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Author Message Lynn Javoroski CSI CCS LEED AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 499 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Tuesday, February 27, 2007 - 11:55 am:    Help! I need a section for cleaning woodwork - specifically, a wood ceiling. An internet search has turned up diddly squat (at least of anything useful). Anyone have such a section? Or can anyone tell me where to look? John Regener, AIA, CCS, CCCA, CSI, SCIP Senior Member Username: john_regener Post Number: 259 Registered: 04-2002 Posted on Wednesday, February 28, 2007 - 12:49 pm:    Is the issue woodwork (the object being cleaned) or cleaning (the process)? Lynn Javoroski CSI CCS LEED AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 500 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Wednesday, February 28, 2007 - 02:58 pm:    It's the process of cleaning. Here's more information: the ceiling is most likely pine, is T&G with a "V" groove at the joining, has probably been stained and has been varnished. I've learned that once cleaned, a new coat of varnish can be applied and that cleaning should be done with a neutral soap and soft cloths. John Regener, AIA, CCS, CCCA, CSI, SCIP Senior Member Username: john_regener Post Number: 260 Registered: 04-2002 Posted on Wednesday, February 28, 2007 - 03:46 pm:    Then, I see this as a preparation matter, to be specified in the staining and varnishing Section (to follow MF04). Doing many school modernization projects, I developed a Division 01 Section titled "Renovation Cleaning". Actually, I haven't assigned it a MF04 Section number; there is no ready number to assign (surprise??). But it addresses how to clean existing products after a facility has been in use. On a recent project, the specific cleaning activity of removal of oil stains from concrete was specified in a distinct Section because of the magnitude of the cleaning operation and subsequent sealing of the floor surface. Typically, however, specific cleaning activities are specified as Articles or Paragraphs in a "work results" Sections (e.g., buffing, cleaning and polishing of stainless steel components of an existing elevator). There's no need to create a separate specification Section for limited scope cleaning activities. Steven Bruneel, AIA, CSI-CDT, LEED-AP Senior Member Username: redseca2 Post Number: 28 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Wednesday, February 28, 2007 - 03:54 pm:    For serious restoration of various materials, our firm has modified the "Restoration and Cleaning" Sections found in MasterFormat 1995, Section 03990 - Concrete Restoration and Cleaning, 04990 -Masonry Restoration and Cleaning, and so on as needed. Those titles didn't survive into MasterFormat 2004, but I can see our firm continuing to use them as 03 99 00, etc. But with your additional information, I think that might be overkill for your ceiling. Could you merely include the washing as an extended "preparation" in a painting Section? George A. Everding, AIA, CSI, CCS, CCCA Senior Member Username: geverding Post Number: 262 Registered: 11-2004 Posted on Wednesday, February 28, 2007 - 04:39 pm:    John- How about somewhere in the 01 3500 neighborhood for your "(Special Procedures for) Renovation and Cleaning" section? That section would include the general procedural requirments like protection, coordination, etc., and the specific cleaning activities located, as you say, as paragraphs in subsequent work result sections. John Regener, AIA, CCS, CCCA, CSI, SCIP Senior Member Username: john_regener Post Number: 261 Registered: 04-2002 Posted on Thursday, March 01, 2007 - 11:02 am:    George: I'd prefer to keep "cleaning" with other cleaning activities, in the neighborhood of 01 74 00 - Cleaning and Waste Management, perhaps as 01 74 26 - Renovation Cleaning (using an unassigned MF04 number and title). Lynn Javoroski CSI CCS LEED AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 501 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Thursday, March 01, 2007 - 11:18 am:    It seems that I misunderstood John's original question - the real issue here is the wood ceiling and how to restore it to "like new" appearance so that it looks like we actually did something to it. We're cleaning a stone fireplace in the same area and I have a section for that; I've found a couple of products to clean and restore the wood, courtesy of Chemical Products Industries Inc., and just need to adapt their use to indoors. Thanks for the thought-provoking discussion (as always) Wayne Yancey Senior Member Username: wyancey Post Number: 298 Registered: 05-2005 Posted on Thursday, March 01, 2007 - 12:52 pm:    Lynn, Why not contact heirloom furniture restorers in your area for advise on products and methods for a variey of wood species. Also, make a trip to a local woodworking store as a source for cleaning and refinishing products. I am currently restoring the finish in a Queen Anne coffee table using products and techniques I learned at Rocklers, a woodworking specialy store in Seattle and Tukwilla. Such stores also have extensive libraries of books for sale and are staffed by expert woodworkers. Choosing a Section #/name is the easy part. Wayne Richard L Matteo, AIA, CSI, CCS Senior Member Username: rlmat Post Number: 196 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Thursday, March 01, 2007 - 02:04 pm:    Lynn, You might try this web site: http://www.traditional-building.com/RTEwood_refinishing.htm Chris Grimm, CSI, CCS, MAI, RLA Senior Member Username: tsugaguy Post Number: 62 Registered: 06-2005 Posted on Thursday, March 01, 2007 - 10:25 pm:    a good source for restoration specs content is the preservation briefs/notes at http://w3.gsa.gov/web/p/hptp.nsf/