Thank you! We're so glad you enjoy our videos and our work!

Thank you Diamond6256! 🙏 We knew it would be a challenge when they handed us a "bag of parts!" 😆

Thank you so much! Hope all is well.

Thank you, Sister Maria! We love doing restoration work and to share our passion with others. It brings us great joy when our videos inspire others to restore their own statues, or statues for their church. God bless you! 🙏 (PS: where are you from? )

You’re very welcome. It makes us so happy when people learn from our efforts and are able to restore statues in many places around the world. God bless you.

Thank you, and blessings for serving your church with your talents!

I think I'll be restoring an image of Our Mother Mary that has darkened because of the candle fumes at Church. What would be the Basic steps to go through, as I'm afraid that sanding ONLY Will not take all the old Paint away to repaint it. Thank you and May Jesus bless you

@@joanahope3013 depending on how porous the statue is, and how thick the wax residue might be… You might consider warming it gently with a hairdryer, and using a dry paper towel to wipe off any wax that you can. You may find, then that a gentle sanding will expose the plaster to a point where you can paint it properly. Avoid using water on exposed plaster because it will be absorbed and it can make the plaster much weaker… Potentially even crumbling. It’s important to get the residue off because the paint will peel much more quickly if there is any wax underneath it. Hope this helps.

Hello Siostra Jadwiga! It’s always a joy to hear from you. Thank you for your kindness. Pauline does not trim her brushes. We just buy the very fine-tipped brushes and sadly they DO fray pretty quickly and we go through a lot of them.

Thank you Father. 🙏 And God bless!

Thank you and yes it’s sad when something breaks. But rewarding when it’s renewed! 🤗

Thank you! 😊🙏

Thank you Chris! We enjoy your work too!

Thank you Charlene! God bless you. Feel free to ask any questions, and we will be happy to help if we can…

Thank you Missirmaa! I lost vision in my right eye this summer so we were out of commission for a while. Thank God my vision is getting close to normal and we are once again doing what we love! 🙏

I’m so sorry to learn about your vision! May the Lord heal you completely and restore your eyesight so you may continue to serve him 🤗

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Obrigado, Tiago. Deus abençoe você e o Brasil! 🙂

Thank you so much Sofia! 🙏

Thank you so much Angiegale! And we’re glad you found us too! 🤗 welcome aboard!

Thank you, Lizsandor! 🙏

Thank you so much!

Very glad to hear the video helps! Good luck with your own restoration project Alexis! 🙏👍

Thank you fellow Canuck! And looking at your current profile pic, you may enjoy this video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gbGBfNmoyNXJaXU.htmlsi=qKllZInfNHfntDgw God bless! 🙏

@@BrushworksStatueRestoration Thank you 😊

Thank you! 😊

Grazie mille Pamela! Che Dio vi benedica!

@@BrushworksStatueRestoration anche a voi, Dio vi benedica per questo bel lavoro che fate♡

Obrigado Luís!

Thank you! And our suggestion for customized sculpting on resin would be a product called Apoxie Sculpt. It's made in the US, but we can get it here in Canada, or it can be ordered online. It goes a long way, so I'd recommend buying the smallest quantity available. You blend two parts together, and you get about 2-30 minutes to work with it. And it sticks to everything..even glass!

Best of luck with your project! 👍

Thank you Anne! 🙏 And we wish you the best in your own restorations as well! (Where are you from?) Merci Anne! 🙏 Et nous vous souhaitons également le meilleur avec vos restaurations ! (D'où venez-vous?)

@@BrushworksStatueRestorationJe suis française. 😊 Je suis heureuse de trouver quelqu'un qui effectue le même travail que moi car nous ne sommes pas très nombreux en France. J'essaie d'améliorer mes techniques car j'ai de plus en plus de demandes ! Puis-je vous écrire par email ? Comprenez vous le français ?

Yes, you can definitely message us by email. The easiest way for us to start a conversation is for you to go to our website and click on the contact us page. Www.Statuerestorers.com.

Yes Siostra Jadwiga we chose to restore the statue as it was created a century ago. Unless there is a glaring error we avoid correcting the pieces. We also see there are many online depictions of St Margaret Mary with a white whimple - even a few different styles of the whimple. images.app.goo.gl/VoVtLeMVHQukmHTo9 God bless you and the Sisters 🙏

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Thank you Sue B! Depending on the specifics of a project, we use Zinsser primers, Behr Premium (ie Dynasty) paints, and for the artistic work, Pauline uses professional level paints from Liquitex and Golden or other brands that are in the professional class (avoid using "student" level paints due to poor pigments). Keep in mind she usually custom blends many of the colours for things like skin tones and faces, and shadow tones etc. Our work is mostly with flat/matte paints, but in some cases where the statue may be subject to touching we will use low sheen paints or even apply a low sheen lacquer. Hope this helps!

Very helpful! Thank you! Getting ready to paint smaller statues I needed to repair at home. I enjoyed the patching and sanding part so far. Painting will be the most challenging skill for me to learn. May God continue to bless you and Our Lady keep you!

You’re very welcome and best of luck! God bless 🙏

Hello! Without access to the materials it is of course more difficult. IF you can't access the Apoxie Sculpt, you can try using very basic plaster (Plaster of Paris) and if you find it is not strong enough, we have heard of artists using Plaster of Paris mixed with that apparently helps it hold stronger, but we have not tried it ourselves. God Bless and best of luck with your project!

Você está procurando conselhos sobre como restaurar essas estátuas, Luis?

Coming up with a price can be difficult. If you’re doing it as a gift or maybe a parishioner you have a little more freedom with the cost than we do in having it as our main family income. It really depends on the extent of the work. If you want to send us a couple of photos or communicate by email, we’d be glad to offer you a couple of opinions once we see what’s involved. God bless and good luck!

Without seeing the statue, our best suggestion would be to use a product like Apoxie Sculpt. If you cannot source it, you could also try a common product called JB-Weld. It's also epoxy-based and although we haven't used it, we're told it works much like Apoxie Sculpt for repairing things like pinholes. Hope this helps, and best of luck!

@@BrushworksStatueRestoration thank you!

Silvano, Pauline doesn’t use a single colour. She applies a slightly darker acrylic base coat, but then blends colours to create her own tones. She applies slightly different shades to different areas of the face (please see the 5:00 mark in this video). When we have a chance we hope to create a few instructional videos and one would be by Pauline.. showing the process of paint blending and her style of painting faces! God bless! 🙏

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I don’t understand your comment Benny. Pore: noun a minute opening in a surface, especially the skin or integument of an organism, through which gases, liquids, or microscopic particles can pass.

I also have another question,why didnt you guys add eye lashes?

Hi there. Depending on the statue, we use custom-blended acrylics as well as Behr Marquee paints. Interior or exterior depending on the statue's ultimate location. And while Pauline did add eyebrows, eye lashes would have to stand out three-dimensionally or be painted straight up onto the eyelids. That never looks good.

Hello Ann. When required we use a primer made by Zinsser. And Pauline uses a mix of premium Behr paints as well as custom blending colours with professional grade acrylics. Liquitex is one of the brands she uses. I hope this helps.

Oh thank you sooo much! I have just aquired a very old statue that I'd like to restore and repaint. Thank you.

@@annhenry6056 Wonderful! Best of luck with your project and if you’d care to show your finished work when it’s done… We’d love to see it! God bless !

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Dear "Aspiring:" I offer this response with genuine care and kind intentions. Catholics do not worship statues or pictures or saints. Adoration of the saints has never been and will never be part of Catholic teaching or prayer. We venerate the saints. We are strictly forbidden from worshipping anyone but God. And thank you for quoting from the Holy Bible, (created by, for and under the authority of the Catholic Church). Your misconception is a very common one among people who don't understand the faith of the church which was established by Jesus Himself. But rather than quoting a passage you don't understand, I respectfully ask you to read this article which may help clear up your misconceptions. www.catholic.com/tract/do-catholics-worship-statues . God Bless you. 🙏