Hi /diy/
Had a party a few weeks ago where some fucker kicked a hole in my door. Ive seen a lot of guides online about repairing holes, but all of them are for a flat surface, not a textured 6 panel door.
Can you recommend me a way to fix it or am I better off just buying a new door?
>>973431
Here is a close up.
>>973431
there are plenty of ways to fix it. However, they will all take more time AND cost more than spending $30 on a door of the same size and moving all the hardware. you'll need a drill, drill bits and screwdriver/bits. Possibly a chisel if you didn't get the door that is mortised out and it matters to you.
but if it REALLY matters to you, the only fix I've seen that doesn't sound just awful, is get a can of expanding foam insulation, cut out the hole to clean edges, spray the foam inside, and sand it down to a profile you're happy with, possibly patch it with wood putty (which is easier to shape since it doesn't expand).
Then carefully carve striations in the surface to match the wood grain texture of the door, then paint it.
So $5 for foam, $5 for paint, $5 for sandpaper, 5$ for putty, and at LEAST 3 hrs of work to MAYBE get a decent result and save $10-15.
Just fill flat with white filler/plaster. Finger in the grain lines to match if you must. Noone will fucking notice again till its kicked again and it falls out.
>>973486
you can probably reshape it well enough that after sanding painting it won't be highly noticeable. Looks like most of the door parts are still there. I wouldn't use the expanding foam though it's messy as fuck. Just get a piece of that craft foam that's kind of like styrofoam and cut the size and shape you need from that to insert into the door.
>>973431
If that was my door I'd have replaced it years ago with something made of wood, not cardboard and plastic.
>Im unsure if I can reshape the damaged area by hand to properly match the panel.
you can get a close approximation by running a 4-inch wide spatula along the existing grooves. the spatula will bounce up and down, shaping your paste into the existing profile. let this dry on the horizontal, then repeat on the vertical. finalize with fine sandpaper once everything is dry.
>>973486
just tell your landlord you where moving a heavy desk out and you fucked up the door. offer to pay for a replacement door on the spot [have the cash with you] holy shit don't over complicate it. as long as you pay your shit on time, and aren't a retard always fucking things up. landlord would not give too fucks. if you wanna be a special snowflake, go out and buy the door before hand, tell your landlord and say you'll rehang a new door but you wanted to let him/her know before you dickens with anything.
