Cleaning

Removing Dirt and Coatings from Objects
3rd Auflage
ISBN: 978-1-032-50947-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Science for Conservators

This revised and expanded edition of Cleaning provides a comprehensive introduction for conservators and conservation students to the science of cleaning, solvents and other materials currently in use, and cleaning techniques.

Cleaning has been updated throughout to reflect changes in the field in the thirty years since the previous edition of the book, covering the underlying chemical and physical principles behind safe surface cleaning. It includes contemporary imperatives for professionals and students, such as sustainability, green materials, and safety advice for conservators and objects. The volume also contains three new chapters, comprising: cleaning with gels cleaning by chemical reaction, including the use of enzymes and chelation agents; and cleaning processes based on physical, rather than chemical, cleaning methods.

Cleaning: Removing Dirt and Coatings from Objects will be a vital resource for students of conservation, particularly those without a scientific background, as well as conservation professionals.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional Practice & Development, Professional Reference, and Professional Training

Autoren/Hrsg.

Townsend, Joyce H.

Angelova, Lora V.

Chaillie, Laura

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Chemie Allgemein
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Verfahrenstechnik, Chemieingenieurwesen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Restaurierung, Konservierung
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Kunstsammlung, Museen, Ausstellungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Museumskunde, Materielle Kultur, Erinnerungskultur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction to the book; 1. The nature of dirt on surfaces; 2. Simple mechanical cleaning; 3. Liquids and solutions; 4. Cleaning with water: acidity and alkalinity; 5. Cleaning with organic solvents; 6. Cleaning with gels; 7. Cleaning by chemical reaction; 8. Physical cleaning.

Über Autor(innen)

Joyce H. Townsend, PhD, FIIC, ACR, is Series Editor for the updated Science for Conservators series. She has been IIC Director of Publications for over ten years and a conservation scientist for over four decades, more than three of them spent at Tate in London, UK, where she specialises in microscopical methods for the analysis of paint and the interpretation of the techniques of British artists working in oil and watercolour, as well as microfading and X-ray fluorescence studies for works on paper. She has published widely for a range of audiences. Since 2019 she has been an honorary professor in the School of Culture and Creative Arts, University of Glasgow, UK.

Lora V. Angelova is the senior scientist for Treatment Studies Research at the Getty Conservation Institute. She was previously Head of Conservation Research at The National Archives and a research fellow at Tate. Lora holds a PhD in chemistry and was a Newton Fellow at the University of Cambridge and University College London.

Laura Chaillie is a London-based objects conservator and author of The Conservator’s Cookbook (2025). Her research interests range from the characterisation and interventive care of plastics, to novel material testing and the preservation of electronic musical instruments. Her work reflects an over-arching concern with the day-to-day practicalities of conservation.