Kajima Corporation

Boon Keng Lim

Nobuo Sakurai

Noboru Sakata

Gun-ichi Kobayashi

Hanako Nagai

Yasuhiko Furusawa

Nobuyoshi Nanba

Minori Machii

A method for cleaning structural surface 1 by forming a substratum membrane 17a thereon through application and drying of a thin layer 16 of aqueous solution 5 of membrane-forming polymer 2 on a structural surface, spreading a fibrous reinforcing member 15 on the thin layer 16 before drying or the substratum membrane 17a after dried, and applying the aqueous solution 5 on the outer surface of the reinforcing member 15 while wetting it in such a manner that, upon drying, an overlying membrane 17b integral with both the substratum membrane 17a and the reinforcing member 15 is formed so as to generate a multi-layer membrane 18 having the substratum and overlying membranes sandwiching the reinforcing member. After causing foreign matters on the structural surface 1 to adhere onto the substratum membrane 17a, the multi-layer membrane 18 is peeled off from the structural surface 1.

Method for cleaning structural surface

Pasty solution 5 made by dissolving membrane-forming polymer 2 and plasticizer 3 in water 4 is applied to wall surface 1 in the form of liquid film 6. The plasticizer 3 improves flexibility and elongation of membrane formable by the membrane-forming polymer. Dirt substance 8 on the wall surface 1 is caused to adhere to the liquid film 6. Water 4 of the liquid film 6 is allowed to evaporate gradually so as to turn the liquid film 6 into flexible membrane 7 which is peelable intact. After dried, the flexible membrane 7 is peeled off intact from the wall surface 1 while carrying the dirt substance 8 adhering thereto.

Method for peeling off dirt from wall surface by using peelable polymer

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Chohu, Japan

Boon Keng Lim