Clean out any varnish from the crack being careful not to strip away any of the wood.
How to disassemble a wood panel door.
Small razor sharp scrapers reach into corners across narrow profiles and on the end grain of raised panels where no rotary sander can safely go.
Remove any fasteners in the corner of the panel with a small pry par.
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Then pull it off after the filler hardens.
Use a rubber mallet to carefully bang out.
Press the form against the filler and attach it with screws.
Or you can wait until the sagging filler reaches the hardness of soap and carve it off with a putty knife or chisel or shape it with a surform plane or rasp photo 2.
Use two hands and apply only gentle downward pressure to reduce the chance of an accidental slip gouging the wood.
Drill two or three depending on the length of the crack 8mm holes in the edge of the door to line up with the.
Remove the door from its frame.
The safest way to accomplish this is to use wooden shims.
These will be.
Unscrew the top hinge first and remove the lower hinge with an assistant holding the door in place.
I use a razor blade to score the varnish and gunk between the moulding door and the panel and then slowly push wood shims under the length of the moulding.
Pull the scraper with the grain.
Wood replacement is my first choice when the damage involves a joint or threatens a door s structural integrity.
How to replace wood door panels.
The first step is to remove the bolection moulding around the panel.
Cut some lengths of 8mm dowel slightly longer than the width of the stile.