We are proud to announce that we are now members of NOMMA, the National Ornamental & Miscellaneous Metals Association! We work with many different ornamental iron workers and metal artists, we are very proud be apart of their official association! You can see some of the examples of the ornamental work we have done on [...]
We've been working hard on an 1889 Spanish-American War US Cannon. After 5 months of heating, blasting, coating, disassembly, reassembly, cleaning, polishing, wheelrighting and finally loading it onto our truck and onto the display pad, it is done and looking great! Everyone at FVS had a hand in getting this cannon done in time for [...]
We have been expanding the options for our powder coat customers recently. We now can get ANTIMICROBIAL clear coats to be applied to any desired color! This coating is produced by Alesta Coatings (DuPont), and is a very high quality product. This has many potential uses! If you are interested in an antimicrobial coating please [...]
This is the last day of the World of Wheels Custom Car Show in Rosemont in the Stevenson Convention Center! Stop by and say hi to the FVS Crew and our dragster team Budd Road Boyz Racing!
We are very proud to have a special event coming up with the Northern Illinois Chevelle Club. On November 10, the club is having their monthly "off season" meeting in our shop! They call it the "Garage Tour." It will be a great day of information on sandblasting, painting and powder coating options here at [...]
We said goodbye to a great man this week. Dave Zwart touched so many lives during his 65 years here on earth. He was a devoted husband, dedicated father, proud grandfather, leader of the Budd Road Boyz Racing Team and wonderful friend. He will be greatly missed. Obituary: http://legacy.suburbanchicagonews.com/obituaries/stng-beaconnews/obituary.aspx?n=david-l-zwart&pid=160306123#fbLoggedOut
Tonight we are hosting Triple Threat Mentoring's BiRP program. Teaching some kids about sandblasting and powder coating! They are going to end up with some hands-on experience and some GREAT looking bicycles!
Note to our customers interested in pricing quotes: This is normally not an issue, but I would just like to clarify that we are not bound to prices given in e-mails or over the phone. Unless we see the item in person, we can't be completely sure how much work it will actually take us [...]
T- Minus 15 minutes to the Kendall County Fair Truck & Tractor Pulls! This year we are VERY proud to sponsor the Kendall County Fair and the Fair's Annual Truck & Tractor Pulls! We sponsor several trucks in the pulls as well as provide the sandblasting and coating services to many of the teams. For [...]
Come see us this weekend at the World of Wheels Chicago this weekend! The show is at the Stevenson Convention Center in Rosemont. It starts this afternoon and runs through Sunday! We will be there with the Budd Road Boyz Racing Team. We proudly sponsor them and their gorgeous Top Dragster! The car is the [...]