Gravestone Restoration Samples

Gravestone Restoration

The Albany Grave Digger can confidently clean, repair, and conserve the gravestones of your ancestors and loved ones. We use best practice methods approved by the Association for Gravestone Studies. Water, D2 Biological Solution, and light scrubbing is used to clean the gravestones. No harsh chemicals, bleach, abrasives, or sand blasting is ever used in our process.

Repairs made to gravestones use only the best materials available for historic preservation of your gravestone. Old world lime-based mortars such as St. Astier Natural Hydraulic Lime and Lithomex are utilized by us. Portland Cement is never used. German-based Akemi Akepox epoxy specific for repair of marble and granite is our go-to product for making repairs to broken stones.

The following photographs detail before and after progress of various gravestone restoration projects undertaken by the Albany Grave Digger. Please contact us at AlbanyGraveDigger@gmail.com with any questions and to set up an appointment for a site visit so that your family plot can be fully assessed.



Behrhof Plot, May 2014


 A. M. Hitchcock Plot, October 2014



Albert Plot, November 2017



Hertacorn Plot, August 2016



Sanger Plot, November 2017



G.R. Meneely Plot, September 2014



Albert Plot, July 2015



Carroll Plot, October 2018



Schamer Plot, July 2018


Hahn Plot, June 2018



Bender Plot, November 2017



Van Rensselaer Plot, September 2018



Van Rensselaer Plot, September 2018


Lauster Plot, August 2018



Van Rensselaer Plot, September 2018



Myers Plot, June 2019


See what others have said about gravestone restoration work completed by the Albany Grave Digger.

"It looks so much newer and of course, cleaner."
Katie K.

"Thank you very much for your professional and personal service and your volunteer work."
Dick O.

"I've been following the work you've done on the cemetery and it is absolutely amazing."
Doreen


"I wanted to get back to you about how pleased we are with the way our cemetery plot continues to look better.  As you said, the stones would improve and be brighter – and they certainly have. Thank you again so much for working with us.  We are just so glad we found you." 
Jane S.

"Everything looks awesome."
Sue S.

"Your talent and charity are greatly appreciated and respected."
Holly A.

"You really touched my heart with this new discovery and the repair and replacement of our family's headstones.  I cannot thank you enough."
Joyce A.

"Amazing work, thank you very much for your dedication to preserving our families graves."
Tom M.

"To see my great great grandparents stone upright and readable just brought a few tears…of joy! And all the other stones cleaned and leveled, you brought dignity back to those who rest there. I am forever grateful.
And I am totally impressed with your work, and your pure selflessness to do the things you do in so many cemeteries for people you never knew, just because you think they deserve to be respected in life and in death."
R. C.

"We visited the Cemetery today and wanted to say how impressed we are with the repair of Ester's Gravestone. It turned out great! Thank you again for your expertise and quality work!"
Scott K.

"It is beautiful, thank you so much! I am so happy to see that repairs could be made and that it is plain for all to see that [our] family still matters."
L. P.

"Thank you for the excellent job you did. You are a real craftsman at restoring history. We appreciate you!"
P. T. H.

"You always go above and beyond, and I really appreciate that."
Kim K.

"My ancestor's gravesite looks wonderful...what a difference."
Marlene V.

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