repairing skirting board

rooster

Has anybody any suggestions how I should go about repairing a skirting board that has been chewed by my new puppie. The paint and little bit of the wood has come away and I'm a complete DIY novice

abbecer

Build wood filler up gradually, sanding lightly between applications. When dry sand to desired finish and then paint.

Hope this helps

Rebecca x:rotfl:

Annie_Fanny

Agree with abbecer. Definately sand away the chipped paint work until it is smooth and apply wood filler or builders caulk if it is not too deep. Sand again (the whole piece) and then paint.

Annie

rooster

thank you both just need to discourage ringo from eating the rest of the house now!

safesound

He's not a Collie by any chance is he? My Collie chewed the corners of the skirting board something terrible when he was a pup, but putting tobasco sauce on them soon stopped it (I know it sounds horrid but I tried everything else I could think of to no avail).

rooster

Ringo is a labradoodle and likes eating walls, curtains,sofas etc. I have tried better bite and others but sadly he likes the taste! I have even tried pepper as a last resort but he is rather partial to that as well!

safesound

Okay try this recipe:
get a jam jar, put in some olive oil, put in some tobasco sauce and as many chillies as you can crush and fit in, a good few table spoons of chillie powder, crushed black pepper, mustard powder... in fact anything organic thats hot that you can think of.
Walm this mix up in microwave, mix, lid it and leave it stand (the longer it stands the stronger it gets). After a few days seive it and what you're left with is a redish brown oil that is blinkin hot. Put this on whatever you dont want Ringo to chew. Do note though that as its an oil its probably not a good idea to put it on fabric or anything pourus... or get it in your eyes (it HURTS)
Its never adversely affected any of my animals (ferret/dogs/cat) but once they've tasted it they soon realise its not for eating and stop chewing/destroying whatever you've put it on.


(I'm getting ready for the barrage of "thats CRUEL!" and "you cant do that I'm phoning the RSPCA" )

raymond

You will spend more time and money trying to repair something that is around £1 per meter

albalad

raymond wrote:

You will spend more time and money trying to repair something that is around £1 per meter

but then you have the time and money factor to consider if you were going to replace it also (not to mention disruption to adjacent skirtings, carpets etc), that is assuming you can find the correct profile skirting as well

albalad

safesound wrote:

Okay try this recipe:
get a jam jar, put in some olive oil, ..............................
(I'm getting ready for the barrage of "thats CRUEL!" and "you cant do that I'm phoning the RSPCA" )

you can't do that ! , that's cruel

having owned a few dogs over the years who liked to chew anything , i think that your solution should do the trick.......... never had to go to those lengths though , but it did make me laugh

Gary_The_Chippy

Hello Rooster
I'm a joiner,just cut out the offending area,sand around remaining piece,replace with new timber(wood glue/screw and plug)paint up to original colour