Why do we restored the museum pieces?

One of the basic functions assigned to the Museums is the conservation of the inventoried pieces so that they can be studied, communicated and, at the same time, preserved and they can be persist for the future generations, as witnesses to an activity of their past or as apart from their culture.

We show you the pictures of a Volcan brand gas hob, from the Padrós y Soler Ltda., of Badalona. This hob, manufactured from 1945, was restored in 2017 by ECORE’s students, a school of conservation and restoration of works of art with which the Museum of Badalona has a collaboration agreement.

In this case, it was a cleaning and maintenance treatment, since in the previum analysis it was diagnosed a good layer of dust, surface dirt and rust stains.

The process consisted of first cleaning the surfaces with steel wool and cotton wool, applying dressings on different stains, and doing a final cleaning to remove any other products. As a final treatment, a layer of protection was put on the iron pieces and a layer of glossy varnish on those of other metals.

All this not only serves to recover the good appearance of the historical piece, in this case the stove, but also guarantees that, if kept in the right conditions of humidity and temperature and periodically done a minimum cleaning, it can still last many, many years in perfect condition.