Starting a $30,000 Paint Job On Our South American Helicopter!!! 

MONTH OF FREEEEEEEEEEEEDOM!!!! Hope you guys are loving the daily videos!

“Filmer dude” cracked me up. That painter is a cool ass dude

It’s cool that cleet has a boy by his side who’s always in a good mood experiencing all these things together. Life is better enjoyed with friends. Happy for these two. George is a real one.

This is a man who is 100% proud of what he does. You couldn't have found a better man to paint Conselua

“Filmer dude” needs to be a shirt 🤣🤣

Hey I’m Landon, the guy that made the livery! I really appreciate the shout out! Made my entire day!!

I appreciate how great the painter guy is. For someone who likely never has cameras in his face, he did really well and seemed super comfortable with you guys filming everything. He was a good sport with the jokes and very professional when sharing the stuff that matters.

As a fan from before the exhaust whistles, there are 3 things I commend Cleetus on. 1. His devotion to learning and trying. 2. His motivation and willingness 3. His natural ability to adapt This goes most specifically for his driving, as a dedicated and semi professional driver myself, what he can do behind the wheel goes beyond knowledge and skill. The natural instinct he has is incredible. This carries over in everything he does and why he absolutely deserves the empire he is growing. Mad respect to Cleetus and George you are not forgotten, your commentary and genuine excitement makes every video better!

Bro I was dying at the WhistinDiesel durability testing a globe master bit 🤣

"This guy has trouble mixing milk with cereal" 😂😂 fricken George

The highly experienced workers out there are the backbone of great projects. Great to see some get a heap of respect in your videos.

I like these painters who can shoot paint standing on their heads and they’re super humble. They’re these kind of artists that no one knows about…you just see their work.

One of the things I’ve come to appreciate about this channel is the opportunity to see people with somewhat niche skills do their thing. The people painting Consuela are top notch. They deserve to be recognized for the skill and expertise they are bringing. Thank you for showcasing these individuals, and well done to the paint crew!!!

As a painter of 24 years I can tell you that cleet was giving the painter anxiety attacks. Lol

you all hit the jackpot with this painter. its nice to see a master of his craft at work. well done, sir

Whoever said “it’s about as much fun as watching paint dry “. Has NEVER watched paint dry on an MD500! Thanks for bringing us along brother!!

You know good and well he put Cleet under that helicopter on purpose 😂😂 man said "I ain't rolling around on the floor today"

I'm an aircraft painter myself- cool to see it on camera for everybody to enjoy. We're usually stuck in our boxes by ourselves all day, haha.

I absolutely love guys like Jim. Gives it to ya straight no matter what. The "filmer guy" was hilarious. Completely unphased 😂

The intro was fire, it reminded me so much of that kid Garrett riffing about being Cleetus McFarland for the first time so long ago.

Your painter has the patiences of a saint. Love the aviation content, it's great stuff!! The grey over the blue is gorgeous combination!

Boy, that color brings back memories. I was partners in a shop in the '80's building street rods & restoring antique cars. We had a bunch of sub-division of various aspects of building the toys & cars. Employees did the day to day stuff, then we had the capabilities for 'our' projects. One division was sandblasting. We stumbled into an ongoing contract w/ Willamette Industries, the huge timber company. They had a fab shop in our town, making everything Willamette needed & doing contract jobs. They called us one day, said they were bidding a job & wanted to find out if we could blast AND paint it for them. I can't remember how many square feet they said, but it would be 3 weeks of blasting, 24 × 7, followed by 1 week of 24 × 7 painting. It was, at the time, the world's largest electron beam smelter oven & is still operating in the Ukraine, if it hasn't been bombed. It was painted the same color. We had 2 employees who blasted & one who painted. My partner & I and those 3 finished the job in 25 days & got a $1000 per day bonus for the 3 days we saved them.

That painter is super cool. You can tell he had his hesitations but he still let it ride and was patient. I’m a painter of high end cars. There’s no way I’d let someone paint and fear the two days of clean up to fix a small issue. Kudos to him

A lot of paint guys say it’s all in the prep and lemme tell you, that man was prepared. Went into a different zone once that paint was spraying

From Venezuela, sending you huge props for rescuing this MD 💪🏻

Most painter are cool dudes, great to see someone showing the work us painters put in behind closed doors every day!!

There is something to say, about a man who's job requires him to be perfect every day. That dude paints so clean. Hats off my friend.

This dude, he's an artist, a machine, and a wonder worker all in one package. Somehow, he got all three points on the triangle, speed, precision and quality, and to top that he's also an honest teacher who will tell you where you went wrong simply because if you know then you can improve and perhaps one day surpass the teacher. That is peak human being right there.

beautiful !!! people don't understand the amount of prep that goes into things. all they see is the finished product. when my customers stick around during the remodels they actually see what happens before the final coat of paint. all the layers of work that have to be completed just to get the walls paintable. beautiful job. glad I found your channel. you are living the dream. hell yea brother!!

“You only get maybe one chance in your life to say ‘I painted my own helicopter’” 😂😂😂 Cleet… no one gets that chance but you buddy hahaha I love it 😂😂😂

George is a great hype man talking about when you're in the air that's when everyone gunna see your paint job. @5:00

“Filmer dude” too good

So satisfying watching a true tradesman doing such clean work. She’s gonna be beautiful!

Asking a painter to spray his prep work, is like asking him to help his wife shower. He was generous to give you the belly....lol

Nothing more reassuring when restoring any vehicle or aircraft than having a confident painter! That man is great with a sprayer!

Just wanted to say i think it’s really cool that you don’t change your profile picture or channel banner. Keeping it the same since the beginning

Much better on that second run Garrett. It's nice when you have high quality paint to work with. Much more forgiving of mistakes.

Also, I am very interested in a video of just sitting and chatting with the guys. Getting their thoughts on the success and crazy things that happen. Does Tye get worried whenever Cleet asks "Do you think we can do _______?" Does James actually have a room filled with nitrous bottles? Does George ever have a bad day? Does Zac ever regret accepting the job when half of the fleet is broken?

In the aviation community we call that “mid air collision blue”. Nice color! 😁

The copter, the airport, the eagle, Leroy, upgrades to mcflurry, the feiro wheelie car, im ot sure what im missing but man youre living the dream racing cars and selling t shirts and merch. Dreamhouse build coming up too? Good for you and your young family Cletus. Its baffling the amount of wealth gained that started off in social media. Who would have known? Be careful not to get to many irons in the fire sir. Its always a pleasure to watch.

The honesty of the teacher is the best part! Teaching is the hardest thing to do in any profession

Madi is great. She is so filled with joy for your passion and success, and hers as well, and has to be best mom. What a pleasure to find such a perfect partner, cleet. Y'all are what any American family should aspire to, and great role models and leaders for us all, young and old. Without people like you, certainly our country would not survive the trials and tribulations it regularly faces. Thanks for sharing your lives and showing what can be obtained with the right attitudes and hard work and dedication to your passions. National treasures, your entire family and those around you. ❤

George is one of the best things to happen to the channel. hes so funny and the energy he brings is so bright!

Love this intro 🤣 I'd watch a durability test of that jet haha IF Cleetus tag teams in it's durability test. (On a real note though, a durability test together with WhistlinDiesel would be RU-vid gold!)

I have my NCCER in sand blasting and painting and used to paint in the plants and refineries. I absolutely loved spraying more than anything else. So fun and it made time FLY BY!!!!!

I've always had mad respect for the paint guys... On the farm we had a couple cheap ass guns for painting trailers and equipment if needed and an electric 5 gal sprayer to paint grain bins... But these guys, it's a respectable talent for sure!!!

He’s been getting a million views everyday just about.. this guys absolutely crushing it

Shout out to the painter Jim! Hes the star of this video 100%!

The ad during the AG one ad is Savage. 😂

Cleet please make sure to have Jim (Painter Dude) come to Freedom Factory event when you reveal the fully refurbished MD500! He needs to be part of the reveal for sure!

I can't be the only one that is now into aviation because this of cleet

If was pretty cool seeing how focused and how much more dialed in you were while you were spraying the clear coat. I could see it your eyes.

Madi and Garrett are such a perfect match. The way they smile and every expression of happiness exposed is exactly the same vibe between the 2. If she was showing Cleet the paint job, his expression of happiness is the same vibe.

Cleetus the fact that they are using SATA paint guns shows that they are the best for the job coming from a background of body work and such those are the top dog paint guns in the field. It shows they truly take pride in what they do.

LETS GO!!! she's gonna be dialed dang cant wait to see cleet flyer the 1st time!!!

I'm so excited to see what they do with the C17!!!!!!!! 🤯🤯🤯

Thanks Cleetus for shining a light on the masters who are hiding in plane sight in society! Love seeing these guys get the flowers they deserve

I love seeing a pure talented trade craft. A guy who knows everything possible to perfect his craft. Excellent job. I love seeing how he let you actually get in on it. Pretty great group of guys working on your aircraft.

You're so fortunate to be able to do what you do and I know you work hard at it and there's not much more a guy can say but thank you

that blue is FRICKIN' TIGHT!!! 😁👍

Kudos to Jim for letting you film and paint, you can tell hes a perfectionist. Epic

Cleetus I want to just say I am so glad you kept the tune for the time lapse footage. I remember a while back you asked us all if we would want a different tune and you kept it. It is an OG Cleetus like tune and even when I hear the actual song it reminds me of the long drag and drive events out west you took us on. Miss those videos but never the less it should remain the timelapse theme tune for along time to come! Long time supporter/subscriber/ A_A_Ron from Ohio! Go Buckeyes!

That timelapse was super satisfying!!!!

I absolutely love he still uses the music in the videos, so many memory’s to that sound

I've had the fortunate opportunity to watch some really really good painters in my life and after watching this guy for about 30 seconds I can tell you he's one hell of a painter.

Hardest part of painting for me is the prep and the gun set up. I find the actual painting to be quite relaxing.

The paint guy is awesome...

Living vicariously through cleetus and whistlin :)

As someone with 20+ years painting (off and on) I love when someone gets the urge to pick up the sticks and give it a shot. Here is to Cleet setting up his own spray booth; even if it is just a small corner section. If you ever do, never, and I must repeat myself, NEVER get use to spraying without proper PPE. An N95 mask will not cut it, sure if it is every once in a blue moon it wont kill you but before you know it, you have grown a lil voice in the back of your brain saying, " surely I can prime & paint these two fenders without any issue" and next thing you know, 15 +/- however many years later you can't seep at night because the wheezing keeps you up. Please practice safe PPE..

Hands down the best way to learn ever. With a pro, tools in hand.

I love listening to someone that know their trade inside and out! And takes it very seriously! Working with them more! :) Find them now!

I think we can all just appreciate the amount of content this man puts out!!! Every day there's a video!!! Sometimes two!!! Only creators that I know of on RU-vid that constantly have a video everyday and very rarely skip a day. Busy busy man and trust me I love every second of it. Thank you guys!! Goes to show with hard work you can achieve what you want!! Because I remember Cletus at car shows with nothing!!!

You KNOW how good someone is at their trade the easier that they make it look. As Always, May God Bless you and yours! 😇

I love how Madi is always so supportive. She always gets excited and shows interest, even though she probably could care less about all this automotive stuff you really got a good woman there cleetus. 💪🏼🇺🇸

This guy's gotta be one of the most honest specialists our there, what a champ 👌

When Jim puts that bandanna on it’s game time!!

MADE IN AMERICA🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 so proud to have hard working Americans doing quality jobs!

The part Cleetus painted is the first part everyone sees when he comes in for a landing!

Great to see you so involved, she will look perfect when all is done, hope you enjoy many years ahead with your helicopter and plane, watching you and the family grow and progress into a private air strip, seeing you have a ball landing your plane on the water and soon watching you fly into the freedom factory in your refurbished newly painted helicopter will be the icing on the cake

Watching the professional fella paint the heli was majestic, he made that gun dance like a ballerina. I've never seen a paint injection setup like that. I just painted/blended my gray-metallic Audi project... for the second time since I ran the clear like it was in a flood. And most of the clear ran in a tight bend, not good. Top tip, you *NEED* good lighting. I didn't, which means I couldn't see where the clear was laying down. Sprayed too heavy, and looked like tears afterwards. For your first time laying clear, you might wanna try Finish1 Spot Clearcoat. It's much easier to spray somewhat heavy without running.

As a USAF Crew Chief and C-17 DCC on Acft 7179 I approve this message! Hell yeah BROTHER!

I am very happy to see you are using the proper protective equipment. When I did some painting all I had was a minimal respirator. And we were painting outside. Good job using the right facility.

for someone who hasn't painted before , he gave you the hardest part to do. Well done

Great paint so far , and kudos to you for getting involved and learning about painting. Thanks for the video.

Hell yeah brother, man we are spoiled during the Month of Freedom

13:21 The honesty is awesome

That's a terrific color guys!

16:42 Best youtube compilation music ever.

Always cracks me up to see people’s first time spraying when they’ve never done it before. Definitely improved on the second pass 👍🏼

Best time-lapse music in all of youtube

that painter is what we call experience. he seemed soo relaxed doing it making it look effortless. love it!

Hell yeah brother thanks Cleetus

4:42 - I got major Breaking Bad vibes when Jessie is inflating his yellow suit with air and goofing around in the lab haha

That painter Dude has some serious skills! He's a badass!

an experienced guy is worth his weight in gold!

Cleet you sure are one lucky man, Maddie has an eye for perfection, blue is my favorite color and that blue is looking so dope Can't wait to see the decals on it.

Perfect timing! Just finished the DDE video as good ole Cleeter put one up.

the globe master segment is top notch, loven it

I’m a Port Dawg in the AF and I’ve personally loaded and unloaded cargo from that exact C17 many times

Lol the whistlin diesel comment lol