PST | Acronym | Brand | Backinga | Adhesivea | Cleaning systemb |
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Packing brown tape | BT | Tesa | Polypropylene | Acrylic | PEMA-DEC |
Filmoplast P | FPP | NESCHEN | Paper | Acrylic | pHEMA/PVP + EAPC |
Masking tape | MKT | Tesa | Coated paper | Natural rubber | pHEMA/PVP + EAPC |
Magic tape | MT | Scotch 3 M | Cellulose acetate | Acrylic | pHEMA/PVP + EAPCc |
Ordinary tape | OT | Tesa | Polypropylene | Acrylic | PEMA-DEC |
Insulating tape | IT | Pirelli | Poly Vinyl chloride | Synthetic rubber | PEMA-DECc |
- aThe composition of backings and adhesives was assessed with ATR-FTIR (see Sect. “Results and discussion”)
- bThe most effective cleaning systems for each type of PST are indicated, i.e. where the controlled release of the cleaning fluid led to penetration of the backing and swelling/softening of the adhesive, which could be easily removed with no risks for the mockups/artworks
- cIn these cases, penetration of the fluid through the backing produced some alteration of the backing (see Sect. “Results and discussion” for details)