How To Repair Dog Chewed Wood Door Frame

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How to repair dog chewed wood door frame.

When our dogs were puppies they chewed on everything from door frames to kitchen tables. To avoid this cancel and sign in to youtube on your computer. If the chewing is along the jamb of the door use sandpaper to try to smooth it out. Prepare the surface to be filled by sanding the damaged area of the door with sandpaper.

Visit your local hardware store and purchase a wood filler that matches the color of the door as closely as. Step by step guide for repair door frame with wood filler step 1. Use thick paper we used a business card to rub the wax into the small pore holes or irregularities. Apply a small amount of.

Use wax fill stick crayons to color over the top of the sanded area. Mix the drywall joint compound. Now send all the dust away using the. Then take a small piece of cardboard and.

Let it dry and sand. Apply the drywall joint compound with the putty knife to fill in any gashes. Some of the crayon will attach itself to the filler and the wood. Use coarse paper for.

Step 2 sand the damaged area by hand using 120 grit sandpaper. Scrape over the damaged area lightly with a pull scraper to remove splintered wood. For deep gouges use a wood filler and a spackle knife to spread it into the damaged areas. You can use an epoxy wood filler to repair the gouges as well just be sure it matches the colour of the trim on the door.

Buy good wood filler from the market. Avoid digging out splinters that are still attached to the wood and are repairable but remove surface splinters that can be a problem when sanding. The paper will push the wax in and remove the access from the surface at the same time. Dogs don t just chew your home to be destructive they do it because they are bored or stressed and need an outlet.

Use the pull scraper and remove all the wood splinters.