Cleaning Historic Buildings: v. 2
Cleaning Historic Buildings: v. 2

Author: Nicola Ashurst

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-11-17

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1317741382

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What happens to the fabric of a historic building if it is not cleaned? What is soiling, how does it affect the building? What cleaning methods should be used? This second of a comprehensive two-volume guide addresses these important and controversial questions, along with many others, and offers practical guidance on appropriate cleaning techniques, backed up with useful case study material. Based on the author's extensive on-site involvement at trial and contract stage in many cleaning and surface repair project, this book examines the various attitudes and current cleaning practices, along with the role and need for analysis of substrates and soiling. It also offers advice on dealing with special cleaning problems, such as the removal of paint, graffiti and metallic stains, and provides an assesment of the cleaning methods currently available.

Cleaning Historic Buildings: v. 1
Cleaning Historic Buildings: v. 1

Author: Nicola Ashurst

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-01-08

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 1317741145

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What happens to the fabric of a historic building if it is not cleaned? What is soiling, how does it affect the building? What cleaning methods should be used? This first of a comprehensive two-volume guide addresses these important and controversial questions, along with many others, and offers practical guidance on appropriate cleaning techniques, backed up with useful case study material. Based on the author's extensive on-site involvement at trial and contract stage in many cleaning and surface repair project, this book examines the various attitudes and current cleaning practices, along with the role and need for analysis of substrates and soiling. It also offers advice on dealing with special cleaning problems, such as the removal of paint, graffiti and metallic stains, and provides an assesment of the cleaning methods currently available.

Preventive Conservation for Historic House Museums
Preventive Conservation for Historic House Museums

Author: Jane Merritt

Publisher: Rowman Altamira

Published: 2010-01-16

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 0759119414

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Preventive Conservation for Historic House Museums describes the care routines that a historic house should practice to protect the site and its collections from damage, wear, deterioration, and catastrophic loss.

Cleaning Historic Buildings: Substrates, soiling and investigations
Cleaning Historic Buildings: Substrates, soiling and investigations

Author: Nicola Ashurst

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13:

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The first of a two-volume set, this book addresses questions concerning the cleaning of historic buildings: what happens to the fabric of a historic building if it is not cleaned; what is soiling, and how does it affect the building; what cleaning materials should be used?