What is the Statue of Liberty cleaned with?

Answer 1

with a cloth and a rag :)

a little history page - very interesting

Reclothing the First Lady of Metals -- Repair Concerns

completed on October 28, 1886.

"As her 100 birthday approached, the National Park Service decided she needed to be cleaned. Her copper was beginning to age. People in France and in America sent money for the restoration and by July 4 ,1986 she was cleaned and polished."

Bicarbonate of Soda (baking soda) is used to clean the copper surface of the Statue of Liberty. It does cause some discoloration that fades with time.

".....baking soda has long been recognized for its exceptional cleaning abilities beyond household applications. It was used to restore the Statue of Liberty in the 1980's, chosen for its ability to clean without destroying the integrity of the statue's surface."

I know it has been cleaned because I was there when it was having the major repairs and cleaned for the 100 yr Celebration process. I also was there after it was completed.

Answer 2

They do continual maintenance work on the Statue of Liberty so that icon of Freedom of the People will last the test of time. The crown has been closed since 9-11!

See way scaffold was built around The Statue of Liberty to clean it (see Related Links below for more information).

The first cleaning was completed on October 28, 1886: "As her 100 birthday approached, the National Park Service decided she needed to be cleaned. Her copper was beginning to age. People in France and in America sent money for the restoration and by July 4 ,1986 she was cleaned and polished."

Bicarbonate of Soda (baking soda) is used to clean the copper surface of the Statue of Liberty. It does cause some discoloration that fades with time: ".....baking soda has long been recognized for its exceptional cleaning abilities beyond household applications. It was used to restore the Statue of Liberty in the 1980's, chosen for its ability to clean without destroying the integrity of the statue's surface."

I know it has been cleaned because I was there when it was having the major repairs and cleaned for the 100-year Celebration process. I also was there after it was completed.

Answer 3

The do continual maintenance work on the Statue of Liberty so that icon of Freedom of the People to last the test of time. The crown has been closed since 9-11!

Answer 4

5 days