Recording of the GoGreen WP3 webinar now online!

The recording of the GoGreen WP3 webinar From Nature to Performance: Rethinking Cleaning Methods is now online! If you missed this webinar, you can watch it now!

This webinar will dive into sustainable cleaning methods for paintings and metals developed through the GoGreen project. Furthermore, insights are shared on how natural, eco-friendly solutions can clean metals and paintings safely and effectively, all while protecting the environment.

Francesca Ramacciotti from the University of Bologna (UNIBO) presents on cleaning methods for removing paint from easel paintings, from techniques inspired by historical recipes to innovative technologies such as non-woven fabrics that retain organic solvents and adsorb swollen paint. Our second presenter is Edith Joseph from Haute Ecole Arc Conservation-Restauration (HES-SO) and she will examine metals cleaning — taking advantage of certain microbial metabolites (active substances from bacteria or fungi), tarnish layers can be removed from metal surfaces altered with time. Various greener cleaning formulations on test objects made of copper, iron or silver will be presented.

Watch the full WP3 webinar on the GoGreen YouTube channel here!