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"Dangers of Abrasive Cleaning" an Historic Preservation Brief December 1, 2008


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Dangers of Abrasive Cleaning
to Historic Buildings

Anne E. Grimmer
Dangers of Abrasive Cleaning

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Introduction

What is Abrasive Cleaning?

Why Are Abrasive Cleaning Methods Used?

Problems of Abrasive Cleaning

Variable Factors

        Pressure

        Nonhistoric/Industrial

        Historic

How Building Materials React to Abrasive Cleaning Methods

        Brick and Architectural Terra-cotta

        Plaster and Stucco

        Building Stones

        Wood

        Metals

When is Abrasive Cleaning Permissible?

Historic Interiors that Should Not Be Cleaned Abrasively

Gentlest Means Possible

        Preparations for Cleaning

        Testing

Mitigating the Effects of Abrasive Cleaning

Summary

Selected Reading

Acknowledgements


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Selected Reading

Ashurst, John. Cleaning Stone and Brick. Technical Pamphlet 4. London: Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. 1977.

Asmus, John F. "Light Cleaning: Laser Technology for Surface Preparation in the Arts." Technology and Conservation. 3:3 (Fall 1978), pp. 14-18.

"The Bare-Brick Mistake." The Old House Journal. I:2 (November 1973). p 2.

Brick Institute of America. Colorless Coatings for Brick Masonry. Technical Notes on Brick Construction. Number 7E ( September/October 1976).

Gilder, Cornelia Brooke. Property Owner's Guide to the Maintenance and Repair of Stone Buildings. Technical Series/ No. 5. Albany, New York: The Preservation League of New York State, 1977.

Prudon, Theodore H.M. "The Case Against Removing Paint from Brick Masonry." The Old House Journal, III:2 (February 1975). pp. 6-7.

____________. "Removing Stains from Masonry." The Old House Journal. V:5 (May 1977), pp. 58-59.

Stambolov. T . and J.R.J. Van Asperen de Boer. The Deterioration and Conservation of Porous Building Material in Monuments: A Review of the Literature. Second enlarged edition. Rome: International Centre for Conservation, 1976.

Weiss, Norman R. "Cleaning of Building Exteriors: Problems and Procedures of Dirt Removal." Technology and Conservation, 2/76 (Fall 1976), pp. 8-13.

___________. Exterior Cleaning of Historic Masonry Buildings. Draft. Washington, D.C.: Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation, Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1976.


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