Since 1933 · Members of ABC and SSPC
Industrial painting, floor coatings and media blasting, four generations deep in Fond du Lac.
Spies Painting Inc. has prepped and coated Wisconsin's plants, schools, fleets and the Lakeside Park lighthouse since 1933, out of one shop on Highway 151.
Coat schedule · since 1933
We're a family owned business where quality counts
Ron Spies' father started the company in 1933. Ninety-three years on, Ron is CEO, Erik Spies is President and Landon Spies is the fourth generation to join the same Fond du Lac painting contractor: commercial and industrial painting, epoxy floors, media blasting and a shop that will take anything mobile, from structural steel to boat bottoms.
First coat · 1933
The company is founded
Ron's father opens Spies Painting. The family has been painting at Lakeside Park for over 70 years, starting on pulley systems long before boom lifts.
From the Spies archive, an old film print of shop work. Second coat · about '68
“I've been with the company since I was a little kid, but started full-time in about '68.”
Ron Spies, CEO and owner, to NBC26
Third coat
Erik Spies, President
From pulley systems to scaffolding around the perimeter, and now boom lifts.
Fourth coat
Landon Spies
The fourth generation, who hopes to take the company to the century mark and beyond.
Experienced Painters at Your Service
Whether it's just two offices or 200, you can depend on us.
Four kinds of work leave the Spies shop, and every one starts with preparation. Pick a service to see how the crew handles it, from the first blast to the last topcoat.
Off the shop floor
Fleets, floors and facilities, finished by the same crew.
A fire engine, a polished bulk trailer, an ice rink and a fabricated steel platform. Every photo here is Spies work. The coatings on the shelf come from Sherwin-Williams and Hallman Lindsay.
Walk the gallery
In-House Services · pick-up and delivery
Bring it to the shop. Or we'll come and get it.
The in-house shop on Highway 151 prepares and paints just about anything mobile: trailers, machinery, construction equipment, playground equipment and small parts. No job is too big or too small, and Spies offers pick-up and delivery.
Named job · 2026
The lighthouse their family has kept painted for 70 years.
The Fond du Lac Lighthouse went up at Lakeside Park in the early 1930s, about when Spies Painting did. In 2026 the crew wrapped up repainting it again, working from boom lifts where the company once used pulley systems.
“It seems more like an honor than anything... Just seeing how happy people are when they turn and see the result.”
Great company. Dependable. Take pride in their work. They are really good at what they do and have been delivering quality for a very long time.
Dan Rosenblatt, Google
Adam and Mark are the two guys ideal with and they are both very personable people. The work that is needed to be done is always done on time and with great quality and attention to detail.
Andy Graves, Google
Awesome industrial and commercial painting contractor.
Diesel Bosin, Google
Finish coat
Call us for a FREE estimate today.
Or visit the shop at N8003 US Highway 151, Fond Du Lac, WI. A Spies Painting representative will contact you within the next business day.