1972 Chevrolet K5 Blazer Restoration series: Sandblasting and rust repair

In this awesome video, I do my least favorite thing, sandblasting. Once I get the paint and rust out of the way, I start with fixing the rusty holes.

[@tre8964]

Great job! You’ve never cut corners with your work which is very respectable. 👍

[@danielfiske9849]

Man, you do great work. Blue truck looked Awesome. 😊

[@seanokeefe165]

Awesome as usual!

[@mavision6525]

Rusted kick panels are inevitable unfortunately. Good to see your doing it right.

[@jakefulton1104]

very nice work!

[@brentyuers8963]

I have a 72 cst K5 and the drive train is all redone. After digging into the body we found more rust than we thought, of coarse. This vid makes me want to get a rotisserie and pick away myself, the estimate was 50,000 ish 🇨🇦 to do metal and a decent paint job. I have time because as you did I bought another truck instead. Got a 72 K20 custom camper in amazing condition for 35K from the shop who did the estimate. Nice place you have there.

[@fultonsgarage6331]

I always advise to do it yourself. It's more rewarding to see the completed project from your blood and sweat rather than writing a check.

[@Mechanicalasshole]

You can get c10 bed patch panels very cheap from lmc truck which you can cut to do that bed floor patch. The fitment is pretty damned good.

[@fultonsgarage6331]

Thanks. If it looks bad after primer, I may cut it out and go that route.

[@gimmefuel7268]

Hey bro any suggestions/tips on getting that patch that you cut as close to the size of the hole as possible? That second patch came out nice!! 😉👍🏻

[@fultonsgarage6331]

I made the patch oversized and then sanded it down using a sanding flap-disk on my grinder. Once it was tight, then I turned the camera back on. haha

[@danielwilliams2994]

Thanks for the video. That kid in Michigan with the rusty one was a dick

[@fultonsgarage6331]

Good to hear. I'm glad I didn't try and go that route.