Tarting up a battered internal door - any suggestions?

Charlton_King

I have a BTL property which I intend selling in a couple of years. At that time I expect to spend quite a bit on making good and doing up.

In the meantime, I need amongst other things to deal with one of the internal doors which has received some rough treatment in the past.

It's a modern, sapele veneer hollow door and one side of it looks as though someone has taken a hammer to it - half a dozen very large bashes/depressions, each about 3 or 4 inches across.

Rather than replace the whole door now, can anyone suggest some way of hiding this damage as a 'holding operation' until my pre-sale re-vamp of the property?

Very grateful for any suggestions.

whitewing

Car body filler and a paint job?

(This worked when my dear husband decided to chop the bottom off ours wonkily, just after I'd told him to do anything else that day, except the door).

I haven't googled your door type though.

Charlton_King

whitewing wrote: »

Car body filler and a paint job?

(This worked when my dear husband decided to chop the bottom off ours wonkily, just after I'd told him to do anything else that day, except the door).

I haven't googled your door type though.

It's just a lightweight, hollow, wood-effect internal door. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=sapele+wood+veneer+internal&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=3O3TU9WcNcqs0QXks4GoCA&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAg&biw=1024&bih=653#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=R7urQ2Pn8fh_5M%253A%3BqfuNiXYIzLGfyM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.doorsonlineuk.co.uk%252Flibrary%252Fproducts%252Flarge%252F260_a_sapele_flush_veneer_door.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.doorsonlineuk.co.uk%252Fstore%252Finternal-doors%252F260-sapele-real-wood%252F%3B355%3B841

The surface is shiny and any filler would just fall out.

I was thinking more of covering the depressions. There is no need to produce 'invisible mending'. Maybe stick-on mirror tiles or suchlike..?

whitewing

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Internal-Door-Sliding-Door-Restore-Coverings-Makeover-Vinyl-Wrap-Film-/261216904232?pt=UK_Home_Garden_Door_Accessories_LE&var=&hash=item3cd1bda428

Crinkmeister

I'd just replace the door! Forty quid and you save yourself a lot of faffing about and ending up with a bodge job. Do it once and do it right!

MoneyMate

http://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Woburn-Internal-Moulded-Door-White-Primed-Grained-6-Panel-1981x762mm/p/200604

Biggles

Where's Barry Bucknell when you need him?

phill99

Cronkmeister is right. Its non-repairable. You can get them for less than £30. Anything you do will cost more than that and look like an explosion in a timber yard. Remember its tax deductible.

Its not worth fafting around.

Crinkmeister

Biggles wrote: »

Where's Barry Bucknell when you need him?

I remember him! He passed away some years ago though.

tony6403

You could cover it with hardboard . An 8'x4' 3mm thick piece will cost about £7 + the contact adhesive. Then ar*e around with the fitting.
I agree with those above that it's better to fit a new door.

Errata

Biggles wrote: »

Where's Barry Bucknell when you need him?

Fixing hardboard to Victorian panelled doors.