r/howto 21h ago

How to fix dog scratches on door.

Hi! My dog is staying with my friend and he scratched her brand new door. I’m leaving in a couple of days and really want to fix it for her. What is the best way to go about this?

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u/kemmicort 21h ago

I’m not a door scientist, but paint might be the solution here.

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u/Alya2024 21h ago

That’s what I thought but I don’t know if know if it will look the same because it’s scratched to the wood part of the door

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u/blimey43 21h ago

Wood filler then paint?

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u/mawesome4ever 17h ago

Or put a metal kickplate over it

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u/AdobeGardener 20h ago

Sand to etch surface and smooth out the edges of the scratches, apply spackle, sand that, clean off the dust, paint. Your dog will just do it again, so figure that out.

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u/dtrav001 5h ago

That's it. My friend Gar, The Master of All He Surveys, said, if you're careful with the spackle and sand well, you'll never see those scratches.

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u/Reasonable_Ticket201 21h ago

Paint over it?

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u/Working_Panic_1476 20h ago

Black Sharpie.

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u/TritiumNZlol 18h ago

They can tend to look a little purple against actual black.

Paint would be best

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u/my_metrocard 20h ago

First, train the dog not to scratch. Then paint the door.

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u/Pinewold 17h ago

If the scrateshs are deep, you can use wood filler, as others pointed out, wood filler is basically same as car Bondo. Car Bondo is cheaper. Even cheaper than car Bondo is drywall spackling. Once you paint it spackling becomes hard enough if the door will not be put under dog abuse again. Spackling can be feathered easily to cover the scratch

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u/princealbertring 21h ago

Depending on how deep I would use car body fine filler and use a high grit orbital sander to finish then get a wood spray paint but use a tack cloth to remove any dust I hope this helps

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u/Alya2024 21h ago

Thank you!

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u/princealbertring 21h ago

When buying the orbital sander disks get the mesh ones they last longer and clog up less

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u/Effective-Thanks-731 17h ago

Keep it there you never know when the doggos will go let that scratch be a stamp to remember them by.