1st Edition

Cleaning Historic Buildings: v. 2 Cleaning Materials and Processes

By Nicola Ashurst Copyright 1994
272 Pages
by Routledge

What happens to the fabric of a historic building if it is not cleaned? What is soiling, how does it affect the building? What cleaning methods should be used? This second of a comprehensive two-volume guide addresses these important and controversial questions, along with many others, and offers practical guidance on appropriate cleaning techniques, backed up with useful case study material.... Read more

Volume 2 Selecting a cleaning method; water washing; air abrasive and mechanical cleaning; chemical cleaning; special cleaning systems; specific cleaning problems; removal of paint and graffiti; essential practicalities and preliminaries; case studies.

Biography

Nicola Ashurst