Just repainted my sportwagen wheels. (Red seal body tech and painter).1yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Volkswagen
Over 5 years in the trade and this is the first time I’ve painted something for myself haha.1yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Autobody
Just finished building a baseball grenade! Left is all foam, right is a real baseball. Link to how I did it in comments!3yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/fo4
I’m a painter at a heavy duty body shop. This is the second motor I’ve done like this for a customer refurbing a few of his trucks. Figured this sub would appreciate it!1yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Truckers
The custom rocking chair for my wife is finally starting to look like something!3yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/metalworking
Where my thoughts go when armchair painters on Reddit say “they just have to mix up the special paint code for your car and it will match”.3yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Autobody
Spare tires might need to get more specific than “Temporary use only”.3yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Justrolledintotheshop
On today’s episode of: “Why doesn’t the colour match, I used the exact paint code. Toyota 040 edition”3yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Autobody
I don’t know why I waste time with this show. Nothing says professional like loose ponytail, no gloves, no paint suit, no fresh air hood, and no sleeves. Carmasters:Rust to Riches on Netflix showcases the hottest garbage “custom” work.2yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Autobody
Picked up a used ender 3 from a buddy a couple weeks ago. Ran into a few small issues, but it’s almost running smoothly! (I added the green bits)2yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/ender3
Made my girlfriend a little statue of our Labsky for her birthday.4yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/metalworking
Brace yourselves, new season of Carmasters: Rust to Riches. No booth, no mask, no gloves, no paint suit, no problem.1yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Autobody
Spotted this beautiful clear blend out in the wild. I don’t care how great clear blends look when they leave the shop, the lack of mil thickness in the blend area is 100% going to fail from UV degradation.1yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Autobody
Christmas came real early this year. Just got a delivery from Sata Claus.3yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Autobody
2019 Z51 Corvette. One owner, 5k km’s, never been to a shop. Customer is going to be very happy that we can’t warrant our paint over 5 prior layers.3yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Autobody
My coworker finished the cut and polish on our side-job squarebody resto. This thing is a mirror now.4yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Autobody
On a scale of 1 to serial killer, how do you rank my home “spray booth”?4yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Autobody
Played with a little fine-line on the motor repaint this morning.2yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Autobody
Masks became mandatory in the back of the shop yesterday.... I will comply on my own terms.3yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Autobody
Currently finishing up my ticket at trade school. Repaired and painted one of the instructor’s cars.1yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Autobody
A little before/after shot of one of the new vac trucks I sprayed last week. Takes about a full week for two painters on one of these.2yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Autobody
Well I gave my notice of resignation to the boss today... moving on to a shop that paints semi’s/rv’s. In other news, I would love to smack the idiot at ford that decided this orange needs to be a factory candy. Prepping with only a gray scotch looks beautiful under wet bet, but takes forever!3yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Autobody
Are we posting restricted PPK’s today? Early ‘90’s interarms model.2yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/canadaguns
Just took my rusty old girl out for the first time in 3 years. Need to do some work to my daily, so I had to button my long-term project up just enough to drive around for a month or two.1yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Jeep
Did about 7 hours worth of metal work on this garage job before filler.... Wish I had a pulling tower in the garage!2yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Autobody
I’ll take “prohibited devices you can buy at Home Depot” for $400, Alex.5yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/canadaguns
Mr. Trudeau said my AR-15 is too scary to come out of the safe.... so here is my new 3 gun rifle. “Clipazine” class ftw.3yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/3gun
Update as promised. Just rattle cans on this one, but I am loving this tape.3yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Autobody
One of the paint jobs I sprayed last week. Double-teamed this one with the shop’s other painter... this was my side haha.2yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Autobody
You guys liked my emblem repaint the other day, here are a few more! Top two done by me, bottom ones were sprayed by my coworker.4yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Autobody
I’m in school for second year and my red-seal refinish ticket right now, so here’s a throwback to the RV front-end I repaired and sprayed a while back.3yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Autobody
NTD: finally replaced my hand-me-down tool cart at work. Went to buy wood for my deck, came home with a Milwaukee cart.3yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Tools
Epoxy primer down on the ‘84-‘85ish squarebody I’m restoring with my coworker. Slicksand going on this morning.4yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Autobody
Got a wicked deal on this unit off Kijiji. Just over $200 in Maple syrup currency, with 6 extra bulbs. Garage polishing is going to be easy now!3yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Autobody
I blacked out this Escalade grille yesterday. Looks pretty slick.4yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Autobody
Restoring an 80’s squarebody with my coworker. For all of the annoying diy rust repairers plaguing this sub, this is how you repair rust. Cut. Weld.5yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Autobody
New tool day! Picked up a Chinese panel beater for the garage. My coworker bought one a while back, and has had great luck with it.2yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Autobody
New home for my gats. Compared to my 10 gun stack-on, there will be so much room for activities.3yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/canadaguns
Coworker lent me his Phaser 5500 x RP for clear.... I’m not disappointed.4yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Autobody
Finished my custom drop and set back pegs. When you’re absurdly tall, it helps to be handy.4yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Dirtbikes
First job after 2 weeks of self isolation. Turned out not too shabby.4yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Autobody
Paint an RV, they said. It will be fun, they said.... I’m actually super stoked for this one. Don’t get many multi-tone jobs in our shop.3yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Autobody
Action shot from spraying this squarebody resto last week. At 6’7”, I’m more than surprised that I didn’t hit the roof with my head a single time.4yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Autobody
NTD: picked up this beauty last night. 5hp 60 gallon compressor. Needs a bit of love, but she’s mine!4yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Tools
Finally fabbed a drop brake pedal to match my drop/setback pegs. All components now ~1.25” lower and further back than stock. Tall dude problems.3yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Dirtbikes
I'm in school and it's too cold to go outside with this extra free time, so I'll just keep editing away.2yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Autobody
Well I took ten days of for self isolation, came back on Monday and have sprayed two jobs since then. This is the current work load in the shop.4yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Autobody
When the customer is picky, so the boss man lets you have a polish party. Black ‘15 Escalade. 3M Perfect-it.4yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Autobody
This was hands down the worst week I’ve had in the trade, but it finished off on a very good note with this f-350 Harley Davidson today.4yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Autobody
Someone was curious about jambs being a slightly different colour.... here is a ‘17 f150 with very visible e-coat at the bottom of the jamb. That’s not a shadow, that’s lack of coverage.3yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Autobody
Autobody painter here! Decided to try my hand at wrapping my dirtbike. Definitely a learning curve with these products!3yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/VinylWrap
Just finished editing the 5th video in my “diy” series. Inb4 “I can do a better job with rattle cans and a plunger”.2yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Autobody
Just a box side I sprayed earlier this week. Nothing too exciting.4yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Autobody
A little message on why it won’t be cheaper to fix it yourself: more info in comments.2yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Autobody
Coworker pulled the bumper off this... the previous back panel repair looks more like crumpled paper than steel.4yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Autobody
Finally have a decent match for factory rocker guard. Description in comments.4yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Autobody
Sometimes it’s hard to avoid the temptation to scuff your fresh paint to match the rest of the car.5yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Autobody
My roommate gifted me Fallout 4 for my birthday. I made him this for his birthday a few weeks later.7yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Vault_Tec_Corporation
Where my thoughts go when armchair painters on Reddit say “they just have to mix up the paint code for your car and it will match”.3yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/AutoPaint
Just picked up this Norinco 9mm. My first, but hopefully not last, 1911.5yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/1911
Cabelas had a sale this weekend, so I grabbed a couple Russian comrades for my Chinese SKS.7yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/SKS
Filler time! It was a busy couple weeks for me, but got this edited and posted tonight.2yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Autobody
Do your best, polish the rest. Question for fellow painters in comments.4yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Autobody
When the gun fund is empty, but you have mediocre tool skills...5yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/canadaguns
In case anyone was wondering, you can buy steel buffer weights to replace your tungsten ones at the local hardware store.5yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/canadaguns
All you DIY’ers on the sub... this is why we recommend you just bring it to a shop.4yr ⋅ Theycallmestretch ⋅ r/Autobody