Consolidating panel painting

Petar Gerasimov <pgerasimov [at] yahoo__com> writes

>A team of conservators are working at the reinforcement
>(consolidation) of the several tempera panel painting. The wood have
>a great damage caused by worms, so it is like a sponge. It is
>causing the problems during the treating of the surface-painting
>layer and the ground.

I would advise you to read the study : Studien zur Festigung
biologisch geschwachten Nadelholzes: Eindringsvermogen,
Stabilitatserhohung, feuchtephysikalisches Verhalten, von Francoise
Cuany, Volker Schaible, Ulrich Schiessl. You find it in : Zeitschift
fur Kunsttechnologie und Konservierung, Jahrgang 3/1989. The study
is very complete and interesting.


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