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The article describes properties and use of fluoric resins in the conservation of stone historic objects. This group of resins covers substances with a different structure which may be regarded fluoro-derivatives of other resins. Their properties are determined by the structure of the chain and number of carbon-fluorine bondings which are much stronger than bondings of carbon and hydrogen. Fluoric resins that have no bondings of carbon and hydrogen, i.e. the so-called perfluoropolymers, show the highest thermal and chemical resistance. Still, many of them do not dissolve in any solvent. Soluble fluoric resins include, in the first place, co-polymers of vinylidene fluoride with other fluor-containing monomers. Co-polymers of vinylidene fluoride and trifluorochloroethylene demonstrate a good resistance to the effect of atmospheric factors and microorganisms; they neutralize the action of corrosive effects including concentrated acids. They are produced in the USSR and USA. Italy makes perfluorovinyl polyethers which show high thermal and chemical resistance; they are also resistant to light and microorganisms. Apart from that, they are markedly hydrophobic.