Stonecleaning and the nature, soiling and decay mechanisms of stone
Stonecleaning and the nature,
The following are details of:
Webster, R.G.M. (ed) 1992
Stonecleaning and the nature, soiling and decay mechanisms of stone
Donhead: London
ISBN 1 873394 09 8
Proceedings of the International Conference held in Edinburgh, UK
14-16 April 1992.
Copies are available from:
Donhead Publishing
28 Southdean Gardens
Wimbledon
London SW19 6NU
A significant body of research has recently been undertaken into the cleaning and conservation of stone buildings, particularly those constructed of sandstone, and the debate concerning the best methods continues. This book brings together contributions from a wide range of specialisms and offers new perspectives on the important issues surrounding the subject.
The topics covered encompass not only theoretical and philosophical concerns, but also problems of weathering and microbiological damage. The practical case studies help to highlight the problems and the laboratory experiments offer vital information that will provide a valuable contribution to the existing body of knowledge in this field.
This book will be an important work of reference for all building practitioners and academics who are interested, and actively involved, in conserving stone buildings and monuments.
| Paper | Title | Author |
| 1 | Stone cleaning, for better or worse? An overview | Ingval Maxwell |
| 2 | A brief history of grime: accumulation and removal of soot deposits on buildings since the 17th century | Peter Brimblecombe |
| 3 | Towards an aesthetic theory of building soiling | Chris Andrew |
| 4 | Stone cleaning - a professional view | James Simpson |
| 5 | Sources of building soiling and a review of the stone cleaning industry 1991 | Trudie Mansfield |
| 6 | To clean or not to clean buildings within Edinburgh | Alastair Milligan |
| 7 | Scott Monument - a brief study report | Hurd Rolland Partnership, John Dixon |
| 8 | The cleaning of the Palace of Westminster | Chris Tucker |
| 9 | A conservator's approach to architectural stonework | Jane Porter |
| 10 | The composition and weathering of sandstone with relation to cleaning | Brian Bluck |
| 11 | Abrasive cleaning of sandstone buildings and monuments: an experimental investigation | Maureen Young & Dennis Urquhart |
| 12 | Research on cleaning methods applied to historic stone monuments | Martin Werner & Claudia Neuwald |
| 13 | Experience with cleaning and consolidating stone facades in Hungary | Mihály Zádor |
| 14 | Stone cleaning by the inversion of gypsum back into calcium carbonate | Theodor Skoulikidis & Paraskevi Papakonstantinou |
| 15 | Removal of sulphated-crust from marble using sulphate-reducing bacteria | K. Lal Gauri, Lawrence Parks, John Jaynes & Ronald Atlas |
| 16 | Geochemical considerations in the cleaning of carbonate stone | Richard Livingston |
| 17 | "Acid rain": the cleaning and conservation of stonework in Bath | David McLaughlin |
| 18 | Conservation and planning considerations in stone cleaning | Chris Andrew & Emma Crawford |
| 19 | Stone cleaning in urban conservation | Dennis Rodwell |
| 20 | Building cleaning - process or procedure, an industry view | Craig Liddle |
| 21 | Chemical cleaning of sandstone - comparative laboratory studies | John MacDonald, Bruce Thomson & Ken Tonge |
| 22 | Effects of particulate air pollutants on materials: investigation of surface crust formation | Brian Whalley, Bernard Smith & Ralph Magee |
| 23 | The impact of stone cleaning on micro-organisms and microbially influenced corrosion | Markus Wilimzig, Wolfgang Sand & Everhard Bock |
| 24 | Microbial interactions with building stones, with special reference to various cleaning, conservation and restoration techniques< | Wolfgang Krumbein, Joanna Braams, Gabi Grote, Monika Gross, Karin Petersen, Volker Schostak & Thomas Warscheid |
| 25 | Microbiological damage to building stone: analysis and intervention | Robert Palmer Jr |
| 26 | Assessment of building stone decay: a geomorphological approach | Bernard Smith, Brian Whalley and Ralph Magee |
| 27 | Decay mechanisms of oolitic limestones in an urban environment: King's College Chapel, Cambridge and St Luke's Church, London | Nick Schiavon |
| 28 | The weathering of the statues of Prato della Valle and the criteria used for consolidation | Vasco Fassina |
| 29 | Weathering as a controllable phenomenon | Frank Hawes |
| 30 | Cleaning or proper detailing to prevent cleaning? | Leo Verhoef |
| 31 | The removal of graffiti | Roy Butlin, Clare Russell & Iain McCaig |
For further information contact Maureen Young at m.young@rgu.ac.uk
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