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Shaving Cream: Genealogist’s Friend or Cemetery Conservator’s Foe?

by Jason Church
Updated: April 9, 2009, Published: April 9, 2009

We do not advocate the use of shaving cream for investigating inscriptions on stone. The shaving cream has natural emollients for softening the skin. These emollients have oils and moisture holding agents that can have detrimental effects on the stone.

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