Limpieza del PVC plastificadometodología aplicable a obras de arte y objetos de museo

Zusammenfassung

The amount of plastic objects found in museum collections is, without exception, growing. It comes as no surprise, that the conservation of plastics is gaining increasing interest and attention. There are many papers published about composition, manufacture and recycling of plastics, but not so much about their degradation, and very few about cleaning and conservation. During the last years some institutions have developed projects related to plastics cleaning or offered training courses in conservation of modern materials. Some of these institutions are: the ICN, (Netherlands Institute of Cultural Heritage), the Institute for Conservation Sciences of Cologne and the School of Conservation of Copenhagen, in collaboration with the Statens Museum for Kunst or the National Museum of Denmark. Others, like The Getty Conservation Institute or the POPART (Preservation of Plastic ARTefacts in museums) project have been focused on extensive programs and research in plastics cleaning. On the other hand, surface cleaning is a vital part on the field of active conservation of plastics, requiring a deep knowledge about plastics materials, reactivity and degradation, which is sometimes difficult for conservators and scientists. Therefore, the cleaning of plastics can be considered a very complicated subject to deal with, but interesting and necessary at the same time, becoming a challenge for the conservation world...