any good cheap ways to fix a door that has been dog chewed?

Question

Our dog has gone cujo on a few of our doors and window frames. One needs to be replaced completely but he others looks like they could just be repaired. Are there any goos or pastes that fill in wood scratches and bite marks well??

Answer 1

Any of the fillers the other respondents have mentioned will repair the woodwork. To save further problems, you might consider screwing or gluing some kind of "scratch plate " over those areas. You can get them at home centers. I've even seen ribbed rubber floor runners cut to size and used on doors.

Good luck

Answer 2

Black Lab. By the age of two, he ate and passed: car keys, socks, underwear, washcloth, sponges, bottle caps, and a shoe horn.He has destroyed cell phones, tv remotes, garage door openers, lamps, clocks, fridge door handle, hoses, metal crutches, a lawn mower, and a 80 year old guitar signed by my great aunt and gene autrey. To date (4 years) we are still puppy proof, he can reach or open anything. If given the chance he will steal wrapped chocolate candy, remove it from the wrapper and eat it, bread, and apples. He's obviously gotten into some weird stuff. But his most irritating non food forray would have to be chewing up all of the the toilet seats (he's never been locked in a bathroom) for no apparent reason. Imagine sitting on that first thing in the morning. The big food one would be two choice t-bone steaks from the neighbor's grill. Guess he won't put the grill against the back fence again. Our fix was putting the dog to work. He now does dock diving, detection work and runs 8 miles a day. Our food bill effectively doubled but its been worth it.

Answer 3

Yesturday my mom just repaired our doors and wall corners where our former dog chewed. We put on Spackling Compound on the wall corners and Wood filler on the doors. After that dried we sanded it down and painted it over. It only took about 1 hour!

Answer 4

Try to find a replacement at a habitat for humanity home store. They get items from home remodels and sell them very inexpensively. I was able to find solid wood 6-panel doors for $20 each. New, these run 10x that amount. Check it out http://www.habitat.org/env/restores.aspx

Answer 5

I am in the painting business and when I need to repair doors and windows I use automotive Bondo. It is cheep and easy to work with. Dries fast and hard. water proof,sandable and paintable.Follow directions and it is the best filler I have ever used.

Answer 6

Wood filler putties can be painted, but some can also be stained if you have stained woodwork in your home.

Answer 7

A finish carpenter can do this job for you, doing it yourself takes too much expensive equipment and extensive know how.

Answer 8

yep bondo