I've got a Chevy S-10 Blazer that's not passing inspection because of body rot. How do I patch it correctly?

Question

The rot is mostly contained to the driver's side in the rear panel of the truck on the underside of the body. There's a fairly wide space (about a square foot) to be filled and I'm looking to patch it myself, but I'm not sure what kind of materials I should use. I have some extra floor tiles left over from a house project...I was thinking of tacking one or two to the body and going over it with Bondo or something, being careful to use rust converter. Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks!!

Answer 1

Fiber glass and mat, is a good quick fix. Then paint the area with paint.About $12.00 at Wal Mart.

Answer 2

steel screen wire old newspapers fill in the back side of quarter panel and bondo over the whole hole you will be surprized how well screen and news paper works. Do you think the State is trying to tell you something? Please go out and buy a new truck. Because your brake lines exhaust and other saftey parts are also rusted to the point of failure too.

Answer 3

Quick FIX

Go over the area with steel window screen
Use spray foam insulation on inside of the screen and where the tin is seperated from the body.
Cut off excess of foam
Spread bondo over the out side of the screen, sand and paint

Answer 4

what's the stress on that line? in case you have not got adequate line tension, your injectors won't artwork. additionally, verify the electrical powered connections - an injector and not using a sign won't inject.

Answer 5

fiberglass repair kit can be bought at any most all retail stores for about 500.10.00$ for the kit it comes with all the stuff you need to do your repairs and last but not least it comes with instructions on how to mix tips and ideas to make the job easy