Going green in conservation of contemporary art and design objects: evaluation of surface cleaning with biodegradable agents
- Autores: Elli Kampasakali, Theodora Fardi, Eleni Pavlidou, Dimitrios Christofilos
- Localización: Conservación de arte contemporáneo: 22ª jornada, febrero 2021, 2022, págs. 125-136
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
With the aim of finding ecient cleaning methods and materials and addressing environmentally benign conservation treatments within museum practice, the study presented here introduces a series of selected environmentally friendly and biodegradable solvents and cleaning agents and assesses their potential use for the cleaning of contemporary art objects made of plastics.
The cleaning processes were tested on samples of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) and biodegradable polylactic acid (PLA), which is widely used for prototypes and 3D printed art and design objects. Surface alteration eects were studied using optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and atomic force microscopy (AFM). µ-Raman spectroscopy and gloss measurements were also used to evaluate the cleaning ecacy. The results of the study show the dependency of the cleaning result on the type of plastic. However, they are very encouraging regarding the incorporation of environmentally friendly methods and materials in modern and contemporary art conservation practice.
