Adhesive Tape Strips and PVA-Borax Hydrogels as Alternative Cleaning Methods to Remove Fungal Proliferation on Canvas Support of Paintings.

ABSTRACT: Two commercial adhesive tape strips (Fungi-Tape^TM and Filmoplast^® P) and a polyvinyl alcohol-borax (PVA-B) gel were tested as novel physical cleaning alternatives to micro-aspiration for removing visible fungal colonisation from a cotton canvas. In addition, clove essential oil (CEO) and Cyrene™ were incorporated in the PVA-B gel for testing the potential of each to improve fungal cleaning. For the trials, canvas mock-ups were separately inoculated with two fungal species identified as Penicillium chrysogenum and Aspergillus westerdijkiae. Removal of fungi and related impacts were evaluated by DOM, FESEM, ATR-FTIR and ImageJ software. Inhibition of fungal spores and residual growth were assessed by in vitro growth tests and CLSM. Removal of A. westerd

SUBMITTER: Oliveira-Urquiri H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12940475 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature