Cleaning
2.1.6.0 National Iwo Jima Memorial, 1995, New Britain, CT. Cleaning bronze sculpture.
2.1.00 Engineering Muse, Marston Engineering Hall, 1900, Iowa State University, Ames. Indiana limestone nebulous spray cleaning.
2.1.1 Gordon Monument, Van Brunt & Howe, 1883, Savannah, GA. Detail before treatment.
2.1.2 Gordon Monument, Van Brunt & Howe, 1883, Savannah, GA. Gentle cleaning upper limestone ornamentation and putti.
2.1.3 Gordon Monument, Van Brunt & Howe, 1883, Savannah, GA. Limestone ornamentation and putti.
2.1.4 Old Burying Ground, 1700, Durham, CT. Colonial gravestone cleaned with quaternary ammonium solution, no scrubbing or abrasion .
2.1.5 Bajnotti Fountain, Enid Yandell, 1901, Providence, RI. Cleaning bronze surfaces.
2.1.6 National Iwo Jima Memorial, 1995, New Britain, CT. Cleaning test on polished granite.
2.1.7 National Iwo Jima Memorial, 1995, New Britain, CT. Monument after cleaning polished granite.
2.1.8 Bennett Fountain, John Ferguson Weir, 1907, New Haven Green, CT. Cleaning marble structure.
2.1.9 Costantino Nivola, 1962, Morse College, Yale University. Before cleaning.
2.1.10 Costantino Nivola, 1962, Morse College, Yale University. After cleaning.
2.1.11 Three Athletes, Christian Petersen, 1936, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, IA. Cleaning terra cotta during conservation treatment.
2.1.12 Tea Room Fireplace Tile, Batchelder, Iowa State University, Ames. Before detail of decorative ceramic tile obscured layered overpaint.
2.1.13 Tea Room Fireplace Tile, Batchelder, Iowa State University, Ames. View of glazed ceramic lion figure after removal of thick over paint.
2.1.14 Tea Room Fireplace Tile, Batchelder, Iowa State University, Ames. Paint removal cleaning test on ceramic Batchelder tile.
2.1.15 Graffiti spraypaint on sugared marble.
2.1.16 Overview of marble after graffiti removal.
2.1.16 Ruth, Giovanni Batista Lombardi, 1862, Rome, Stamford Museum and Nature Center, CT. Detail before conservation cleaning.
2.1.17 Ruth, Giovanni Batista Lombardi, 1862, Rome, Stamford Museum and Nature Center, CT. Overview after conservation cleaning.
Through decades and centuries of indoor and outdoor exposure, objects become soiled with atmospheric pollutants, particulates, organic matter, and soluble salts. Chemical reactions cause surface scales, and the loss of materials. In general, particularly for aged, friable surfaces, there are no completely safe cleaning measures. Most methods have some surface impact such as micro abrasion, loss of loosely bonded substrate, and possible color change. Successful cleaning programs improve surface appearances and limit harm by designing treatments with sensitivity to object fragility, object material composition, existing soiling compositions, environmental conditions, need for future treatment, and anticipated maintenance cycles. Pretesting in discrete locations is essential, particularly for large-scale architectural efforts.
Conserve ART Cleaning Services:
- Material Assessment and Analysis
- Testing Programs
- Cotton Swabs & Solvents
- Earth and Tissue Poulticing
- Cyclic Water Misting
- Steam
- Pressurized Water
- Anti-Microbial Agents
- Detergents
- Controlled Basic, Acidic and Chemical Mixtures
- JOS/Quintec systems at controlled 5-15 psi operating pressures