Atlas of Romanian stone behavior regarding laser cleaning procedures.
Contract 4-191/ 04.11.2004

• INOE –coordinator
• Museum of Braila

• Selection and presentation of the most important Romanian sorts of stones in art and architecture;
• Work methodology establishment – in concordance with European restoration school principles;
• Report on the laser cleaning results on physical and chemical degraded surfaces (comparative study);
• Report on the laser cleaning results on biodegraded surfaces (comparative study);
• Selection and presentation of important Romanian casuistry ;
• STONE ATLAS Publishing and ehxibition.
  
  
  
• Digital data collections (Atlas) of Romanian stone pit.

This is an important project for Romanian school of restoration – that surprisingly has no studies, yet, and not original contribution to this field. Taking into consideration that our main school of restoration (Art University of Bucharest) just opened (2003-2004) first class for stone restorers – as response of the stringent necessity and of the obvious It will deliver the first study over the Romanian restoration casuistry faced to specific material in the very certain case of laser method application.

During the experimental cleaning process using a paper mask over the sample