The Brawler - Round 1 of 3

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    Do any work long enough and a variety of projects will present themselves. Some will be fun, easy and memorable while others will be difficult, arduous and I suppose memorable for an all together different reason. But this variety keeps the work interesting, the skills sharp and ultimately makes it worthwhile. Sometimes however, a painting comes along that you know from the outset will be a tough one and will fight you all along the way. These are the fighters, the bruisers, the brawlers.

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  • @Eddrian32
    @Eddrian32 3 года назад +3966

    "Mulberry paper from Japan, fish gelatin from italy, and a brush from the local hardware store"
    MR. WORLDWIDE

    • @MarlonBitoy
      @MarlonBitoy 3 года назад +172

      Iced tea imported from England,
      Lifeguards imported from Spain,
      Towels imported from Turkey,
      Turkey imported from Maine,

    • @lukasoitzl133
      @lukasoitzl133 3 года назад +103

      Don't forget the Belgian linen!

    • @jamieryandowney9880
      @jamieryandowney9880 3 года назад +26

      I'm pretty sure he's wearing a Tag Heuer from Switzerland as well...

    • @allyzapena1001
      @allyzapena1001 3 года назад +10

      this comment made me snort 😂

    • @retroreceptionist7571
      @retroreceptionist7571 2 года назад +10

      “It’s called culture baby look it up!” -good conservationists probably

  • @Pwn3dbyth3n00b
    @Pwn3dbyth3n00b 3 года назад +4584

    I wondered why you haven't been posting videos but after watching this video you probably spent the first part of 2021 scraping Elmer's glue.

    • @meryem1357
      @meryem1357 3 года назад +49

      So true

    • @Tenyeeehhh
      @Tenyeeehhh 3 года назад +125

      He suffers so much with the glue 😂

    • @M.Campbell
      @M.Campbell 3 года назад +128

      At least it didn't have staples too.

    • @p.j7372
      @p.j7372 3 года назад +30

      Was gonna comment the same thing 😂 now we know where he’s been poor dude

    • @pattylecompte9846
      @pattylecompte9846 3 года назад +33

      This is exactly what I told my daughter last night - he had probably been caught in a huge nightmare!

  • @skykyra6440
    @skykyra6440 3 года назад +2710

    I’m shocked by how mortally offended I felt when you said they used Elmer’s glue

    • @AmbivalenceIX
      @AmbivalenceIX 3 года назад +181

      I felt the same way when he said the words “compressed cardboard”. I actually made an “ugh” sound.

    • @alixwoods1798
      @alixwoods1798 3 года назад +116

      i love how we have all become as an audience

    • @Sarjex27
      @Sarjex27 2 года назад +41

      My jaw legit dropped.

    • @squa-squathedragon4124
      @squa-squathedragon4124 2 года назад +22

      Phft. We have all become so precocious loll

    • @pavel-gubanov
      @pavel-gubanov 2 года назад +28

      Using PVA and cardboard on precious painting... Oh holy.

  • @ToRestOrRange
    @ToRestOrRange 3 года назад +414

    As an archaeologist, I'm always curious to know when and how pop culture started thinking that we excavate dinosaurs. That's paleontologists. They do dinos, we do the stuff people leave behind. If I find a dinosaur at a site, something has gone terribly wrong.

    • @kameronwillis6185
      @kameronwillis6185 2 года назад +21

      Took me wayyyy to long to get the last line

    • @gmar7836
      @gmar7836 Год назад +3

      Interesting 😊

    • @magsj6474
      @magsj6474 Год назад +18

      Thought I'd read the comments before I replied. It is kindof nice that mr. smarty pants Julian doesn't know everything. Also, just stop digging when you hit dinosaurs. Easy!

    • @anna9072
      @anna9072 9 месяцев назад +5

      Thank you, I’ve kinda given up on correcting this error, but I’m happy someone still has the energy.

    • @penname8441
      @penname8441 8 месяцев назад

      XD

  • @adambutt5137
    @adambutt5137 3 года назад +5124

    It’s crazy that in a world in turmoil, Julian can make me feel offended that someone put Elmer’s glue on the back of a painting.

    • @PizzaSpinner
      @PizzaSpinner 3 года назад +241

      Fr I'm sitting here shaking my head at the previous conservator

    • @trblessed1020
      @trblessed1020 3 года назад +159

      Lmbo I was judging the previous conservation as well as if I know anything about conservation lol

    • @Albrett
      @Albrett 3 года назад +129

      @@trblessed1020 neither did the previous conservator 😂

    • @breenarnianwarhorse5051
      @breenarnianwarhorse5051 3 года назад +32

      A golden string of responses right here. 😂

    • @jessi4894
      @jessi4894 3 года назад +54

      Elmer's glue, polyurethane, and painting over what the original artist intended are all very serious crimes.

  • @mr.grumpy
    @mr.grumpy 3 года назад +2398

    "Does art restoration pay well?"
    Julian: "I manage to scrape out a living. "

    • @downunderunicorn476
      @downunderunicorn476 3 года назад +44

      We have a winner

    • @pauraque
      @pauraque 3 года назад +17

      Underrated 🤣

    • @kimberly_erin
      @kimberly_erin 3 года назад +5

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @sonipitts
      @sonipitts 3 года назад +14

      Take my f'ing upvote and go, you glorious bastard.

    • @mollymaccallum4641
      @mollymaccallum4641 3 года назад +6

      @@pauraque your pfp is amazing I thought an eyelash was in my screen 😂

  • @purplelamprox
    @purplelamprox 3 года назад +2434

    Julian: "I have seen bad. This may be the Everest of BAD"
    Me: didn't I watch you build a special table to put a wooden painting that was broken in 3 pieces back together?
    Me at end of video: no you right, this is the top of Everest.

    • @kellybissinger8537
      @kellybissinger8537 3 года назад +6

      Which video did he build a table for?

    • @purplelamprox
      @purplelamprox 3 года назад +78

      @@kellybissinger8537 "Wood that it were so simple" is the title. Theres several parts.

    • @kellybissinger8537
      @kellybissinger8537 3 года назад +5

      @@purplelamprox thank you!!

    • @allieandfluff
      @allieandfluff 3 года назад +24

      Haha my thought in the beginning, except about that painting that was missing the lower third from water damage

    • @purplelamprox
      @purplelamprox 3 года назад +3

      @@allieandfluff do you have the name for this one?

  • @RurouniIdoru
    @RurouniIdoru 3 года назад +457

    "We also know that this painting was glued to a compressed cardboard with some unknown adhesive."
    I literally, out loud, in my home, said "Oh, NO."

    • @sonipitts
      @sonipitts 3 года назад +9

      Right?

    • @Marian-bj5qg
      @Marian-bj5qg 2 года назад +7

      Lol those were my exact words when he said "this was PVA... or Elmer's glue". Ugh I was heartbroken lol

    • @bubbageshker
      @bubbageshker 2 года назад +3

      I feel ya. I gasped when he said that. 😞

    • @lobstermash
      @lobstermash 2 месяца назад

      I couldn't even utter. The thought crossed my mind that this is all a misunderstanding and the painting was made by 'paint by numbers' in 1978. But it looked so good ... How did it even come to be off its stretcher?

  • @thebatmary5954
    @thebatmary5954 3 года назад +1709

    Little did we know that the substance that we used to coat our palms with, wait to dry, and peel off to pretend it was skin would become our collective mortal enemy.

    • @redwitch12
      @redwitch12 3 года назад +82

      A piece of my childhood just curled up and wept.

    • @Kattycha
      @Kattycha 3 года назад +19

      Ah, the memories.

    • @thebatmary5954
      @thebatmary5954 3 года назад +36

      @Agares Picero It’s good for when you’re bored in class, but I wouldn’t say that it’s fun for like a hobby. The oils on your hands mean the glue doesn’t stick to them very well (unlike, apparently, a painting!), so you can just peel it off in one sheet. It smells kinda funny, though.

    • @marszenka
      @marszenka 3 года назад +16

      @Agares Picero it’s kind of satisfying and worth doing once. But I agree that it smells funny and I haven’t been tempted to do it since I was like 12 so definitely not a hobby.

    • @colombepetite
      @colombepetite 3 года назад +8

      I am 51 and when I have to use glue, I STILL purposely leave some on my hands. 😂

  • @aleamontgomery1997
    @aleamontgomery1997 3 года назад +2685

    Me with zero conservation experience grabbing my bowl of popcorn: "Get that washi kozo and fish gelatin, Julian!"

  • @ashurbanipal2841
    @ashurbanipal2841 3 года назад +1461

    When Julian’s kids put stickers all over his furniture, his scraping skills will come in handy.

    • @mary-jomarshall2027
      @mary-jomarshall2027 3 года назад +12

      No way would they 🤣

    • @teehlfx5238
      @teehlfx5238 3 года назад +271

      All stickers in Julian’s home are archival and fully reversible

    • @blackmoon483
      @blackmoon483 3 года назад +55

      My mother genius idea is to allow me to do stickers (even vandalise) on inner part of the drawer/cabinet only for storage units assigned to me (That way the furniture is still guest-worthy.)

    • @tiffanyholman4028
      @tiffanyholman4028 3 года назад +9

      @@blackmoon483 your mother is a genius!

    • @SylverScourge
      @SylverScourge 3 года назад +12

      @@blackmoon483 my dad let me put stickers on the tv remote and his lunchbox

  • @covereddonuts1279
    @covereddonuts1279 3 года назад +363

    Julian: Dad I’m tired of scraping-
    Dad: WELL THATS TOO DAMN BAD!

    • @kateswader1001
      @kateswader1001 2 года назад +13

      Lmao a holes reference is always appreciated in this house 🙏

  • @Steelmorrigan
    @Steelmorrigan 3 года назад +2756

    "the entire backboard of this painting is adhered with Elmer's glue."
    Me: "oooooooh nooooooooooooo" *audible groan*

    • @JR_Huff
      @JR_Huff 3 года назад +58

      I audibly rolled my eyes. 😖

    • @OracleAnne
      @OracleAnne 3 года назад +39

      I legit went OH NO!

    • @Selestrielle
      @Selestrielle 3 года назад +33

      Tbf I guessed carpenter's glue before he said what it was. EDIT: I just looked it up and the carpenter's glue I was thinking of is also PVA. The more you know!

    • @crodo123
      @crodo123 3 года назад +20

      talk about nightmare scenario.

    • @Evasroses6543
      @Evasroses6543 3 года назад +23

      I gasp so loud that I scared my cat when Julian said that.

  • @realpsych22
    @realpsych22 3 года назад +1078

    Me scraping grime off the stovetop: "ugh, the previous conservator really bungled this one"

    • @breenarnianwarhorse5051
      @breenarnianwarhorse5051 3 года назад +2

      Ha!! 😂🤣

    • @jennmerritt4560
      @jennmerritt4560 3 года назад +5

      I’m dead! Hahaha. Me toooooo

    • @owlgirl1998
      @owlgirl1998 2 года назад +32

      Plot twist: you are also the previous conservator

    • @wonderwend1
      @wonderwend1 2 года назад +4

      🤣🤣 My oven cleaning will never be the same experience again

    • @autumnnewell1307
      @autumnnewell1307 2 года назад

      My thoughts exactly while cleaning the stove that the previous owners left behind

  • @debayeuxchats5607
    @debayeuxchats5607 3 года назад +921

    "It's strange to think that paper dulls those bits, and wood doesn't"
    Hun, I was raised by a sewer, and nothing teaches you about the evils of paper faster than your mom whipping around and threatening your tuchus if you DARE cut some paper with her *good fabric scissors.*

    • @sweetiedahling8137
      @sweetiedahling8137 3 года назад +117

      This! 😂 My mom wasn’t strict at all but when it came to the holy fabric scissors oooooooh

    • @adamjacobs8606
      @adamjacobs8606 3 года назад +67

      How to die 101, touch moms fabric shears

    • @danime35
      @danime35 3 года назад +45

      My mom gave me my grandma's old barely held together scissors to use. I couldn't even look at her sewing scissors 🙃 If I was desperate I had to go into stealth mode while she was cooking or in the bathroom and best believe I studied the exact angle the put the scissors back in place

    • @danjohnston2155
      @danjohnston2155 3 года назад +37

      I used my mom's pinking shears because I liked the edges it created on paper. That didn't go over well at all!

    • @conspirit3510
      @conspirit3510 3 года назад +18

      @@sweetiedahling8137 My dads the sewer in the house and yiiikes yeah don't uck with the fabric scissors

  • @delainey832
    @delainey832 3 года назад +281

    Ik this man looked at the cardboard after the client left and went “what in the actual fuck?”

    • @johncamp7679
      @johncamp7679 2 года назад +5

      I don’t think he said that, maybe what in the actual copulation, or what in the actual sexual term. But not that.

    • @peisevlogs3431
      @peisevlogs3431 2 года назад +5

      @@johncamp7679 ok mr 10 year old

    • @izzyk6329
      @izzyk6329 2 года назад +12

      lol there’s no way someone can do this job and NOT curse in my opinion

    • @jeno264
      @jeno264 Месяц назад

      Absolutely, only what he actually said was 'now that is completely inappropriate' 💖💖

  • @itaandi
    @itaandi 3 года назад +1391

    Julian: This is everest level of bad.
    Me: It cant be that bad...
    Julian: They used ELMERS GLUE
    Me: well... f*ck

    • @29lookingood
      @29lookingood 3 года назад +4

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @myitbos1335
      @myitbos1335 3 года назад +29

      Elmer's Glue? Julian just needs go get a seven year old. When I was around seven, I was an expert in removing whole sheets of Elmers glue from my fingers and palms.

    • @daddyspooge1
      @daddyspooge1 3 года назад +30

      I wonder when we will see him scraping off Gorilla glue......

    • @300DBenz
      @300DBenz 3 года назад +15

      I dread the day he comes across something that’s glued together with panel-bond adhesive.

    • @mizfts
      @mizfts 3 года назад +5

      @@300DBenz ⚰️

  • @nerdisaur
    @nerdisaur 3 года назад +2954

    While you were wasting time on RUclips, Julian was studying the art of the blade 🗡🗡

    • @spiderprint
      @spiderprint 3 года назад +34

      Nothing personnel kid

    • @DrChrisF
      @DrChrisF 3 года назад +23

      @@spiderprint Omoe wa mou shindeiru

    • @osml
      @osml 3 года назад +19

      @@DrChrisFNANI?

    • @Fede_uyz
      @Fede_uyz 3 года назад +27

      While you used elmer's glue, he mastered the blade.
      While you went out with your girlfriend, julian BECAME the blade

    • @spacedkowboy7273
      @spacedkowboy7273 3 года назад +6

      M’restorer

  • @sarahp6512
    @sarahp6512 3 года назад +451

    It's like someone did a challenge where they try to restore a painting using only the materials available to them in a kindergarten classroom, and this is the result.

    • @joeb4142
      @joeb4142 7 месяцев назад

      Next up: Play Dough

    • @mchanz3584
      @mchanz3584 5 месяцев назад

      There’s lead in a kindergarten?

  • @captainsmileyface4336
    @captainsmileyface4336 3 года назад +288

    his wife: if only there was someone to peel these vegetables for me
    julian, pulling out a scalpel and gently scraping the vegetables: don't worry babe it got this

  • @paige4759
    @paige4759 3 года назад +596

    I am sitting here with my 75 yr old grandma watching this video on my computer and when he said "Somebody is laughing in their grave " My Grandma said "I'll smack them for ya when I go!" I'm died! lol 😂
    Edit my grandma is so Happy I just showed her that it had almost 138 likes
    Edit 2 make that 319 likes. I have showed her. Her exact words were " Finally I'm famous baby!!!" 🤣🤣🤣

  • @TheArchaeoChick
    @TheArchaeoChick 3 года назад +1655

    As an archaeologist, I'd like to do our usual PSA that it is Paleontologists that excavate dinosaurs. Archaeologists deal with the remnants and evidence of human activity and culture. Love your work, it is beautiful, detailed, and meticulous. Thanks for sharing, as always.

    • @suzantenzijthoff9264
      @suzantenzijthoff9264 3 года назад +161

      I heard him say it and paused the video and went straight to the comments to see if there were any fellow archaeologists in here.

    • @kendallnorton2017
      @kendallnorton2017 3 года назад +71

      This bit of information will now live forever in my brain. Thank you ☺️

    • @rosemarymorgan336
      @rosemarymorgan336 3 года назад +11

      I am glad I wasn't the first person to get to that comment.

    • @MandyJonas97
      @MandyJonas97 3 года назад +10

      Thank you fellow friend for pointing that out

    • @rookienightmare8613
      @rookienightmare8613 3 года назад +59

      Thank you! As a fellow archaeologist I just couldn't continue the video without checking if anyone already pointed that out xD

  • @KateandBree
    @KateandBree 3 года назад +211

    When you find out that white glue stuff that you learned as a kid was washable is actually a conservator’s worst nightmare.

  • @MyFireElf
    @MyFireElf 3 года назад +124

    "It's Elmer's Glue."
    *Long, pained silence"

  • @Lexouchan
    @Lexouchan 3 года назад +2799

    After polyurethane we meet an other of Julian's enemies : PVA glue !

    • @srrz999
      @srrz999 3 года назад +104

      And staples!! Burn the staples!

    • @somtu3780
      @somtu3780 3 года назад +114

      Now imagine if polyurethane was used as a varnish here.

    • @theagespot9717
      @theagespot9717 3 года назад +46

      I am horrified that they used Elmer's! What were they thinking?

    • @scarletpimpernelagain9124
      @scarletpimpernelagain9124 3 года назад +53

      Why are we still discussing that dam-ned Polyurethane? There are some of us still a little bit traumatised from that bloody polyurethane.....

    • @Lexouchan
      @Lexouchan 3 года назад +2

      @@somtu3780 I though about that watching that part !

  • @PumpkinOfPassion
    @PumpkinOfPassion 3 года назад +2089

    "The cardboard isn't even appropriate for art *making* "
    Me, an artist: *thoroughly taking notes*

    • @TheDagraner4576
      @TheDagraner4576 3 года назад +86

      Whenever Julian says "it's inappropriate" I pay attention, because I know it's serious. :D

    • @0ri0n77
      @0ri0n77 3 года назад +28

      *"This" Cardboard (makes all the difference!)

    • @bcgrote
      @bcgrote 3 года назад +23

      Ahem, may I present Edvard Munch's "The Scream". Metzger's "Painting on Cardboard" 1962. Ambrose Vuillard. Picasso. Miro. Degas. Toulouse-Latrec. Koshlyakov. EVOL. Laurence Lowry. Bostic.

    • @Etienne_H
      @Etienne_H 3 года назад +5

      Unless you're doing crafting

    • @Stettafire
      @Stettafire 3 года назад +37

      @@Etienne_H Even then, cardboard breaks down over time. So you're putting an expiration date on your craft. Just because it's "craft" rather then art, does not mean it is not deserving of respect.

  • @AndyBun
    @AndyBun 3 года назад +224

    *cut to a close-up of Julian on the phone, holding a scalpel in his other hand*
    "I have a very particular set of skills."

  • @tiffanyharper905
    @tiffanyharper905 3 года назад +138

    the amount my jaw dropped when he said “Elmer’s glue”, I almost dislocated it.

  • @gabrielh7517
    @gabrielh7517 3 года назад +418

    "No one cares I'm good at scrapping glue off of paintings"
    1.5mil subscribers: am I a joke to you?

  • @lesleyyoung5730
    @lesleyyoung5730 3 года назад +1006

    Who else is impressed with his ability to accumulate piles of cast-off and debris without cleaning it up until the whole job is done?

    • @bclairelarr
      @bclairelarr 3 года назад +33

      They're somehow so tidy and I'm just like 😲🤯

    • @merseyviking
      @merseyviking 3 года назад +12

      Right?! That's why I'd never be a conservator.

    • @eskimberly7424
      @eskimberly7424 3 года назад +55

      OMG that drives me so crazy! I am not generally a neatnik, but all that stuff sitting right on top of the next part he’s scraping makes me nervous or something. How can he see what he’s doing? Then he explained about the muscle memory he has for scraping and I calmed down. Still makes me want to fly through my iPad into his studio with a whisk broom, though.

    • @maryvallas772
      @maryvallas772 3 года назад +3

      😂 I could never do it!

    • @MarcAmengual
      @MarcAmengual 3 года назад +14

      Me! I could never do it, I'm a bit obsessive cleaning while I'm accumulating debris, but probably he learnt that in order to save time, and the facing has a purpose too.

  • @irtap404
    @irtap404 3 года назад +171

    I have such and admiration for this man. I would've said "fuck it, the cardboard is quite a good canvas actually, it can stay like that" so many times already.

  • @josieblue
    @josieblue 3 года назад +126

    i’m absolutely obsessed with the little nicknames he gives each project

  • @fa1ruz
    @fa1ruz 3 года назад +984

    Julian is really good at telling story while letting us watch him scratch a painting

    • @somtu3780
      @somtu3780 3 года назад +15

      He's the best!

    • @scarletpimpernelagain9124
      @scarletpimpernelagain9124 3 года назад +17

      He’s the best, I could listen to him for hours..

    • @sofiloren7534
      @sofiloren7534 3 года назад +6

      His calm voice makes me sleep😂

    • @spriddlez
      @spriddlez 3 года назад +5

      I woudn't be surprised if he was spending his time scraping writing youtube scripts in his head.

    • @tomc8693
      @tomc8693 3 года назад +2

      Came here to say the same thing; if he ever gets bored of removing adhesive, I think there's a promising career as a writer waiting for him.

  • @juliavitkin8874
    @juliavitkin8874 3 года назад +1790

    Can we just take a moment to appreciate the absolute loveliness that is Julian's new intro

    • @bigmanmark4334
      @bigmanmark4334 3 года назад +9

      Hell yeah

    • @abbyguyer593
      @abbyguyer593 3 года назад +32

      reminds me of bob ross intro

    • @Mark-yw3nw
      @Mark-yw3nw 3 года назад

      Eh

    • @nezumischneider7552
      @nezumischneider7552 3 года назад +21

      I'm not so sure I actually like it all that much, tbh.. ^.^° It's too busy for my taste. ´^.^`

    • @martadb104
      @martadb104 3 года назад +21

      No, sorry, I prefer the simplicity of the previous version ^.^

  • @kitty_sweetums
    @kitty_sweetums 3 года назад +106

    I know I’ve been watching Julian’s videos for a while now because when he said “I know this is... *elmers glue* ” I audibly gasped and felt genuine horror, anger, and sadness that someone would do that to a painting.

  • @kellytremblay4954
    @kellytremblay4954 3 года назад +173

    My boyfriend and I are both archeologists and when he said we dig up dinosaur bones we both just slowly turned our heads to look at each other😂😂 dinosaur bones are for palaeontologists.... if only we dug up cool stuff like that😭

  • @HimeTakamura
    @HimeTakamura 3 года назад +439

    Me listening to Julian dunk on previous conservators: "yeah get his ass"

  • @101cocochanelfan
    @101cocochanelfan 3 года назад +1271

    whoever owns this painting must really REALLY love it because I can't imagine how much it cost them for all the work Julian did here

    • @Stadtpark90
      @Stadtpark90 3 года назад +96

      And the painting doesn’t even show a distinct person or landscape or event in history. I have no idea why it should be worth the investment. I‘d hope to hear a word about this.

    • @frameturtle
      @frameturtle 3 года назад +168

      @@Stadtpark90 it could be an heirloom, passed down through generations and painted by an ancestor. Also, still life used to be more popular. Think "Fruits and Insects" or anything painted by Chardin (like "The Ray")

    • @norsia1946
      @norsia1946 2 года назад +73

      thankfully, Julian doesn't budge from the initial agreed-upon price as far as I've heard him say in a Q&A. and I think they negotiate the price before he begins the work?

    • @technodruid
      @technodruid 2 года назад +62

      @@Stadtpark90 it doesn't need to show any of that to be worth something to someone... Don't be a gatekeeper

    • @Stadtpark90
      @Stadtpark90 2 года назад +8

      @@technodruid It can be an expression of something inside I guess, an emotion, a wish, a symbol for the fullness of experience, the fullness of life. My understanding of art just doesn’t flow natural as much as I wanted. Well, different pieces talk to different people in a manifold of ways. You’re certainly right about that.

  • @kimk7108
    @kimk7108 3 года назад +210

    lol imagine being the person who decided to put the cardboard on the back watching this video like 👁👄👁

    • @BabyBrightside7
      @BabyBrightside7 3 года назад +15

      “I thought I had done a pretty good job :(“

  • @missophie
    @missophie 3 года назад +88

    "I go to fairs and freak shows and museums to demonstrate my scraping skills." lmao. I love you, Julian.

  • @fleacam6426
    @fleacam6426 3 года назад +406

    Regular viewer sound board:
    "it's cardboard" = "ts ts ts...idiots..."
    "it's Elmer's glue" = "nooooooooo"
    "it's white led paint" = *long exhale*

    • @merseyviking
      @merseyviking 3 года назад +36

      Thankfully no staples though, otherwise we'd all die from an aneurysm.

    • @riyapatel6291
      @riyapatel6291 3 года назад +17

      @@merseyviking or worse the most dreaded ..... polyurethane * shudders *

    • @Haikulapsi
      @Haikulapsi 3 года назад +3

      I was literally gasping and sighing out loud to all of these like WHITE LEAD paint and ELMER'S GLUE... seriously??

  • @El_Bartto
    @El_Bartto 3 года назад +743

    RIP the wallet of whoever had to paid for this amount of work

    • @EH23831
      @EH23831 3 года назад +43

      Yeah - hope the painting is worth it!

    • @vswhat
      @vswhat 3 года назад +61

      I wonder what the background of this piece is. The owners must know some history to be this invested in it.

    • @kimberly_erin
      @kimberly_erin 3 года назад +59

      Sounds like a sentimental piece to me. Maybe it hung in the den/playroom of the owner when they were young... maybe they were responsible.... or maybe some one just wanted to make Julian suffer and then rewatch it repeatedly.

  • @jennmerritt4560
    @jennmerritt4560 3 года назад +67

    That deep sigh when he saw the white lead paint...my heart broke a lil....

  • @IckyNeko
    @IckyNeko 3 года назад +44

    "Cotton balls soaked with adhesive," -- wait what? Oh, he meant solvent. For a second there I thought he was going to bust out some new supertechnique of fighting fire with fire.

  • @jessley._.8964
    @jessley._.8964 3 года назад +763

    Julian's sighs are the sighs of someone dissapointed in the actions of someone in the same field. I know this feeling all too well since I work at a pet store...a woman once asked if hamsters needed food

    • @amyshort5625
      @amyshort5625 3 года назад +40

      😳 they aren’t furbies!

    • @tiffanyholman4028
      @tiffanyholman4028 3 года назад +56

      What!? What the actual, what?! What did she think they needed? Everything eats. Everything!!!!
      Sorry, I got worked up but I'm better now.

    • @thatoneguy1839
      @thatoneguy1839 3 года назад +20

      What the actual fuck? What was that lady on? every drug known to mankind?

    • @asiantom4935
      @asiantom4935 3 года назад +55

      everybody knows hamsters photosynthresised

    • @biggiecheese253
      @biggiecheese253 3 года назад +33

      I'm just imagining a Becky asking a shy guy wearing a Petco t-shirt if hamsters need food and getting nothing but a blank stare in return

  • @aethertech
    @aethertech 3 года назад +262

    Scraping, Scraping, Scraping. The Slow Decent Into Madness: Grey Paper Edition.

    • @Nadical
      @Nadical 3 года назад +20

      50 layers of gray

  • @lemmetalkaboutthis
    @lemmetalkaboutthis 3 года назад +86

    Julian's dad:"scrape this painting, you'll enjoy it"
    Julian: right, famous last words
    So Julian is just casually admitting patricide now, huh

  • @masonjordine6514
    @masonjordine6514 3 года назад +38

    Julian: this painting has life, history, an entire lifetime of stories behind its creation
    Me: hehe fruit

  • @Elainashtyn
    @Elainashtyn 3 года назад +350

    Julien: no one cares that I’m really good at scraping glue off of things, well... except maybe you
    Me: 100% here for the scraping

  • @ThomasvanDun
    @ThomasvanDun 3 года назад +494

    Julian: I travel the world, go to fairs, and freakshows, and museums to demonstrate my scraping skills.
    me: ooh lets see where I can get tickets
    Julian: Actually not true, nobody cares that I'm scraping glue off of surfaces...
    me: oh
    Julian: ....maybe just you

    • @grutarg2938
      @grutarg2938 3 года назад +12

      I mean, shaving a balloon is sometimes a thing at fairs, or it used to be.

    • @sidspit9983
      @sidspit9983 3 года назад

      @@grutarg2938 that reminds me of that wiki article about how you can't comb the hair of a ball flat

  • @loismiller2830
    @loismiller2830 3 года назад +60

    Julian: "It resists the blade"
    Ninja Warriors tremble in fear, Julian plunges into battle.

  • @asyadolinin1352
    @asyadolinin1352 3 года назад +32

    This video reminded me of that one time I had to clean up my grandma's apartment. The electric stovetop was so grimey that you couldn't see the white rings on it, denoting where the burners were.
    I've spent five hours and two cans of cleaning agent to remove the grime, scraping with metal wool for at least an hour until it looked almost good as new.
    When grandma came home, I asked when was the last time she'd seen the stovetop clean.
    She said never, it was too grimey to see anything _when she moved in._ She thought it was not possible to clean at all.
    Sometimes the impossible just takes a lot of time and a _lot_ of scraping.

  • @zakolache4490
    @zakolache4490 3 года назад +428

    The Scraping 2: This time it's personal!

  • @waffles8364
    @waffles8364 3 года назад +334

    Cardboard and Elmer's glue? Did my elementary art teacher restore this painting?

    • @thesledgehammerblog
      @thesledgehammerblog 3 года назад +20

      Did Kindergarteners restore this painting?

    • @rapunzelgirl353
      @rapunzelgirl353 3 года назад +17

      I think your elementary art teacher would have done a masterful job compared to the disrespectful lazy duche that decided to use f**ing ELMERS GLUE and CARDBOARD to restore this... my jaw just dropped to the floor when he said that. Such disrespect to this beautiful piece of art! It disgusts me 🤮😡🥺😖

    • @juriaan13
      @juriaan13 3 года назад +21

      There might be macaroni on it to..

    • @redwitch12
      @redwitch12 3 года назад +10

      @@juriaan13 Judging by the ripples on the front, you might be right.

    • @buffystar3
      @buffystar3 3 года назад +7

      diy: ruin a historic painting life hack!!!

  • @gabbymess1148
    @gabbymess1148 3 года назад +135

    "I guess they will call that the cosmetic layer, to hide all the garbage that's in between" ah yes that is why I wear makeup

  • @4Gehe2
    @4Gehe2 3 года назад +54

    Just a thought, from someone who is a metal worker. Have you considered ordering custom tool made from spring steel. It is very thin, flexible, and strong, it can be easily formed in to tools like the scalpel. It is available as sheets, and easily laser cut to correct shape just for you. You can easily sharpen it to whatever degree you want. You can make as big or small, long or short tools you'd prefer.

  • @JCBeast616
    @JCBeast616 3 года назад +296

    Client: How hard was to restore the painting?
    Julian:Yes

    • @juriaan13
      @juriaan13 3 года назад +8

      "presents half a million dollar bills" it's the elmer's glue sur charge

    • @TheAidget
      @TheAidget 3 года назад +1

      It was all the hards

  • @Murrfle
    @Murrfle 3 года назад +236

    Julian: This fill in material, when dry, turns white.
    Me: Changes color after drying? Heh, kind of like glu- *gets tackled elegantly and professionally by an irate Julian*

    • @stargirl7646
      @stargirl7646 3 года назад +36

      The mental image of an elegant and professional tackle just made my day haha

    • @anoni6108
      @anoni6108 3 года назад +35

      Julian starts spitting tacks as I run away

    • @j_fenrir
      @j_fenrir 3 года назад +18

      @@anoni6108 *Tack spittin' Julian* is ready to beat yo ass

  • @sophiarose03
    @sophiarose03 3 года назад +98

    You’re getting so sneaky and clever with those ad transitions that soon you’ll be delivering them subliminally, without us ever realizing there was an ad.😂👏🏻👏🏻

  • @Bandgirl2010yeah
    @Bandgirl2010yeah 3 года назад +59

    Me: "Wow how pretty! Even if it is a bit dirty"
    Julian: "AND THESE HORRIBLE BERRIES THO"
    Me: 🥴👀

  • @tannie375
    @tannie375 3 года назад +252

    "... profoundly..... bad. And I've seen bad." This man smoothly disses the old work and im here for it.

    • @rubenproost2552
      @rubenproost2552 3 года назад +3

      Imagine seeing this as the old conservator.

    • @Jo-yp8wy
      @Jo-yp8wy 3 года назад

      Isn't it wonderful?!?

  • @alzbeta2967
    @alzbeta2967 3 года назад +478

    I love how he can talk several minutes about something like scraping and yet make it interesting.

  • @Androecian
    @Androecian 3 года назад +14

    I never expected the absolute storm of emotions produced by hearing the words "Elmer's glue"
    Some people, man
    Just...
    I don't even know
    You know?

  • @mcrazzburger3954
    @mcrazzburger3954 3 года назад +82

    Yo we haven't had a full washi kozo facing in forever LETS GO!

    • @breenarnianwarhorse5051
      @breenarnianwarhorse5051 3 года назад +12

      ...A sentence I never would have thought could equal anticipation or excitement... But here we ALL are, dang it! 😂

    • @jennmerritt4560
      @jennmerritt4560 3 года назад +9

      Same!!!! When I saw it was a three series, I grabbed popcorn and snuggled in for the journey!!!

  • @rickblackwell6435
    @rickblackwell6435 3 года назад +630

    Squarespace better have an annual award for smoothly integrating their ads into the main content. You win Julian.

    • @jessicamcglaughlin9152
      @jessicamcglaughlin9152 3 года назад +8

      YESSSSS Julian is the only person who can smoothly integrate sponsorships into his vid. Like even when he made the vid about his office HE STILL GOT AN AD IN. This guy is a *GOD*

    • @MyChannel773
      @MyChannel773 3 года назад +6

      him and legaleagle have the smoothest ad transitions i’ve ever seen

    • @mariecarie1
      @mariecarie1 Год назад

      *Julian:* While the focus of any painting is the image…if the behind-the-scenes stuff isn’t good…well, it’s going to have a negative impact on what we do see. And that’s going to ruin the experience for us.
      *Me, entranced:* Wow, I never thought about that, Julian, how insigh-
      *Julian:* And that’s not all that different from how your website does or doesn’t work.
      *Me:* Huh?
      *Julian:* And with Squarespace-
      *Me:* FUCK YOU FOR MAKING ME CARE ABOUT YOU

  • @riceseed
    @riceseed 3 года назад +616

    I sometimes forget how smooth his sponsor transitions are

    • @LudoLmao
      @LudoLmao 3 года назад +18

      Hes the only sponsored video part I don't skip

    • @theunpretentiousvegan8593
      @theunpretentiousvegan8593 3 года назад +20

      I take it as a personal challenge to chatch the transitions.

    • @rachelsteppig8569
      @rachelsteppig8569 3 года назад +13

      I laugh every time I realize he’s making the transition

    • @stubbs5622
      @stubbs5622 3 года назад +1

      Yeah it is crazy

    • @TheNinjaKiwi1
      @TheNinjaKiwi1 3 года назад +6

      He’s gotten really good! I tried really hard to catch it, and I legit had to pause the video because I didn’t see it coming

  • @iunnostupid5720
    @iunnostupid5720 3 года назад +28

    Well now i gotta see Julian take off one of those awful paper stickers to see how good he TRULY is at scraping

  • @kaecaeru
    @kaecaeru 3 года назад +31

    'this, is not a _loving_ relationship'
    *britney spears toxic plays*

  • @Meggami
    @Meggami 3 года назад +141

    Me when I first see the painting: Oh it’s not bad at all, a little dirty, but in nice condit-
    Julian: it can only be understood as profoundly BAD, the Everest of bad
    Me: 👁👄👁

  • @mrejj04
    @mrejj04 3 года назад +192

    Anyone else have a full-on clutch pearls moment when he said Elmer's glue?

    • @sephestra.
      @sephestra. 3 года назад +37

      LMAO! I audibly gasped ended up clutching the mug of tea I was drinking and my husband went, "He just told you what kind of glue it was, didn't he."

    • @eskimberly7424
      @eskimberly7424 3 года назад +6

      @@sephestra. that’s hilarious! My husband is glad I enjoy this channel but has absolutely no interest in art conservation so he has no idea why I would react a certain way. I love it that your husband can accurately guess why you gasped!

    • @poohsplaylist4913
      @poohsplaylist4913 3 года назад +3

      I had one of those slow-motion moments when he said "PVA." You know, when the whole world seems to slow down and you're like "Whaaaaaat? Please don't tell me they used -" and he said it - "Elmer's Glue." And then I heard the Law and Order "Doink Doink" in my head.

  • @meatballg8655
    @meatballg8655 3 года назад +26

    Julian: yeah this painting is in pretty bad shape but how hard can it really be
    Painting: *so you have chosen, death*

  • @mellowenglishgal
    @mellowenglishgal 2 года назад +14

    The moment you said “PVA” my heart dropped. Your self-discipline and resilience are god-tier. This was amazing to watch!
    White lead? Gasped aloud. What kind of sadist did this to the painting?!

  • @louie-laur
    @louie-laur 3 года назад +123

    17:15
    "I would like to not make it a longer relationship, because this not a loving relationship."
    Someone please use this to break up with their boyfriend/girlfirend.

  • @grantharrison1715
    @grantharrison1715 3 года назад +137

    Always nice to behold the fruits of your labor....I'll be going now.

  • @aldoingermany
    @aldoingermany 2 года назад +10

    I love how Julian can make something as tedious and trying as scraping an absolutely fascinating task.

  • @cuberynth3079
    @cuberynth3079 3 года назад +47

    Nobody:
    Me who just watched finding dory:
    "Just keep scraping, just keep scraping, just keep scraping"

  • @alexj4239
    @alexj4239 3 года назад +138

    this is like the monkey’s paw curse version of enjoying peeling glue off your fingers as a kid omg

  • @marsmarzipan5636
    @marsmarzipan5636 3 года назад +69

    When you exposed it as elmers glue I gasped out loud as if I had just figured out who the killer in a story is thirty minutes before the reveal

  • @smey02
    @smey02 3 года назад +24

    "no no, theres bad, and worst, you cant enhance that further"
    "Everest of Bad"

  • @TI3RU
    @TI3RU 3 года назад +22

    The elmer’s/PVA glue and compact cardboard backing really makes that last “conservation” job feel like a child’s DIY school art project instead of professional restoration 😂😂

  • @TheNo1pencil
    @TheNo1pencil 3 года назад +35

    I use white glue when making sculptures or other art pieces and this validates me. My work will never fall apart unless Julian takes his scalpel and solvent to it.

  • @madeleinesoubry1753
    @madeleinesoubry1753 3 года назад +192

    2 minutes into this 1/3 series video and "putting things gently" is calling the painting the "Everest of bad"... so you know this is going to be a good one! 😄

    • @JiveDadson
      @JiveDadson 3 года назад +4

      One might say the quality sky-rocketed downward.

    • @redwitch12
      @redwitch12 3 года назад

      3 minutes in and Julian's throwing shade like all that overpaint was thrown by some incompetent goob of restorations past.

    • @JiveDadson
      @JiveDadson 3 года назад

      @@redwitch12 Who wants to count tbe number of times he tosses "well..." into a sentence? It could be a drinking game, because, well ... comment sections like those.

  • @nicolelanders1237
    @nicolelanders1237 3 года назад +9

    ❤❤❤ the fact that he spends a great deal of time discussing the years & years of repetition, practice, trial & error that have gone into his scraping technique!!! So many people these days want a quick tutorial here on YT and expect to become an expert overnight. True mastery of ANY craft takes much practice and a great deal of time and personal investment. Thank you, Julian, for always being honest and not sugar-coating or glamorizing the process!! Always fun to watch a master work!!

  • @HuhHowboutThat
    @HuhHowboutThat 3 года назад +103

    If this were a 13 hour video of Julian just scrape, scrape, scraping the back of the canvas, who'd binge watch this weekend & be tickled pink about it? Besides me.🙋‍♀️💟
    Also, who answered OH HELL YES after reading only: "a 13 hour video of Julian"? 🙆‍♀️💞💗💞💗

  • @jacquelineosburn5429
    @jacquelineosburn5429 3 года назад +60

    I can only describe the way he says "Elmer's Glue" as "Despair "

  • @whitney3258
    @whitney3258 3 года назад +110

    I've never heard someone throw such shade so eloquently lol.

    • @Jo-yp8wy
      @Jo-yp8wy 3 года назад +1

      Isn't it GREAT!?!?

    • @poohsplaylist4913
      @poohsplaylist4913 3 года назад +1

      Oh, honey... If you like this, go watch some of his others. He's a MASTER of Shade.

    • @KristenK78
      @KristenK78 3 года назад

      You’re new here, aren’t you.
      Stick around. Julian is a low-key treat.

    • @whitney3258
      @whitney3258 3 года назад

      @@KristenK78 Def not new.

    • @whitney3258
      @whitney3258 3 года назад +1

      @@poohsplaylist4913 I know, I've watched all his videos from the beginning of his channel. I was just making a generalized statement.

  • @thesloth5662
    @thesloth5662 3 года назад +94

    Julian: "the berries don't look like they were created by the same hand"
    Me, eating fruit by the foot of my stomach at 3 a.m.: "oh yeah. i concur."

    • @piratefangirl6802
      @piratefangirl6802 3 года назад +7

      Me eating microwaved bacon in my underwear at midnight: well *obviously* it was made by a different person.....

  • @aurorar1251
    @aurorar1251 3 года назад +22

    Segment where Julian said he travelled to circuses to scrape for an audience is just 1900s youtube niche

  • @maryl6487
    @maryl6487 3 года назад +254

    Petition for Julian to create a Podcast! I find his voice very relaxing 😊🙌🙌🙌

    • @__Niels__
      @__Niels__ 3 года назад +19

      I'm using his videos at night to find a relaxed way into night's rest.... 😴

    • @Jessica1608
      @Jessica1608 3 года назад +5

      I legit use these videos to sleep sometimes.

    • @giannislykos5679
      @giannislykos5679 3 года назад +3

      🤣🤣🤣 So true!

    • @minyilee7242
      @minyilee7242 3 года назад +2

      Glad I'm not the only one!

    • @arowe4745
      @arowe4745 3 года назад

      Same! I hope he’s not offended...It’s actually a complement his videos relax people so much. 😄

  • @Forever_Rayne
    @Forever_Rayne 3 года назад +49

    "Profoundly bad. And I have seen bad. This may be the Everest of Bad."
    I burst out laughing 🤣🤣😝

  • @hannaw1293
    @hannaw1293 3 года назад +14

    Julian making fun of and insulting his own scraping talents was a lot funnier than I would've thought

  • @Faesharlyn
    @Faesharlyn 3 года назад +5

    Normally...
    Julian: "I'll remove these staples"
    Us: "hiss, boo, hiss"
    Today
    Julian: "Elmer's glue"
    Us: shrieks of outrage and disbelief

  • @rafaelmorales1926
    @rafaelmorales1926 3 года назад +190

    You had us so used with weekly uploads that I kinda missed you for a bit lmao

    • @BeataNozka
      @BeataNozka 3 года назад +2

      True... But I noticed that the quality of videos is so amazing that is way worth the wait. And they are longer too. I loved it when he edited three Julians working together taping a painting to the hot table.

  • @mpill2001
    @mpill2001 3 года назад +66

    The shade Julian threw at the last person who conserved this piece...im here for it.

    • @crains8087
      @crains8087 3 года назад +2

      the shade he threw at the CARDBOARD makes the whole video worth watching.

  • @sheranlanger247
    @sheranlanger247 3 года назад +7

    I was surprisingly emotional watching this. I wish I had known when I was younger that art conservation was a thing. I would have really loved to do this kind of work 😭😭😭

    • @lauralake7430
      @lauralake7430 4 месяца назад

      I feel like this too. However, i grew up in the era when women got to choose to be whatever we wanted to be: a nurse, a teacher or a mom.

  • @StarDust1000000
    @StarDust1000000 3 года назад +5

    I totally get what your saying about improving over time when I first started sewing at 8 years old it would take me well over a month to make a simple dress. Now in college for fashion design I made a dress with a French lining (similar to a corset) in one day because my fabric delivery was late and I only had about 25 hours before the due date. I didn't sleep but I got it done, and immediately after class I had a celebratory coma.

  • @MydetheTurk
    @MydetheTurk 3 года назад +10

    When he layed the gossamer fabric on the painting as an interleaf between the painting and the film, I paused and literally said to myself "that's a sewing technique! You batted a painting!"
    I just thought that was really neat!!!

  • @nyw11
    @nyw11 3 года назад +53

    "Yet, it resists the blade." Sounded super spooky said with such focus and such calmness.

    • @marisp2588
      @marisp2588 3 года назад +4

      I wouldn't be surprised if that painting becomes haunted with the ghost of the elmer's glue cow

    • @elizabethorfalo
      @elizabethorfalo 3 года назад +1

      That haunted me

  • @snieznobialybudyn3304
    @snieznobialybudyn3304 3 года назад +12

    Some painting collector just found out about Elmer's glue: hey you know what would be really funny?

  • @aduckwithabook5988
    @aduckwithabook5988 3 года назад +23

    I have huge respect for Julian's skill but the line "when archaeologists remove dinosaur bones" was actually physically painful to hear 😅

    • @meggzkeitel5802
      @meggzkeitel5802 3 года назад +2

      When I heard him say that I paused the video to stare at my screen disappointedly for a few seconds... No worries, I do not think any less of him because of this incident. He simply must not have known.