Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: Plastic, widely used as a material for contemporary art, get damaged as directly exposed to temperature, humidity, ultra violet, etc.And it is very quickly damaged in early time, once damaged, it can't recover into original state.But like this characteristics, there is a few advanced research in Korea.So this study deal with a rising value of plastic artifacts in other country, United Kingdom and France, current conservation state, identification and cleaning method.Also 5 types of cleaners(distilled water, ethanol, acetone, eraser) and adhesives(cyanoacrylate, epoxy, acrylic, chloroprene rubber) were evaluated by produced plastics(PVC, PE, PP, PS, PU).As a result of experiment, ethanol and acetone that were previous evaluated in other research performed in other country are the best cleaner.Result of degradation 128 | 보존과학회지 Vol.29, No.2, 2013 after adhesive, cyanoacrylate and epoxy resin showed better performance and stability.As a basic research, this study is expected that can be used in future researches.
Source: Journal of Conservation Science
Authors: Yong Jae Chung, Ji A Yu, Dai Ill Kang
Institution: Korea National University of Cultural Heritage
Language: English
Subfield: Conservation
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1964996474