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"Dangers of Abrasive Cleaning" an Historic Preservation Brief November 21, 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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Acknowledgements

This Preservation Brief was written by Anne E. Grimmer, Architectural Historian, Technical Preservation Services Division. Valuable suggestions and comments were made by Hugh C. Miller, AIA, Washington, D.C.; Martin E. Weaver, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Terry Bryant, Downers Grove, Illinois; Daniel C. Cammer, McLean, Virginia; and the professional staff of Technical Preservation Services Division. Deborah Cooney edited the final manuscript.

The illustrations for this brief not specifically credited are from the files of the Technical Preservation Services Division.

Washington, D.C. June, 1979



This publication has been prepared pursuant to the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, which directs the Secretary of the Interior to develop and make available information concerning historic properties. Technical Preservation Services (TPS), Heritage Preservation Services Division, National Park Service prepares standards, guidelines, and other educational materials on responsible historic preservation treatments for a broad public.



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