Video: Laser cleaning the Parliament Buildings
Watch to see laser cleaning in action. Using a highly focused, powerful light source, stonemasons simply vaporize dirt from the stones. The lasers can clean the stones without touching them.
Transcript of Laser cleaning the Parliament Buildings
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(Construction sounds resonate in the background)
Medium shot of a man holding a laser cleaning tool. He is wearing a hard hat, safety glasses and a bright orange safety vest.
Close-up of the laser cleaning tool. As the man moves the devices upwards and downwards, a dark film of dirt covering the stone disappears.
Close-up of the tool cleaning a second stone. The laser cleaning tool is then deactivated and pulled away leaving half of the stone clean.
(Cut to black.)
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