9101
Accession Number
38528
Author
Dai, Wei-kang
Title Of Article Chaper
Using dry ice to clean ceramic cultural relics
Title Of Journal Book
Sciences of Conservation and Archaeology
Volume
27
Issue
1
Pages
116-120
Collation
5 p. : ills.
Reference Bibliography
Includes bibliographic references
Language Of Text
Chinese
Language Of Summary
Chinese;English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
In the process of the restoration of cultural relics, the first job is to clean the objects. Although currently used methods are effective, they can be polluting, resulting in damage to the human body and to the environment. Finding new cleaning materials and methods is very important for developing sustainable methods for the conservation of relics. The use of dry ice for cleaning cultural relics is the focus of this article. As an experiment, dry ice-loaded in an industrial washing machine was used to clean a late Qing Dynasty porcelain object with a thick glaze layer. The results were evaluated. This work showed that dry ice can quickly remove epoxy resin on the porcelain surface without damaging the glaze layer. The whole cleaning process is very environmentally friendly. It produces no pollution and only clean stains without creating any side products. Although the process did no clean epoxy resin laid deep under the surface, this problem could be solved with the development and optimization of the process. Eventually, dry ice cleaning might be an environmental friendly method for cleaning of relics.
Keywords
cleaning;repair;porcelain;epoxy;resin;dry;ice
pub_id
9101