Local Cemetery Conservation: Historic Mortar Infill
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- Infill is the process of filling in the gap that remains after a repair has been made to mend a stone. This final step helps to eliminate any open gaps that are left, that may allow excessive water build up that could cause an issue during a freeze/thaw cycle. Infill is a fine mortar that aids the stone in breathing and moisture transfer.
These series of videos were produced for the 2021 Local History & Historical Preservation Conference. The Wisconsin Historical Society partnered with monument conservator Jonathan Appell to cover the basics of cemetery preservation. Through a partnership with the Osceola Historical Society and the Mount Hope Cemetery Association, Jonathan demonstrates and performs treatments for the most common gravestone and monument preservation dilemmas, including cleaning, resetting tilted stones, and rejoining fractured tablet stones. The goal of these videos will be to give local cemetery staff or volunteers the knowledge to perform basic preservation procedures.
The workshop and these videos were produced by Valley Access Channels in Stillwater, Minnesota. Music credit: Storyblocks.com
All of the cemeteries I like to walk through, I see a lot of repairs made to headstones, and this repair is by far the best one. Awesome repair!
What a wonderful service you perform. Job well done.
It looks like it is cracking further down .. are you repairing that also ..?
That was very informative. I love how adept you are at the spackle knife/trowel technique you used. Thank you! You did a great job.
Nice job.i am a filipino woking at the oldest cemetry of in the philippines.thanx to imformation.i whish i will go abroad to expiriens work ther.tnx
Thank you so much for sharing! Very important information!
Thank you for doing what you do. Respect.
Very educational and entertaining, and now I know what supplies to buy and where to buy them.
It's like retouching a painting--paint applied only where paint is missing.
Your work is impeccable. I've seen too many other youtubers doing more harm than good--or at least complicating future repair/restoration work--with inappropriate techniques and materials.
Thank you. Lots of information.
Why was this worthy of repair with a crack just below the repair 3/4 across? Seems like a slight push would break the repair.
Watch the prior repair video. He addresses this.
The two sections of tablet were previously epoxied together.
Nice job, Jonathan!!
To rezzio what if that was your relatives????
I was hoping it would all be nice and clean..would that staining not come off ..?
He said it can be cleaned after the repair cured completely. The top part was in the ground for a while, so the two pieces will never match exactly.
He did a great job though.
Appreciated the closeup detail shots.
Is there a video showing how the two pieces were "glued" together?
Was surprised the headstone was not cleaned prior to the repair.
Can anything be done to increase and preserve the readability of the engraving?
The headstone was cleaned before the epoxy, but the upper part is stained from being in the ground for many years. It will lighten up a little but will never go away completely.
What epoxies from Atlas were used?
Akemi Akepox 5010 Knife Grade Epoxy Adhesive
Wow, I like this technique
The Southwest had Prairie Dogs that do the digging. Also, chipmunks and squirrels add to the damage.
This guy. Out here interring graves for TH-cam and doesn't know the names of shovels.😂
I. Noticed u don’t tell people what brand names u r using that goes most companies won’t help someone out.
I have a way to repair that stone so it will be very strong and can’t get broken again very early
He said Akemi 5010 listening works!
you dont drill and pin these at the same time this will fail...watching all these videos with this guy who has no knowledge of stone work or mason work at all...but lets not mix facts with fiction
Could you explain further what is wrong in the video. I have recently become the next generation to maintain our old family grave yard and am looking for solid information.
Man, with all the long winded talking, the 1st step would be to wash then etch with muriatic acid before any work began . That way when it came time to join both stones, that the broken seam could be post filled without plastering closed all that nasty mineral stain from the soil.
In the world of conservation and preservation, the first rule is: do no harm. The most gentle methods are used in cemetery conservation. Acids are very damaging, and should never be used on old stones in cemeteries.
@@fh1209 I'm not so sure about that? I mean like coin collectors for example freak even if a coin is washed in water with a tooth brush. Grave stones are grave stones. the only thing that has changed from being new is time & biological accumulation. Mild acid washing, even caustic soda (lye) or contained soda blasting to remove lichens and algae growth over decades of build up.
What's the point of doing any of it other than a clean as possible restoration that will last another 200yrs.? My perspective is coming from body & fender repair/ boat work.
Why even bother calling it conservation or preservation if the work does not call for a complete restoration as possible other than just being left in a state of static decay. It certainly is not archaeology. Given your description of "Sugaring" seems to me a conservator would do everything that is reasonable to stop and contain it indefinitely with modern chemical resins just as submerged wood fiber is stabilized with glycols. Just my P.O.V., it's very interesting work. I have this thing about restoring things for the best Intrinsic condition of an object no matter what it is, save coins and antiques per se. I suppose i don't fit that ideological mindset of small paint brushes and mist bottles and mass hours with very little to show for it.
I witnessed once where a racoon had gotten himself placed between the hot side and earth (ground) of a 10KVA transformer. Vaporized the poor mammal. All that was left was a permanent grease stain embedded in the surfaces dielectric paint .
The entire transformer had to be replaced . I guess my analogy is if anything is worth the time and man hours it needs to be done correctly. It took a massive crane to remove that transformer from the substation and replace it with a new one. Just because of that grease stain. A lot of heavy mass copper coil windings inside.
Stu R- Using muriatic acid is is a horrible idea. You watched the 1st video where he bonded the pieces. Once the stone is stable and cured, he will clean the entire stone using D-2 cleaner. I'm hoping your comment was being sarcastic, and while I agree he talks a little too much during the process, he is repairing the stone in the best possible manner using the least invasive technique.
Didn’t I already tell you on another video to not be rude? Don’t comment if you gonna be negative. It’s his video and he can talk through the steps he knows if he wants. Take your attitude elsewhere
@@AtomizedSound it's his video made public for public comment. Archeology at it's finer moments of control. Let me guess; Democrat