Selected Projects

The Merlion is the national symbol and the patron saint of the city-state of Singapore. The statue is depicted as a mythical creature with a lion head and a fish body. In the beginning of 2019, the statue was restored using out products.

Conservation:

• Steam cleaning
• Pre-treatment with CaLoSiL^® E25
• Crack filling and surface treatment with CaLoSiL^® micro, CaLoXiL injection mortar, filler and repair mortar
• Application of biocides
• Additional consolidation with CaLoSiL^® E25 followed by silica acid esters

Executive company: Resto-Werkz PTE. LTD., Singapore

The statue can be visited at the Visitationist Church in Warsaw. The church is one of the most important sacred buildings of the 18^th century. The enormous damage on the statue was mainly caused by weathering and previously, inappropriately performed conservation. The restoration took place in 2009 in context of the Stonecore project in close collaboration with IBZ-Salzchemie. Together with the royal emblem of John II, the statue served as trial project for our products. Because of the outstanding results of this project, the treatment of the whole frontage with our CaLoSiL® products followed.

Conservation:

• Mechanical cleaning of the paint coating and the spackling pastes from the stucco work surfaces
• Mechanical removal of the technologically faulty cement and epoxy-based fillings
• Removal of the corroded anchors and frames, simultaneous, preliminary reinforcement and gluing of the degraded original fabric
• Dismantling of the loose elements of the stucco decoration
• Structural reinforcement and consolidation of the weakened parts of the stucco work with CaLoSiL^® E25 injection
• Stabilizing and Gluing of movable objects of the stucco
• Filling cavities and reconstruction of the missing forms
• Final treatment of the surfaces

Executive company: Restauro, Poland

The royal coat of arms is located at the Visitationist Church in Warsaw as the St. Augustine Statue. The restauration took place in 2009 as part of the Stonecore project. Together with the royal emblem of John II, the statue served as trial project for our products. Because of the outstanding results of this project, the treatment of the whole frontage with our CaLoSiL^® products followed.

Conservation:

• Mechanical cleaning of the paint coating and the spackling pastes from the stucco work surfaces
• Mechanical removal of the technologically faulty cement and epoxy-based fillings
• Removal of the corroded anchors and frames, simultaneous, preliminary reinforcement and gluing of the degraded original fabric
• Dismantling of the loose elements of the stucco decoration
• Structural reinforcement and consolidation of the weakened parts of the stucco work with CaLoSiL^® E25 injection
• Stabilizing and Gluing of movable objects of the stucco
• Filling cavities and reconstruction of the missing forms
• Final treatment of the surfaces

Executive company: Restauro, Poland

The ceiling painting with decorative ornamental secco painting is located in a merchant’s house in Freiberg. It was exposed as part of a renovation project and the creation time is to be estimated at the 16^th century. The substrate is a thin lime plaster of lime slurry on a clay straw filling. The pigments of the paint as well as whole slices of the lime plaster detached very easily. The increased moisture during the renovation also resulted in mold growth

Conservation:

• Consolidation of the painting with CaLoSiL^® E5
• Reduction of the mold growth and drying of the wall with CaLoSiL^® E5
• Stabilizing and gluing of loose slices of plaster
• Filling of missing parts with lime slurry

Executive company: Restorer S. Trömmer, Weilburg, Germany