aemeijers wrote:

SteveBell wrote:
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The door leading into the garage was slightly damaged yesterday
when the moves bumped a furniture against the edge of the door..
The damage is about 2 inches in length. If I hire a handyman to
fix this, what needs to be done to restore the door?

I got some pictures of the damage he
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I do this type of repair all the time.
* Apply wood filler. Make sure it extends higher than the original
surface of the wood. I like Elmer's brand, because it's easy to work
and readily available.
* Let it dry overnight, or as long as the instructions say.
* Use fine sandpaper to sand the filler down to the original surface
level. Put in some grooves to match the existing fake wood grain if
you feel artsy-fartsy.
* Clean off all the dust.
* Paint it. You'll obviously get the best result if you paint the
whole door, but you can do a pretty good job if you thin out the
paint some and feather the edges.
* Put on another coat of paint if you can still see the filler
through the first coat.

This would only take me half an hour or so, but I would have to make
two trips to your house, so I would charge you for two hours ($80
total). I would, however, offer to fix other stuff to fill out the
two hours.

Too bad you aren't up here in SW Michigan. At those rates, I have a
whole list of piddly repairs that I'll never get around to, that you
could take care of for me.

Where are you in Michigan? I lived in Holland for four years, and I had
a ball performing every year at the Tulip Time Festival.

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Steve Bell
New Life Home Improvement
Arlington, TX