Comments by "Piccalilli Pit" (@piccalillipit9211) on "Seamstress Reacts to Iconic Sewing Scenes" video.

@lkriticos7619 - my Grandfather was a coach painter all his life and as the years went by the natural oils and solvents got replaced by chemical ones that were much cheaper but obviously, the health and safety did not keep up so where he would have been wet sanding paintwork with maybe linseed oil as a carrier for the pumice abrasive he was now using some vicious solvent with silicon carbide cos it was cheaper and quicker. And when you are doing that with bare hands literally every day of your life for 10 hours s day it destroys your hands. The irony as with so many people - he was thrown on the scrap heap when spray painting became popular and now Rolls Royce and Bentley etc are desperately training up apprentices to stop the skill from dying out. If you want the best, most luxurious finish on your Rolls Royce its had painted by a coach painter...
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I dont use a thimble. Years of woodworking and metalworking means I have perfectly good callouses.
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@lkriticos7619 Ohhhh - id rather work with hammers than chemicals. Its a childhood thing. My grandfather in the 1970's and 80's always wore white cotton gloves on his hands to hide the chemical burns and the scaring from a life of working with solvents...
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@lkriticos7619 - oh its ok - its just the way the world used to be isnt it... Incredibly skilful jobs replaced by cheap alternatives before people learn to appreciate that skill...
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@SandrA-hr5zk - YES who would have thought that a channel about hand sewing old stuff would get 1.28 million subscribers...???
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@andrevandervlies5700 - Dont complain they are horrible...
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