Facing new challenges in the conservation of the boots of former Valencia Club de Fútbol player Gaizka Mendieta

Palabras clave: football boots, restoration process, Gaizka Mendieta, TPU, Phylon

Resumen

The article presents the restoration process carried out on the boots of former Valencia Club de Fúbtol player Gaizka Mendieta. The boots have become an object of socio-cultural relevance, as they were donated to the Club by the player. These boots are more than twenty years old and are made of kangaroo leather. The sole is made up of two layers: the first, thicker, of Phylon (ethylene-vinyl acetate), and the second, thinner and lighter, of thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer (TPU).
The condition of the sole was extremely unstable, since, due to hydrolysis, the polyurethane had degraded, generating a very accentuated film of whitish crystals. On the other hand, the rubber studs of the football boots were in an extremely high state of degradation and loss. Moreover, the whole assembly was deformed, dirty and poorly adhered. The article describes in detail the materials and techniques used in the restoration, being one of the few dedicated to this problem.

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Biografía del autor/a

Rosario Llamas-Pacheco, Departamento de Conservación y Restauración de Bienes Culturales. Universitat Politècnica de València

La Prof. Dra. Rosario Llamas Pacheco es Catedrática en el Departamento de Conservación y Restauración de Bienes Culturales de la Universitat Politècnica de València. Es miembro del Instituto Universitario de Restauración del Patrimonio, del cual ha sido subdirectora.
Ha impartido clase en varias universidades. Ha sido directora tanto del Máster Oficial, como del Programa de Doctorado en Conservación y Restauración de Bienes Culturales de la Universitat Politècnica de València.Cuenta con una gran cantidad de publicaciones, tanto de tipo docente como investigador. Ha publicado en las revistas nacionales e internacionales más prestigiosas, y ha participado en gran cantidad de eventos relativos a la conservación y restauración del arte contemporáneo. Ha sido la investigadora responsable de diferentes proyectos de investigación.

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Publicado
2024-03-04
Cómo citar
Llamas-Pacheco, R. (2024). Facing new challenges in the conservation of the boots of former Valencia Club de Fútbol player Gaizka Mendieta. Ge-Conservacion, 25(1), 30-43. https://doi.org/10.37558/gec.v25i1.1186