Talk:BPG Washing
This discussion page was started in July 2014 to collect ideas for improving this chapter. It includes the suggestions offered by the BPG Publications Committee, PCC Task Force in 2007-2009. Please feel free to add your own suggestions for improvement.
Update priority: High
- Media section does not discuss digital media and does not adequately describe coating / fixatives.
- 16.2.5 B. Physical Chemical d. graphite “shows little or no alteration with washing” this statement is false and needs to be re-addressed.
- 16.2.7 – Drying Methods K. Consider adding the Legion of Honor’s oversized hot air press for contemporary prints included in this section as a drying option used by printers and adapted by conservators.
- 16.3.4 – Enzymes – update this section substantially with newest manufacturers and distributors.
- 16.3.6 – Chelating Agents-Update types of chelating agents currently in use / update manufacturers and distributors.
- Add discussion of using calcium phytate to address iron gall ink corrosion.
- 16.3.9 – Suction Table – This chapter needs to be written.
- 16.4.8 A – “Oriental technique” poor word choice for modern day description of Asia.
- D. Local Washing with Alkaline Solutions - Unwritten
- D. Local Washing with Chelating Agents - Unwritten
- D. Local Washing with Suction Table - Unwritten
- D. Local Washing with Enzyme Treatment - Unwritten
- Add discussion and links to articles on using cyclododecane as a temporary fixative for water-sensitive media.
Add discussion of adjusting the conductivity of water to improve washing (starting with citations below).--Kkelly (talk) 12:16, 7 July 2015 (CDT)
- IIC blog post on Wolbers workshop
- Stavroudis, Chris, Doherty, Tiarna, Wolbers, Richard. 2005. A New Approach to Cleaning I: Using Mixtures of Concentrated Stock Solutions and a Database to Arrive at an Optimal Aqueous Cleaning System (pdf). WAAC Newsletter 27 (2), pp. 17-28.
- Stavroudis, Chris, Doherty, Tiarna, Wolbers, Richard. 2005. A Novel Approach to Cleaning I: Using Mixtures of Concentrated Stock Solutions and a Database to Arrive at an Optimal Aqueous Cleaning System. AIC Paintings Specialty Group Post-prints, Portland, Oregon
- Sarkodie, Sophie. 2016. "Richard Wolbers’ ‘New Methods of Paper Bathing and Stain Removal’: Experimenting with Silicone." Blog post on The Book & Paper Gathering.
The section of the Washing page on surfactants recommends Triton X-100. In July 2017, I added a link to Sustainable Solvent Use for a discussion of the health and and environmental hazards of using Triton X-100. This section also talks about a Library of Congress formula that I am not sure is still in use.--Kkelly (talk) 07:20, 27 July 2017 (CDT)
In the 2018 reformatting project, the numbered outline format was removed. Re-consider this for the treatment steps, which should perhaps be reverted to 1..2..3 numbered steps--Kkelly (talk) 14:31, 22 May 2018 (CDT)
