The Structural Conservation of Panel Paintings

Natural resins The use of natural resins as adhesives is not prevalent today; they are, however, encountered in historic objects ...

Solutions Synthetic resin solution adhesives are not widely used for fabrication in woodworking, but they remain a vital tool fo ...

Despite these qualities, the use of these adhesives in conservation is discouraged. By their very nature as cross-linking polyme ...

fibers. As with a damaged gluing surface, decisions must be reached as to how vigorously the conservator is to intrude in order ...

this type of repair. Water-based emulsion glues can be added to existing hide glues, as they will bond reasonably well. However, ...

Gutcho, Maria, ed. 1983 Adhesives Technology: Development since 1979. Park Ridge, N.J.: Noyes Data Corp. Koob, Stephen P. 1982 T ...

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Consolidation is a major intervention that is not to be undertaken lightly. In particular cases of advanced deterioration, howev ...

permeability. It should be pointed out, however, that while the term Npr^2 defines an area, this is the area of the capillary op ...

No internal stresses should be imparted to the object by shrinkage of the consolidant upon solidification. In extreme cases, su ...

strengthening, and they embrittle with age. Unger cites a large-scale pro- ject in Austria, in which an altar was consolidated i ...

Thermoplastic resins Thermoplastic resin consolidants can be introduced into wood as monomers or prepolymers and polymerized in ...

Choice of solvent and concentration for consolidant solutions Since each synthetic resin has its own particular requirements, th ...

pore volume completely) with a solution that contains 10% Butvar B98 by volume. With a relative density of cell-wall substance o ...

The most effective method of achieving maximum penetration is to use vacuum impregnation, which can be a practical method, excep ...

consistent with less reverse migration, due to the slow rate of drying. The strength of beams depends more on the upper and lowe ...

would only increase the strength of the composite by 1% over that of the wood alone. Conversely, the more severely deteriorated ...

desirable, but this characteristic also means that little strength can be added to the much stiffer material that is being conso ...

on the relatively low concentration used. When polar solvents were used— acetone for Acryloid B72, and ethanol for AYAT and B98— ...

Acryloid B72 in toluene, where bending strength increased significantly between two weeks and one year, but not thereafter. This ...