Conservation & Restoration in Torca La Vaca
Taping can be seen as a "first response" to stal damage and breakage. It may be that small signs or directional arrows will be more appropriate.

Mending, cleaning and taping formations in Torca La Vaca, November 2008. Photos by Ian Chandler with Pete Smith and Juan Corrin, eg B2 A1: Standing close to this stalagmite will wobble it. A2: Moving the tape at the entrance to Photographers Passage A3 - B1: A broken stal "handhold" drilled, pinned and glued together. B2: Drilling another stal fragment. B3: Rapid Araldite on the threaded 6mm metal bar. B4: (Temporary?) tape while the resin cures. B5, C1: Cleaning stal and calcite floor with sponge, spray bottle and cave water. C2: Hoping to prevent further mud deposits, the tape should keep cavers to the right!
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Re-installing the repaired 1.8m stalagmite in Penguin Passage, January 2009. Photos by Ian Chandler with Juan Corrin, eg A1 and Pete Smith, eg C3 A1, A2: Removing stal from packed sewer pipe. A3: Inking the foam insert to mark drilling point on top of stump. A4, B2, B3: Drilling the stump. A5: Removing foam insert. B4: Mixing Araldite. B5: Mending a nearby stal. C1: Pouring Araldite into the stump hole and onto the surface. C2: Fixing the lower half. C3: Attaching the upper half, with polystyrene packing. C4: The repaired 1.8m tall stal.
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