5379
Accession Number
25456
Author
Anon
Title Of Article Chaper
Restoring Guildhall's monuments
Title Of Journal Book
Stone industries
Volume
23
Issue
9
Pages
21-23
Collation
8 photos
ISSN
0039-1778
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
Five large marble monuments inside the great hall of London's Guildhall are being restored by Nimbus, a Bristol-based company of restoration specialists. They worked out a programme starting with the thorough cleaning of the monuments. AB57 was used in the first cleaning stage while the second stage employed a dilute solution of Vulpex soap (potassium methyl cyclohexyl oleate). Cleaning was completed by a twice-over sponge down with cotton wool and warm water. Restoration problems revealed by cleaning include the discovery of numerous repairs which had been carried out in plaster of Paris painted with grey oil paint to blend them in with the dirty marble. No decision on these has been reached at the moment: possible solutions are presented in brief. Applications of Cosmolloid microcrystalline wax and white spirit for protection are being tested.
Keywords
Sculpture, conservation; stone, cleaning poultice; stone, cleaning; stone, marble; sculpture, stone; sculpture, restoration; ICCROM
pub_id
5379