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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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Civil War Memorial Tablets Cleaning & Conservation
Amherst Historical Commission Amherst Planning Department
Monument Conservation Collaborative LLC, Norfolk, CT 06058-0541 860307-6695 [email protected]
Cleaning test, before and afteron Dedication plaque.
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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]
Cleaning tests, before and after on Dedi-cation plaque.
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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]
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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Civil War Memorial Tablets Cleaning & Conservation
Amherst Historical Commission Amherst Planning Department
Monument Conservation Collaborative LLC, Norfolk, CT 06058-0541 860307-6695 [email protected]
Typical application of Arte Mun-dit Type II latex. This was leftto dry for approximately twodays
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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]
Peeling the cured Arte Mundit. After peeling, a light sponging
with water removed additional surface soiling.
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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]
Detail of typical results of latex cleaning (inscriptions havebeen re-lettered on the right up to GLA.)
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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]
Re-lettering with acrylic paint.
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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]
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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Civil War Memorial Tablets Cleaning & Conservation
Amherst Historical Commission Amherst Planning Department
Monument Conservation Collaborative LLC, Norfolk, CT 06058-0541 860307-6695 [email protected]
Before cleaning Cleaned and re-lettered
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Civil War Memorial Tablets Cleaning & ConservationAmherst Historical Commission Amherst Planning Department
Monument Conservation Collaborative LLC, Norfolk, CT 06058-0541 860307-6695 [email protected]
Before cleaning Cleaned and re-lettered
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Civil War Memorial Tablets Cleaning & ConservationAmherst Historical Commission Amherst Planning Department
Monument Conservation Collaborative LLC, Norfolk, CT 06058-0541 860307-6695 [email protected]
Before cleaning Cleaned and re-lettered
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Civil War Memorial Tablets Cleaning & ConservationAmherst Historical Commission Amherst Planning Department
Monument Conservation Collaborative LLC, Norfolk, CT 06058-0541 860307-6695 [email protected]
Plaques are secured in crates with foam insulation spacers.