The Brawler - Round 1 of 3

[@Eddrian32]

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

[@MarlonBitoy]

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

[@lukasoitzl133]

Don't forget the Belgian linen!

[@jamieryandowney9880]

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

[@allyzapena1001]

this comment made me snort 😂

[@retroreceptionist7571]

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

[@PumpkinOfPassion]

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

[@TheDagraner4576]

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

[@0ri0n77]

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

[@bcgrote]

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]

Unless you're doing crafting

[@Stettafire]

@@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.

[@Steelmorrigan]

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

[@JR_Huff]

I audibly rolled my eyes. 😖

[@OracleAnne]

I legit went OH NO!

[@Selestrielle]

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]

talk about nightmare scenario.

[@Evasroses6543]

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

[@skykyra6440]

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

[@AmbivalenceIX]

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

[@alixwoods1798]

i love how we have all become as an audience

[@Sarjex27]

My jaw legit dropped.

[@squa-squathedragon4124]

Phft. We have all become so precocious loll

[@pavel-gubanov]

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

[@purplelamprox]

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]

Which video did he build a table for?

[@purplelamprox]

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

[@kellybissinger8537]

@@purplelamprox thank you!!

[@allieandfluff]

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

[@purplelamprox]

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

[@realpsych22]

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

[@breenarnianwarhorse5051]

Ha!! 😂🤣

[@jennmerritt4560]

I’m dead! Hahaha. Me toooooo

[@owlgirl1998]

Plot twist: you are also the previous conservator

[@wonderwend1]

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

[@autumnnewell1307]

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

[@thebatmary5954]

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]

A piece of my childhood just curled up and wept.

[@Kattycha]

Ah, the memories.

[@thebatmary5954]

@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]

@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]

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

[@Lexouchan]

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

[@srrz999]

And staples!! Burn the staples!

[@somtu3780]

Now imagine if polyurethane was used as a varnish here.

[@theagespot9717]

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

[@scarletpimpernelagain9124]

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

[@Lexouchan]

@@somtu3780 I though about that watching that part !

[@debayeuxchats5607]

"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]

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

[@adamjacobs8606]

How to die 101, touch moms fabric shears

[@danime35]

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]

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]

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

[@ashurbanipal2841]

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

[@mary-jomarshall2027]

No way would they 🤣

[@teehlfx5238]

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

[@blackmoon483]

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]

@@blackmoon483 your mother is a genius!

[@SylverScourge]

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

[@nerdisaur]

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

[@spiderprint]

Nothing personnel kid

[@DrChrisF]

@@spiderprint Omoe wa mou shindeiru

[@osml]

@@DrChrisFNANI?

[@Fede_uyz]

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

[@spacedkowboy7273]

M’restorer

[@Pwn3dbyth3n00b]

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]

So true

[@Tenyeeehhh]

He suffers so much with the glue 😂

[@M.Campbell]

At least it didn't have staples too.

[@p.j7372]

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

[@pattylecompte9846]

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

[@mr.grumpy]

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

[@downunderunicorn476]

We have a winner

[@pauraque]

Underrated 🤣

[@kimberly_erin]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@sonipitts]

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

[@mollymaccallum4641]

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

[@RurouniIdoru]

"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]

Right?

[@Marian-bj5qg]

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

[@bubbageshker]

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

[@lobstermash]

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?

[@covereddonuts1279]

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

[@kateswader1001]

Lmao a holes reference is always appreciated in this house 🙏

[@aleamontgomery1997]

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

[@sillyb8943]

Yes! 😂😂😂

[@pariafatemi9017]

sammme

[@Nosolorisascompilaciones]

Same

[@SONALI_V]

😂😂😂

[@skyofthedreamers]

Me tooo 😂😂 and honestly thanks to him we know so much ...so thank you Mr Julian 🙌

[@itaandi]

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

[@29lookingood]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@myitbos1335]

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]

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

[@300DBenz]

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

[@mizfts]

@@300DBenz ⚰️

[@TheArchaeoChick]

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]

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]

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

[@rosemarymorgan336]

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

[@MandyJonas97]

Thank you fellow friend for pointing that out

[@rookienightmare8613]

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

[@ToRestOrRange]

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]

Took me wayyyy to long to get the last line

[@gmar7836]

Interesting 😊

[@magsj6474]

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]

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

[@penname8441]

XD

[@delainey832]

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

[@johncamp7679]

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

[@peisevlogs3431]

@@johncamp7679 ok mr 10 year old

[@izzyk6329]

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

[@jeno264]

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

[@lesleyyoung5730]

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]

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

[@merseyviking]

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

[@eskimberly7424]

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]

😂 I could never do it!

[@MarcAmengual]

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.

[@fa1ruz]

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

[@somtu3780]

He's the best!

[@scarletpimpernelagain9124]

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

[@sofiloren7534]

His calm voice makes me sleep😂

[@spriddlez]

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

[@tomc8693]

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.

[@zakolache4490]

The Scraping 2: This time it's personal!

[@elliepascoe5954]

The suspense is killing me😬

[@marisp2588]

The Scraping 2: Carboard Boogaloo

[@shannonottarson9247]

I too was having flashbacks to the original 😄

[@maibeary]

omg

[@sarahp6512]

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]

Next up: Play Dough

[@mchanz3584]

There’s lead in a kindergarten?

[@j-diver]

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]

😳 they aren’t furbies!

[@tiffanyholman4028]

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]

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

[@asiantom4935]

everybody knows hamsters photosynthresised

[@biggiecheese253]

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

[@Elainashtyn]

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

[@HimeTakamura]

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

[@captainsmileyface4336]

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

[@captainsmileyface4336]

PLS THIS SOUNDED SO MUCH FUNNIER IN MY HEAD

[@kalieris]

Carrot solvent…

[@AndyBun]

*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."

[@101cocochanelfan]

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]

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]

@@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]

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]

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

[@Stadtpark90]

@@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.

[@ThomasvanDun]

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]

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

[@sidspit9983]

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

[@waffles8364]

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

[@thesledgehammerblog]

Did Kindergarteners restore this painting?

[@rapunzelgirl353]

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]

There might be macaroni on it to..

[@redwitch12]

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

[@buffystar3]

diy: ruin a historic painting life hack!!!

[@tiffanyharper905]

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

[@KateandBree]

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

[@aethertech]

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

[@Nadical]

50 layers of gray

[@alzbeta2967]

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

[@rickblackwell6435]

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

[@jessicamcglaughlin9152]

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]

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

[@mariecarie1]

*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

[@kitty_sweetums]

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.

[@josieblue]

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

[@gabrielh7517]

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

[@elliepascoe5954]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@Bunjil22]

Ha!

[@AsAboveISoBelow]

Seriously. Dude inspired me... I almost wanna be a paint scraper.

[@paige4759]

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!!!" 🤣🤣🤣

[@crinadora]

God bless her soul! Great one!

[@mothersuperior6751]

I like your Grandma.

[@mirandagoldstine8548]

Your grandma is a smart lady.

[@elizabethmeyer9257]

😂😆😂

[@VIII-SANANDACHAKRABORTY]

Your grandmother is really smart...I really like her..We all like her

[@juliavitkin8874]

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

[@bigmanmark4334]

Hell yeah

[@abbyguyer593]

reminds me of bob ross intro

[@Mark-yw3nw]

Eh

[@nezumischneider7552]

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

[@martadb104]

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

[@irtap404]

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.

[@jennmerritt4560]

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

[@mrejj04]

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

[@sephestra.]

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]

@@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]

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.

[@riceseed]

I sometimes forget how smooth his sponsor transitions are

[@LudoLmao]

Hes the only sponsored video part I don't skip

[@theunpretentiousvegan8593]

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

[@rachelsteppig8569]

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

[@stubbs5622]

Yeah it is crazy

[@TheNinjaKiwi1]

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

[@tannie375]

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

[@rubenproost2552]

Imagine seeing this as the old conservator.

[@Jo-yp8wy]

Isn't it wonderful?!?

[@missophie]

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

[@asyadolinin1352]

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.

[@Murrfle]

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]

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

[@anoni6108]

Julian starts spitting tacks as I run away

[@j_fenrir]

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

[@fleacam6426]

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]

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

[@riyapatel6291]

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

[@Haikulapsi]

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

[@Meggami]

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: 👁👄👁

[@4Gehe2]

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.

[@IckyNeko]

"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.

[@grantharrison1715]

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

[@LudoLmao]

Lol

[@davelister2]

Get out!!!

[@marisp2588]

I would like to applaud you my friend

[@jeno264]

😂😂

[@maryl6487]

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

[@__Niels__]

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

[@Jessica1608]

I legit use these videos to sleep sometimes.

[@giannislykos5679]

🤣🤣🤣 So true!

[@minyilee7242]

Glad I'm not the only one!

[@arowe4745]

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

[@JCBeast616]

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

[@juriaan13]

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

[@TheAidget]

It was all the hards

[@kellytremblay4954]

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😭

[@penname8441]

XD

[@sophiarose03]

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.😂👏🏻👏🏻

[@alexj4239]

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

[@madeleinesoubry1753]

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]

One might say the quality sky-rocketed downward.

[@redwitch12]

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

[@JiveDadson]

@@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.

[@mpill2001]

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

[@crains8087]

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

[@lemmetalkaboutthis]

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

[@loismiller2830]

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

[@TheNo1pencil]

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.

[@rafaelmorales1926]

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

[@BeataNozka]

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.

[@marsmarzipan5636]

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

[@aldoingermany]

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

[@mcrazzburger3954]

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

[@breenarnianwarhorse5051]

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

[@jennmerritt4560]

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

[@louie-laur]

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.

[@nyw11]

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

[@marisp2588]

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

[@elizabethorfalo]

That haunted me

[@zarleymitchell5758]

“We have to assume the worst.” My friend, now that is something I’m good at

[@mellowenglishgal]

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?!

[@Bandgirl2010yeah]

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

[@El_Bartto]

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

[@EH23831]

Yeah - hope the painting is worth it!

[@vswhat]

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

[@kimberly_erin]

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.

[@donaldhobson8873]

I think that the reason I like watching these videos is that it helps me briefly ignore the things that are more seriously wrong with the world than damaged paint. Like someone focussing on a up righting a knocked over garden gnome because it helps distract them from the blazing wreckage that was their home.

[@AsAboveISoBelow]

Well, I mean, the lil guy fell over. He needed help up so he could escape safely!

[@Back2VinylLP]

I could listen to Julian for hours and never get tired of his voice.

[@InkHeart17]

If the art thing doesn't work out someday he could do audiobooks or a podcast

[@masonjordine6514]

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

[@nicolelanders1237]

❤❤❤ 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!!

[@elleboro1989]

Let's look to the bright side of this: a video series means we're getting other videos soon YAY!

[@jacquelineosburn5429]

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

[@nancykaminski8600]

Not to mention the frequent heavy sighs.

[@CrAzyBlueMonkey396]

That title card edit for The Brawler was tops. The typeface was well picked, the placement over the painting let the white lettering stand bold and the bell ring! Just. Fantastic.

[@iunnostupid5720]

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

[@gabbymess1148]

"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

[@breenarnianwarhorse5051]

Cracked me up. 🤣

[@musicartsmaniac]

i love how every video has its own certain spin/focus on it; you can tell julian put effort into being creative with each video and not just posting basic restoration videos that are all the same. it keeps it interesting beyond just the content itself. awesome work!

[@brackencloud]

sad to know going in we won't finish the picture, but I'm just happy for a new video.

[@KainYusanagi]

Why aren't we going to?

[@brackencloud]

@@KainYusanagi round 1 of 3 so its a 3 part episode

[@excorific7514]

The way u phrase it makes it sound like he ain't continuing it lmao

[@Hmmmmischi]

This is why I will wait...

[@KainYusanagi]

@@excorific7514 Yeah I thought she might've been a patron and Julian mentioned it was a series he ended up cancelling or something, lol.

[@e11eohe11e]

I know you’ve restored paintings that weren’t people before but I don’t know why I’m so excited that this one is fruit!

[@fprintf]

And I'm wondering who the artist is that it could possibly be worth restoring a painting of a fruit bowl. It looked like garbage to begin with, probably destined for Goodwill or the dumpster.

[@kattkatt744]

@@fprintf Could be Dutch golden age. Still life was an important genre in that periode and regardless of state it would be monetarily worth saving. A possible rason there is so much overpaint on the background on the left side is that the painting may have been cut from an bigger original. Cutting was a common practice with 18th and very early 19th century art dealers so they could get more money from the work. The overpaint was then applied to hide the cut.

[@daddyspooge1]

@@kattkatt744 interesting, I wonder if we will see that when he works on the front of the painting...

[@Stettafire]

@@fprintf You may not value still life, but still life is a broad medium of art. Many of us adore it, not every painting must be of people to be good. Also, the value of this painting has not been disclosed in the video, nor has the value to it's owner.

[@marisp2588]

I'm excited for all the colours!

[@Androecian]

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?

[@meatballg8655]

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

[@sofiekristiansen1363]

the bare thought of using elmers to glue the painting to a piece of cardboard is just incredible

[@Nurse_Lucy]

It's like somebody took a painting and said let's throw our worst at Baumgartner

[@29lookingood]

Baumgartner is the Rocky Balboa of art conservation.

[@marisp2588]

They clearly did this on purpose to torture him and us all

[@rachelwallace3826]

The only thing that would’ve made this painting worse is if the varnish was polyurethane

[@mollybaker957]

@@rachelwallace3826 or if somehow they managed to also include staples

[@RDSwords]

Other conservators will start putting at least one staple, one swipe of polyurethane, one one area of un-reversible touch up paint just in case haha.

[@madelinegrace7605]

I'd love to see a video of him 'restoring' a painting from his kids - an April fools joke type of video maybe. I think it'd be funny

[@Junoleda]

Try the spoof video by novympia

[@StarDust1000000]

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.

[@HuhHowboutThat]

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"? 🙆‍♀️💞💗💞💗

[@cleof1503]

Second this ..

[@lkmayhew9390]

I’m up for it!

[@lunatronlina]

Y e s

[@amyshort5625]

I would live stream that

[@flamendless]

Imagine youre the restorer before julian and you're listening to him roast your work 😂

[@nralbers]

Many of them are long dead. The others will probably wish they were if Julian ever finds them and patiently explains why what they did was a bad idea...

[@PinkAndTheKeytarCat]

Julian could tell me that everything I've ever done is flawed, and if he does it in the same calm voice that he narrates with, I'd be going **nodnodnod** That's fair.

[@rickansell661]

@@nralbers Image: A hand carefully attached to a table with Tacks round the edge.

[@esmeralia]

Imagine those old restoration people having KZbin and then talk to their audience: "now I'm using pva glue to make it extra stable so it lasts for centuries"

[@nancypine9952]

I keep hoping that the person responsible for this is somewhere in hell.

[@thompoz7114]

Elmer's glue and uppercut in one sentence. The very content I subscribed for.

[@kimk7108]

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

[@BabyBrightside7]

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

[@cuberynth3079]

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

[@hannaw1293]

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

[@MydetheTurk]

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!!!