[old Rusty C10]

Recently I had the inside of a longbed blasted. If the guy came to me and did it at my place it was $600 for half a days work.. I drove it there and it went for $300. now this guy cleaned up most of the sand but some got into the cab and it had a light film all over which I still haven't thoroughly cleaned, and like you I needed glasses and a dust mask to drive it home. The end result was I was able to bedline the bed after using a primer that I ordered from my bedliner manufacturer and it came out decent. Its great to have a friend help Good luck with the project and congrats on getting your truck back..
your quarters are very good.. id just make patches and do that.. I never created a build thread for my 79 but we did that on both the 76 and the 79 im building now.. more work but a lot cheaper in the long run PS my wife would have been the same way thinking I was nuts