ArPauly Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 A lady that I do Handyman work for has asked me to refinish three interior oak, two-panel doors. They have three very high-spirited Kerry Blue Terriers that are extremely intelligent, but even the dog trainer who comes to the house three days a week can't get them to stop scratching at closed doors. I cut some clear plexi-glass panels to go over the bottom of the damaged doors and attached them with very small brass screws...the problems went away. Now I'm faced with refinishing these expensive oak doors and I have never dealt with this type of damage before. The offending scratches range from 8" to 14" and all are on the lower half of the door (below the door knobs). Just wondering if anyone has any input for working with "clawed" doors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 The depth of the scratches is the important part here... If they are not to deep, sanding might solve the problem, but then you'll have to sand the entire door to get to the part that is re finishing. If they are deep, you might be best off finding a cabinet shop and see if they can run them through their planer, or their drum sander. In either case refinishing, is going to be in order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 Richard is right, pictures would help . Deep scratches would need different attention than shallow ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted January 31, 2015 Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 Reason #3,278 in my book, "They're Not Worth It: Let's Be Honest About Dogs" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinF Posted January 31, 2015 Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 Reason #3,278 in my book, "They're Not Worth It: Let's Be Honest About Dogs"honestly, this should be like reason #4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted January 31, 2015 Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 I'll make it so in the revised edition... 1) Barking 2) Shedding 3) Dog farts 4) Scratched doors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wdwerker Posted January 31, 2015 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 Defending against attackers, plesant company, lack of bitching and complaining..... They have an upside as well 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinF Posted January 31, 2015 Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 Defending against attackers, plesant company, lack of bitching and complaining..... They have an upside as wellsee, my dog is neither pleasent, nor is there a lack of bitching if you consider the barking... And I have a decent selection of small arms to defend against attackers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinF Posted January 31, 2015 Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 I'll make it so in the revised edition... 1) Barking 2) Shedding 3) Dog farts 4) Scratched doorsyou speak wise grasshopper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beechwood Chip Posted January 31, 2015 Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 lack of bitching Interesting choice of words! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orbb Posted January 31, 2015 Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 If these are going to be finished naturally I don't think there is a lot to be done. If they are to be painted, epoxy with a filler will work. I put brass kick plates over the scratched areas on my doors. I had posted a similar question on the Woodenboat forum, asking how to toughen the door against scratching. I was contemplating kevlar embedded in clear epoxy. The response I got was either train the dogs or get rid of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcK Posted January 31, 2015 Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 Shouldn't #3 be #1? My aunts dog Sparky had farts that were hideous. Smelt like dead rats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinF Posted January 31, 2015 Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 Shouldn't #3 be #1? My aunts dog Sparky had farts that were hideous. Smelt like dead rats.the only thing that comes to mind is why are you smelling dead rats? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted January 31, 2015 Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 Terry lives in a castle, don't forget. Castles are dark and dank and they have rats. Sometimes they die and Terry smelts them. One of the few drawbacks of being royalty and living in a castle. The other being they don't have showers, only baths, and they only take them once a week or so. Also because there's no running water, your poop stinks up the whole castle. A lotta stink in a castle. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wtnhighlander Posted January 31, 2015 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 In a castle, running water means the houseboy with the bucket is in a hurry. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinF Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 Terry lives in a castle, don't forget. Castles are dark and dank and they have rats. Sometimes they die and Terry smelts them. One of the few drawbacks of being royalty and living in a castle. The other being they don't have showers, only baths, and they only take them once a week or so. Also because there's no running water, your poop stinks up the whole castle. A lotta stink in a castle.so, it's a life of luxury... With smells of poverty? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted February 2, 2015 Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 I learned this from an old timer about 40 years ago. I have used it about 3 times and had pretty good success with it. Place a damp towel over the scratches and then place a hot iron Like you would use to iron clothes on the towel for 10-15 seconds and steam the area(use the linen or close to the highest setting on the iron). Sometimes if the wood fibers are not damaged to much they will swell with the heat and moisture, then you can sand it flush and most of the time you can't tell it was there. again this all depends on how damaged the fibers are. Worst case is you are where you started 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArPauly Posted February 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Thanks for all the advice, folks. I'll keep it in mind as I attack the problem (but, can't do anything about training or removing the dogs...they aren't mine and it's not my house). Never tried the heat/moisture trick before...I'll let you know how it works for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.