Amherst Civil War Memorial Tablets, Cleaning and Conservation

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Civil War Memorial Tablets Cleaning & Conservation

Amherst Historical Commission Amherst Planning Department

Monument Conservation Collaborative LLC, Norfolk, CT 06058-0541 860307-6695 [email protected]

Top left and above: detail of unusual stainingon Dedication Plaque. This staining is mostprobably due to storage conditions.

Lower left: various cleaning tests on Dedica-tion plaque


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Cleaning test, before and afteron Dedication plaque.


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Cleaning tests, before and after on Dedi-cation plaque.


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The 5 large plaques were unpacked and moved to a clean, dry storagebay on Pulpit Hill Rd and placed on custom built supports.


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Typical application of Arte Mun-dit Type II latex. This was leftto dry for approximately twodays


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Peeling the cured Arte Mundit. After peeling, a light sponging

with water removed additional surface soiling.


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Detail of typical results of latex cleaning (inscriptions havebeen re-lettered on the right up to GLA.)


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Re-lettering with acrylic paint.


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Peeling the cured Arte Mundit; note heavy soiling attached to latex.This plaque was heavily stained and also had shellac residue.


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Before cleaning Cleaned and re-lettered


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Plaques are secured in crates with foam insulation spacers.

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