but it cleaned up the stones I sprayed. I spray them in the Spring and Fall and once they're clean, I spray once per year.

[@RottSkagg]

@@TheJayhawker83 after scrubbing it takes 4-6 mo to brighten up. If it has a lot of black goo it takes a bit longer

[@liwaywaydecastro]

Am watching from d Philippines. Its 1:25am, just woke up n cant go back to sleep so when i opened my youtube, this is what i saw. I admire your patience n hard work taking time cleaning tombstones. And the cemetery looks good, grasses are well trimmed. Your dog is your faithful buddy. Good job .

[@bobmcnelis3648]

I’ve been using Wet and Forget for 5 years now. Although it says no need to scrub it, I’ve always scrubbed, just like using D2. It’s much less expensive than D2, and if you wait for 3-4 weeks you.will see the results.

[@goseekfindnow]

I think I’m gonna stick with D2. It’s a sure thing.

[@scaleyardmarine]

I’m inclined to disagree with unfiltered rain water full of pollen pollutants acids

[@cdmcl3]

if trying to avoid chlorine in tap water, simply leave 55-gal of clean water (in clean barrel) outside in shade for a week. all chlorine will have evaporated.

[@tammylay6029]

You mentioned John Lay. I think this might be a relative of mine. Can you share what cemetery you are at?

[@diane1390]

Did you know that clorine is a natural insecticide? We can't use bleach in our apartment, as I have an allergy to it.

[@sandrahunter5749]

Robert, i like your dog Hopper he's cute 🐶

[@Prepping_mimi]

Are there classes or something offered that show how to properly care for headstones? Is it different for different types of stone?

[@HappierHeadstones]

@ 8:00 into this I can tell you what you will come back and find, if it does you like it does me....

[@brendashaw2035]

Here in Texas on our farm, we have not even got 3 inches of rain for the entire year😢

[@scaleyardmarine]

I’m sold 💯 % on D2 , to the point I wouldn’t do it

[@FloridaWing1]

I preferred the "before" picture for Martha more - it shows the patina of time, created by God.

[@jwall62]

The problem is, the patina looks good now, but if you don't take care of it now in 10 years you want be able to read it. The micro organisms grow into the pores of the stone and ruin it from inside out.

[@davids6533]

D2 is good stuff, but has anybody learned the ingredients in it yet? Surely there's a way to make it at home. Paying close to $50.00 per gallon for it seems like a bit much. I still haven't found what it's made of. It must be something simple or the ingredients would likely be listed. That's my thoughts anyway.

[@marksTips466]

I agree, the ingredients should be listed. I used D2 on 7 of my family stones in one day. When I was done, my throat felt sore and my chest felt compressed. I'm not so sure it's so "safe" imo.

[@jwall62]

@@marksTips466 National Cemetery did a 6 year study on it before they recommended for use at Arlington National, the health affects on the workers were also tracked and it had no negative implications. I believe that is all they have been using for 10 years or so.