Why Understanding Historic Masonry Should Always Come Before Cleaning History deserves some care, not some coverings. Sometimes it is hidden beneath decades of repairs, protective coatings and successive layers of paint. Before any conservation work can begin, those layers need to be understood—not simply removed. Stone Clean Scotland was recently commissioned by a local enterprise company to undertake a specialist survey of the external façade of Whighams Inn, a prominent tr

So read the headlines across local Glasgow news outlets in March 2026. This incident created some unique challenges to removing the graffiti on this arguable design pinnacle of the Glasgow city skyline. The site had been targeted approximately 12 months before and the previous removal had left clean "primed" stone. The paint in the subsequent attack had adhered particularly well to the newly cleaned surface. The archway has some beautiful and unique ornate carving and featur