Application of Surface Coating in order to Protect Cultural Heritage Assets

The current report aims at reviewing the all coating-based methods to protect the cultural heritage assets. At first, the necessity of protection for cultural heritage assets is proposed. Then, all types of cultural heritage objects including textiles, papers, metals, leathers and … are introduced. Finally, general protection procedures are proposed. The main characteristics and requirements which have to be used in coating of cultural heritage objects are explained. Among various coating systems, Acrylic, Fluorinated resins, silanes, hybrid coatings are introduced that can be good candidates for cultural heritage protections against various harsh environments. In addition different functional coatings (like self-cleaning, weathering resistant, anti-bacterial, …) are proposed for cultural heritage protection purposes.