The Modular Cleaning Program

The Modular Cleaning
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Articles relevant to the MCP that have appeared in the WAAC Newsletter are now online. Unless otherwise indicated, they are written by Chris Stavroudis.
If you are interested, please see:

Workshop Handout: Preparing pH Adjusted Rinsing Solutions.
Workshop Handout: Preparing Pemulen stock gels.
WAAC Newsletter articles:
Christine Slottved Kimbriel and Jenny Rose. "The Modular Cleaning Program: First Impressions from a Four-day Course and Subsequent Implementations". 2017.
and Tirna Doherty and Richard Wolbers. "A Novel Approach to Cleaning I: Using Mixtures of Concentrated Stock Solutions and a Database to Arrive at an Optimal Cleaning System". 2005.
and Tiarna Doherty. "A Novel Approach to Cleaning II: Extending the Modular Cleaning Program to Solvent Gels and Free Solvents, Part 1". 2007.
"Sorting out Surfactants". 2009.
"Solvents and Hansen Space in the MCP, something new and useful". 2019.
Luke Addington. "Surfactants & Solvents: Potential for MCP - Designed Nanostructered Fluids for the Removal of Polymer Films". 2020.
"Welcome to Version 11 of the MCP - Dewet all you like". WAAC Newsletter. 43/2, pp (in print only)
with Juliana Ly and Donna Williams. "Solvents and Hansen Space in the MCP, something new and useful". 2019.
and Soraya Alcalá. "A Review of the CSGI Workshop at Pratt Institute 12-16 February 2018", 2018.
"A Tale of Two Citrates (actually four)". 2015.
"Pemulen Revised: pHuck the pH Meter". 2012.
Nicholas Dorman. "Conference Review: The Cleaning of Acrylic Paint Surfaces 3 London Workshop – A space-time continuum of pH and conductivity". 2012.
"More from CAPS3: Surfactants, Silicone-based Solvents, and Microemulsions". 2012.
Antoinette Dwan and Chris Stavroudis. "Chelating Agents in Paper Conservation". 2020.
"Azeotropes from A to Z". 2006.
Chris McGlinchy. "Boundaries of the Teas Solubility Concept". 2002.

There are 9 videos prepared by the Getty Conservation Institute in support of the "Cleaning of Acrylic Painted Surfaces (CAPS)" workshops. The videos run 46 minutes total (sorry). They can be found at Getty Conservation Institute CAPS Videos or search YouTube for "Cleaning Acrylic Painted Surfaces".
The videos are:

Calibrating pH and Conductivity Horiba Meters (older Models)
Calibrating pH and Conductivity in Horiba Meters (2018 models)
Calibrating Conventional pH Meters
Making Agarose Gel in a Microwave and Preparing an Agarose Plug
Measuring pH and Conductivity with Horiba Meters
Measuring Surface pH and Conductivity Using Water Drop and Agarose Plug Methods
Preparing pH- and Conductivity-Adjusted Water
Making a Na-DOSS/Mineral Spirits Microemulsion
Preparing a Dow Mineral Spirits Microemulsion (with Cosurfactants)
Preparing a Silicone Microemulsion (not recommended, Ecosurf EH-3 leaves a residue)
Making a KSG-350Z Emulsion
Mixing and Using Velvesil Plus (obsolete)
Preparing a Pemulen Gel from MCP and Making an Emulsion

You may also want to join the Facebook page Modular Cleaning Program in Practice established by Luke Addington and Craig Deller. Moderated by Craig Deller - thanks, Craig.