Springchikun

157238 pts ยท June 23, 2012


I am trained to preserve and restore stone. Please do not attempt this without training or guidance from someone who knows what they are doing. This is not as simple as it seems, and it is very easy to permanently damage the stones. If you would like to find out how to participate or learn, contact your local historical society and ask them about programs and groups where you can learn. If you would like to help clean cemeteries in other ways, please see my friend Olives post: https://imgur.com/gallery/N27pVMj I do this as a hobby, I do not get paid. I provide everything from cleaning agents, to brushes, and I even bring my own water. I use a cleaner called D/2, which costs roughly $50 a gallon, and I can clean 5-7 stones. I use bamboo piques, plastic breakaway scrapers, various other brushes, and lots of gloves. https://ko-fi.com/springchikun

Molalla, Oregon- 04/18/26 Free Workshop

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I made pocket-sized guides for cleaning historic headstones properly

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Junior First Citizen Award

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First D/2 Stone of the Season

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Important things to know

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The first stone

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Bobbie the Wonder Dog. Somewhat forgotten Oregon "history"

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A family group

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Rusty and dusty

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When restoration gets personal

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Amazing progress at St. Paul Cemetery and Hubbard Cemetery, in Oregon","descript

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Memorial Day restorations (favorite of the last 365 days)

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Sylva is one of my favorite restorations of 2024-2025

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Woodburn, Oregon Wind

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Hubbard Cemetery, Hubbard Oregon

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Progress

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I won an Atlas Preservation restoration award a couple years ago and found out today that I was featured in their advertising

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Not edited. ODB felt like modeling in the wreath we had just put up.

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We painted each other.

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A stone that's nearly complete after 3 months

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A Ledger Slab (or Ledger Stone)

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Today's before and after

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Progress feels good when you can see it!

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I'm really happy with the progress here.

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Someone showed up asking me to clean a stone I just finished 10 minutes before

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A rare occurrence...

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The Restoration & The Story

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Please stop using Wet & Forget on headstones. It isn't good for them.

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A restoration from St. Paul cemetery, St. Paul, Oregon

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The Ledger Stones

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The Simon stone

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Cleaning a stone in St. Paul, Oregon

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Headstone restoration best practices

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Large Granite covered in rust

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3 stones today, all family members!

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My big ornj, "Old Dirty Bastard".

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My cat sleeps with his eyes open, in the cupboard above the fridge.

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I got bored and photoshopped myself into my family and friends snow photos

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I bought an old photo album from an estate sale in Oregon. It was labeled "Trees", and that's what it has pictures of. Huge trees from the 80s.

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The best Doughnut in Oregon

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She beat the sh*t out of cancer.

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I couldn't quit.

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Finished restoration of gravestone

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Someone is living under my house (without my permission)

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Restoration and history

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Some of the stones I've restored in 2024

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Going for gold.

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ODBs best trick

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Worst week ever.

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An autistic man is going to be executed in October for a crime that didn't happen

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