39103
Accession Number
15344
Title Of Article Chaper
Battling the bronze disease
Title Of Journal Book
History news
Volume
39
Issue
9
Pages
14-21
Collation
16 photos.
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
A contract conservator treated 19 monuments and statues and 5 historic cannon on the state capitol grounds, Raleigh, North Carolina. Treatment of bronze consisted of cleaning and removal of corrosion by glass-bead peening and hand tools; repair; repatination with water solutions of selenium; and protective coating with a mixture of beeswax, other natural materials and naphtha rubbed on and heated. Incralac was applied to a bronze and iron fence. Nontechnical descriptions of the metal treatment, stone cleaning, maintenance instructions, and contract provisions are presented.
Keywords
Bronze patina;Metal protection coating Incralac; Bronze sculpture; Bronze corrosion;Bronze cleaning mechanical;Raleigh, North Carolina USA; Wax beeswax;Stone cleaning AATA
pub_id
39103