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In this episode we carry on cleaning the painting, starting with the face and the wig. We remove a very discoloured varnish. We learn about "full bottom wigs" and start to retouch the portrait late into the night! We also make a decision on what to do with the extender piece we found last episode.

0:00 - Introduction
0:21 - Face cleaning
5:02 - Wig cleaning and history
9:06 - Swab checking
9:25 - Extender piece decision
9:56 - Applying barrier varnish
10:30 - Retouching extender
12:30 - Retouching rips and tears
14:07 - The night shift
15:23 - Credits

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ABOUT Bloomfield Art Restoration Is an unlimited series exploring the art restoration of oil paintings, period history, and artists lives.

ABOUT Bloomfield Art & James Bloomfield Bloomfield Art specialise in all aspects of art restoration, oil easel painting restoration and fine art conservation. We offer fine art restoration and picture cleaning services across the North West of England, We also offer a National Painting Restoration service. Bloomfield Art is an associate member of the British Association of Paintings Conservators - Restorer's (BAPCR) .

We have completed art restoration work on behalf of Christies London, National Gallery Ireland, the NHS, local authorities, schools, churches and historic houses. We have also worked on paintings by Sir Terry Frost, Ambrose McAvoy, Mary Fedden, Kyffin Williams, Robert Lenkowiez, Helen Bradley, L.S Lowry, R.R. Reinagle, J.Hoppner, W.Sant and many more. James Bloomfield is an accredited Art Restorer and Artist and has worked on 1000's of oil paintings. He was selected for the prestigious John Moores painting prize in 2012. He lives and works in Manchester England.