We just wanted to share a quick reminder with all of those building engines for street or race cars. Remember: Any time you put in new parts, make sure they are clean! Whether you get new parts from the speed shop, have your parts blasted and coated, or simply take off and reinstall old parts - make [...]
We just wanted to make a quick shoutout to Ed "Fast Eddie" Ensor on his Best-In-Show award, from the snowmobile expo last weekend! We did a lot of coating on the sled, and even the cart that it was shown on! All of his hard work made a vintage Yamaha sled look like a museum [...]
Spring is right around the corner! Just keep thinking positive! We have seen many sets of wheels in this winter, the salt is very hard on factory finishes! We can fully restore and refinish any wheel: car, truck, tractor, motorcycle or otherwise! Now is the time to start thinking about patio furniture and motorcycle parts. [...]
We came back from our winter shutdown to a very busy week! We are glad to see that all of you kept your projects moving over the holidays! Last night, the Chicagoland Dirty Deltas Jeep Club held their annual fundraiser and party. They raised $9,500 for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation! This is their second [...]
We will be posting videos of larger projects and compilations of past work. Search "BlastAndCoat" or "Fox Valley Sandblasting" to find us. Currently, we have 2 playlists to see the race teams we have sponsored and videos of projects we have worked on. Click HERE to see our channel.
We work very hard to meet the many unique needs of our customers. Not only can we add antimicrobial clear coat, we now have some GLOW IN THE DARK options! Other exciting news: We recently invested in a large collection of powders, expanding our stock even more! We now have 450 colors in-stock and ready to use! We [...]
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!