Use wood caulking and place it inside the holes.
Cover hole in wood door.
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Leah demostrates how to repair a hole in a hollow core interior door using low pressure foam insulation and plastic wood putty.
While holes in your doors or unsightly scratches might seem difficult to repair you can get them fixed up in no more than a day or two.
Pack a couple of paper towels into the hole.
Push in 3 or 4 paper towels until they re firmly set in place and won t slip lower within the door.
If you want to cover over these holes then you can do so quickly with a few simple household tools.
Before you can fit any covers over the holes you will first need to add some caulking to the wood in order to prevent the wood splitting during temperature changes.
Hollow core doors consisting of a lightweight wood frame covered with composite veneer are affordable around 50 per door compared to 150 to 350 for a solid hardwood and paintable so you.
Small round holes in wood doors that are left behind from lock changes or other hardware can be quickly fixed with a dowel.
Hollow core doors are much cheaper and more common than doors made of solid wood but they are also a lot more fragile and prone to damage.
Moldings sills doorjambs baseboard or wood trim with damage or large holes can be repaired with epoxy.
The repair is quick and easy.
To repair screw holes in a hollow door or solid wood door is fairly simple.
Matching the filler material to your particular situation is the key to patching large holes in wood.
Step 1 fill in the hole.
You ll need the paper towels in the hole to support the expanding foam you re about to add.
Hillman 2 pack 0 6875 in black plastic hole plug.
Two part epoxy two part epoxy is one of the top choices for patching large holes.