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The use of gels for the cleaning plastics

The use of gels for the cleaning plastics

Programme start: 2012

CICRP: Alain Colombini

Partnership(s): Clémentine Bollard, art restorer, grant holder of the National Centre of Plastic Arts (CNAP), Museums of France Research and Restoration Centre (C2RMF)

This programme draws on research carried out by Clémentine Bollard, art restorer, CNAP grant holder. The scientific assistance of the CICRP in this project is based on evaluations of the impact of these treatments with Raman imaging analyses. This work is carried out in coordination with the 20th-century department of the C2RMF and concerns the use of gels for the cleaning of plastics, especially PVC, PMMA and ABS.