TY - JOUR A1 - Meng, Birgit A1 - Müller, Urs A1 - Garcia, O. A1 - Malaga, Katarina T1 - Performance of a new anti-graffiti agent used for immovable cultural heritage objects N2 - Cultural Heritage objects are in many cases invaluable and irrecoverable, therefore their protection is a prior goal. One threat arises by intentionally defacing such objects with graffiti. One possibility to face the imminent threat is the application of a surface protection in form of anti-graffiti systems (AGS). However, the knowledge about the performance and durability of AGS on substrates used for historical buildings is still fragmented. The goal of the presented study was to investigate the performance of a newly developed agent in comparison to a selection of commercial anti-graffiti agents on different substrates, which were used for historical buildings. Four commercial anti-graffiti agents with different chemical formulations were selected and tested with the new agent on different stone and brick substrates. The results showed clearly that AGS based on dense, water vapour impermeable coatings are not suitable to porous substrates such as sandstone, brick or porous limestone due to their impair of the hygric properties and the visual appearance of a substrate. The new agent could not completely reach the cleaning efficacy of the dense coatings but exhibited a much lower impact on the properties of the substrate and was therefore better compatible to historical surfaces. KW - Graffiti KW - Cultural Heritage KW - Anti-graffiti agent KW - Performance KW - Stone KW - Brick KW - Cleaning efficacy KW - Compatibility PY - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/15583058.2012.747116 SN - 1558-3058 SN - 1558-3066 VL - 8 IS - 6 SP - 820 EP - 834 PB - Taylor & Francis CY - Philadelphia, Pa., USA AN - OPUS4-28605 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -