"aemeijers" wrote in message
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Apologies in advance for putting a home repair question in this political
round table. :^/

Now that I am driving to and from work in daylight again, I noticed a
problem on the bottom panel of my hardboard-skinned (with fake woodgrain)
Dalton garage door. On one end, where it meets the stop strip, water or
bugs or animals have been chewing away at the stop strip and door surface,
like giant rats were trying to get into my garage. The stop strip, I can
replace pretty easily. But there is a triangle-shaped section of the door
panel surface layer where the top layer with the fake woodgrain is
actually gone- it isn't through to the insulation layer, but the surface
that is now exposed is beyond merely touching up with paint.

Any ideas on a cheap painless fix? Aside from this one chewed-on spot, the
door is in pretty decent condition, and works well. Epoxy wood fill
slathered on? Bondo? A big piece of aluminum tape? I need to do something
before it gets much worse, since a new door would not pay for itself at
resale. I presume I need to wait for several dry sunny days in a row, so
it is all dried out, before I attempt any repair?

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aem sends

The policitcal hacks will have to bear with you on this one.

What is the door made from?

I have done some amazing to me repairs using bondo. If one takes the time
to carve and shape it after curing you can do about anything. I have done
this on both Aluminum siding and several different forms of wood. Doors,
windows, window sills and shashes, baseboard and aluminim siding they all
seem to turn out well if you spend a little time with the prep.

If the edge is gone use a paint stick or other control to get the straight
edge, you can round it off later with a palm sander.

I have never used epoxy wood fill. I suspect the wood grain would be hard
to carve in after the repair.


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Colbyt
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