Solvent gels for the cleaning of works of art: the residue question /
Dusan Stulik...[et. al.] ; edited by Valerie Dorge.
- Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, 2004.
- xi, 162 p.
- Research in Conservation. .
Examines gel cleaning in the treatment of paintings and painted works of art, presents the methodologies, data, and results of a collaborative project of the Getty Conservation Institute and Winterthur Museum. Among the issues covered are the theory and application of gel cleaning systems, the detection of residues left on the surfaces of objects cleaned with these systems, research into solvent-gel and solvent residues, stability of surfactants during natural and artificial aging, and recommendations for formulating gels for specific cleaning tasks.