We got a cat and while we love that little bugger he does have his zoomie phases where he runs around and often attacks our door frames. See screenshot for how that looks.
Issue is, we are renting this place, so once we leave we’ll have to pay up for this. I would prefer to be able to fix this somehow but since this is wood with some paint over it, I am not sure it can be done without being visible later that something has been done.
Any suggestion what a good way of fixing this could be, if there is any?
Bonus question: if you have a cat, I’d appreciate any suggestions on how to get him to stop doing that! He does have ample scratching opportunities already, that isn’t it.
Thanks!
Edit: I should mention, the little round hole is actually not a scratch, but from the nail that is in the frame.
A small repair. Id use something such as Red Devil One Time for that, it’s lightweight, premixed & cures very quickly. Once the filler has cured, rub it down. Once you have it flush, use a couple of coats of water based undercoat then rub down again with finishing paper (fine grade sanding sponge pad is great on contours such as doorframes). Dust off with a dust brush then apply top coat
Paste over it with a photo of Jack Nicholson holding an axe.
If it weren’t a rental I’d have done that with every single one of these.
Filler, sand back to flat, paint.
You can get wood filler to fill the holes. Then you sand it so it is flush with the frame, and lastly paint over it.
Thanks! Didn’t know it is called wood filler, I’ll look for that.
There is also white wood-filler. For small scratches it might be good enough to hide the damage.
1:1 sawdust and woodglue makes for a good wood filler
Thanks! I’ll check if I can get my hand on ready-made wood filler but if not then I keep that in mind.
Hardware stores sell these little nailpolish-like paint cans with a brush inside the cap that are the same color as that trim. It’s not going to be perfect but it wont stand out.
In the past we’ve taped up a piece of aluminum foil over wood trim areas the cat started showing interest in, and made sure some type of legit scratcher (those cardboard thingies or a scratching post) was moved nearby to redirect the behavior. Cats hate aluminum foil because of the noise it makes.
If you sand it back to bare wood with 200 grit over the damaged areas, then use a finer grit over every painted area to roughen the surface, you can cover most scratches with a new coat of gloss, but like another poster said, wood filler works well for any deeper gouges
Thanks! When you say gloss, you mean the paint or something else?
It’s usually gloss paint on doorframes, aye.
If there’s a slight bit of texture and not a shiny surface it might be called ‘Satin’ (regular wall paint gets called ‘matte’ if you had seen that label and didn’t know yet)
Thanks, didn’t know about these terms.
Not op, but in this context it means paint.
White nail Polish. You can build it up to fill the holes.
