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Posted by StarMan on May 21, 2008, 7:23 pm
Is there a reasonably easy way to fill in thick gouges in wood?
By "thick", I'm referring to up to 1". I'm referring to a door frame which
is interior where an animal chewed large parts of it on the inside (long
story). It's structurally sound, since the frame has not been affected, but
the frame is not visually appealing.
Replacing just that one side of the frame is possible, but laborious, since
the door is hung and the trim places on the opposite side of the door are in
place. In theory, with the right tools, pieces could be cut away and new
wood inlayed with glue but I don't have anything which can cut out pieces
with that kind of accuracy on an existing frame (it would also be incredibly
messy in the room).
Since things are mostly ok except for the appearance as is, the easiest
solution would be to put in a filler if one exists (e..g. a 2-part filler
like Bondo for cars) then just spackle over for the final finish, put on a
new piece of interior molding and paint.
Any ideas?
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Posted by charlie on May 21, 2008, 6:40 pm
> Is there a reasonably easy way to fill in thick gouges in wood?
>
> By "thick", I'm referring to up to 1". I'm referring to a door frame
> which
> is interior where an animal chewed large parts of it on the inside (long
> story). It's structurally sound, since the frame has not been affected,
> but
> the frame is not visually appealing.
>
> Replacing just that one side of the frame is possible, but laborious,
> since
> the door is hung and the trim places on the opposite side of the door are
> in
> place. In theory, with the right tools, pieces could be cut away and new
> wood inlayed with glue but I don't have anything which can cut out pieces
> with that kind of accuracy on an existing frame (it would also be
> incredibly
> messy in the room).
>
> Since things are mostly ok except for the appearance as is, the easiest
> solution would be to put in a filler if one exists (e..g. a 2-part filler
> like Bondo for cars) then just spackle over for the final finish, put on a
> new piece of interior molding and paint.
>
> Any ideas?
actually, if it's painted, then bondo is frequently used for this problem.
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Posted by Phisherman on May 21, 2008, 7:17 pm
wrote:
>Is there a reasonably easy way to fill in thick gouges in wood?
>
>By "thick", I'm referring to up to 1". I'm referring to a door frame which
>is interior where an animal chewed large parts of it on the inside (long
>story). It's structurally sound, since the frame has not been affected, but
>the frame is not visually appealing.
>
>Replacing just that one side of the frame is possible, but laborious, since
>the door is hung and the trim places on the opposite side of the door are in
>place. In theory, with the right tools, pieces could be cut away and new
>wood inlayed with glue but I don't have anything which can cut out pieces
>with that kind of accuracy on an existing frame (it would also be incredibly
>messy in the room).
>
>Since things are mostly ok except for the appearance as is, the easiest
>solution would be to put in a filler if one exists (e..g. a 2-part filler
>like Bondo for cars) then just spackle over for the final finish, put on a
>new piece of interior molding and paint.
>
>Any ideas?
>
I've use Bondo to fill wood defects. It works very well and nobody
will know if painted. After mixing, work fast.
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Posted by StarMan on May 21, 2008, 7:25 pm
Pardon the typo in the subject line :-(
> Is there a reasonably easy way to fill in thick gouges in wood?
>
> By "thick", I'm referring to up to 1". I'm referring to a door frame
which
> is interior where an animal chewed large parts of it on the inside (long
> story). It's structurally sound, since the frame has not been affected,
but
> the frame is not visually appealing.
>
> Replacing just that one side of the frame is possible, but laborious,
since
> the door is hung and the trim places on the opposite side of the door are
in
> place. In theory, with the right tools, pieces could be cut away and new
> wood inlayed with glue but I don't have anything which can cut out pieces
> with that kind of accuracy on an existing frame (it would also be
incredibly
> messy in the room).
>
> Since things are mostly ok except for the appearance as is, the easiest
> solution would be to put in a filler if one exists (e..g. a 2-part filler
> like Bondo for cars) then just spackle over for the final finish, put on a
> new piece of interior molding and paint.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
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Posted by Nate Nagel on May 21, 2008, 7:26 pm
StarMan wrote:
> Pardon the typo in the subject line :-(
>
>
>
>
>
>>Is there a reasonably easy way to fill in thick gouges in wood?
>>
>>By "thick", I'm referring to up to 1". I'm referring to a door frame
>
> which
>
>>is interior where an animal chewed large parts of it on the inside (long
>>story). It's structurally sound, since the frame has not been affected,
>
> but
>
>>the frame is not visually appealing.
>>
>>Replacing just that one side of the frame is possible, but laborious,
>
> since
>
>>the door is hung and the trim places on the opposite side of the door are
>
> in
>
>>place. In theory, with the right tools, pieces could be cut away and new
>>wood inlayed with glue but I don't have anything which can cut out pieces
>>with that kind of accuracy on an existing frame (it would also be
>
> incredibly
>
>>messy in the room).
>>
>>Since things are mostly ok except for the appearance as is, the easiest
>>solution would be to put in a filler if one exists (e..g. a 2-part filler
>>like Bondo for cars) then just spackle over for the final finish, put on a
>>new piece of interior molding and paint.
>>
>>Any ideas?
>>
>>
>
>
>
A little known fact about Bondo is that it uses talc for filler, so
draws damp very easy (and therefore rot.) It's not really even very
good to use it for its intended purpose, at least without proper surface
prep and sealing front and back with an epoxy primer. I'd look to
something like fiberglass resin instead. I believe there are similar
products available for strengthening/filling rotted wood where
replacement could be problematic; I don't see why that wouldn't work for
sound but dog-chewed wood...
nate
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