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From Angkor to Zanzibar and Venice to New Orleans, soluble salts are responsible for causing significant damage to porous building materials. But how does salt weathering take place, and what level of salts are harmful? Are certain salts more damaging than others? Should they be removed and if so, how?
The use of poultice treatments is well established in conservation, however the complexities of salt migration within historic structures have produced variable and unpredictable results. Poultice Desalination of Porous Building Materials presents new applied research on the process of poultice desalination through practical applications for conservators and others whose job is to assess, treat, and evaluate the impact of salts on porous building materials.
Designed for field-based conservation professionals, this hands-on workshop will be conducted through a combination of pre-workshop reading assignments and workshop lectures, demonstrations, and field trials. It will provide participants with a solid foundation for the poultice treatment of salt-laden building materials.
Topics to be addressed include:
- Guidelines for poultice desalination
- Building pathology – understanding the building construction context for moisture and salt related damage
- A review of the behavior of porous building materials
- Salt and moisture transport through porous building materials
- Introduction to salts and salt weathering
- Working principles of poultice systems: optimizing salt removal
- Criteria for poultice selection: modifying your poultice to match your substrate
- Practical pre- and post- poultice treatment investigation and assessment methods
- The limits of poultice desalination
Poultice Desalination of Porous Building Materials is organized by the GCI Education Department as part of its Science Workshop Series: Research into Practice, which aims to disseminate the results of important research to the conservation field. This workshop is a result of research conducted through the GCI Science project, Desalination of Porous Building Materials.
Eligibility and Selection
Applicants are expected to have the equivalent of five years field experience in the conservation of porous building materials. Admission is competitive and limited to a maximum of 20 participants.
Decision notices will be sent to candidates via e-mail on February 3, 2010.
Language
The workshop will be conducted in English.
Facilitators
An international team of conservators, conservation scientists, and a conservation architect will teach the course.
Fee
USD $500
The fee for this workshop covers instruction and workshop materials only. It does not cover travel to New Orleans, meals, lodging, or other incidental expenses.
How to Apply:
Please read the directions below carefully before completing the online application.
- You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader version 7 or above in order to complete the application and submit online. You can download a free copy of the most recent version of Adobe Acrobat Reader at: the Adobe Web site.
If you are using a free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader, you may not be able to save your application to your hard drive. Users of the free Adobe Acrobat Reader should prepare information in advance, and in one sitting: 1) complete the form, 2) print a file copy, and 3) submit the application.
- Open the desalination workshop application.
- Click on the "Highlight Fields" button in the upper right corner.
- Complete the requested information.
- Print a copy of the completed form for your records.
- Click the "Submit by E-mail" button.
Desktop E-mail Application Users (Groupwise, Outlook, etc.)
Click "ok" and your form will be automatically e-mailed to the GCI. You can verify this by looking in your sent items folder. You should receive an immediate automated response or a personal response from GCI staff within a few days.
Internet E-mail Users (Hotmail, Yahoo, etc.)
Click "ok". Save the PDF file to your computer. Send this file as an attachment to desalination@getty.edu. You should receive an immediate automated response or a personal response from GCI staff within a few days.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Some Mac users may experience compatibility issues when completing the application. Please contact desalination@getty.edu if you are having problems submitting the form.
Deadline for Submission
16 December 2009
Contact:
If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact:
desalination@getty.edu
Last updated: September 2009
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