Message text written by INTERNET:[email protected] > Some sandstone headstones had all of the 'background' around the carved lettering worn away but the carved lettering remained, albeit heavily worn, as 'islands' standing proud by as much as an inch. How did the action of carving the letters reduce the surrounding areas' susceptibility to erosion? Weird! <
I have always assumed that the lettering had been painted and so was protected whilst a lot of the erosion took place. Then after the process starts maybe it progresses like that. This phenomenon is seen a lot on sandstone dials in the UK and so maybe painting in the letters is something that should be encouraged? Patrick ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forwarding addresses: E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.dunelm.org.uk/homepages?patrick_powers Lat: N 51d. 49m. 09s: Long: W 00d. 21m. 53s -
