Survey on Material Used to Fill Wooden Objects During Conservation. (29th July 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fulcher, Kate
• Is Part Of: Journal of open archaeology data. Volume 3(2015)
• Publication Date: 2014-07-29
• Subjects: conservation -- wood -- heritage -- Klucel -- cellulose -- hydroxypropyl cellulose -- filler -- survey -- microballoons -- acrylic resin -- Paraloid B72; Archaeology -- Periodicals; 930.1
• DOI: 10.5334/joad.ad
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2049-1565

Abstract

The data here described are the results of a survey sent to conservators to discover the range of materials being using to fill gaps in wooden objects, and to assess how popular hydroxypropyl cellulose and paper pulp were in regards to this. The survey was created using Survey Monkey, a free online survey tool. The complete dataset is available from UCL Discovery in Excel and CSV format. It is hoped that these survey results can be used by conservators to inform their work on wooden objects and inspire experimental work that will demonstrate the suitability of different materials for the purpose of filling wood.