Fixing damaged wood door

[Sean298]

Have some damage on the door, frame, and trim of a few doors due to a wheelchair, what is the best way to fix these? I'm fairly competent with sanding, staining, and finishing wood, but have not dealt with wood that is already stained.

 

[jaysberman]

Probably the best way is just bight the bullet and sand and re-stain every thing.
It is really an art to match old stain.

 

[dfiler2]

I agree with Jay and fixing the scratches across the grain is going to be difficult to completely hide or fix. It looks like a hollow core door, an unfinished hollow core door slab is pretty inexpensive, I see HD has them starting at $29.

 

[PAToyota]

Stainless steel door kick plate.

 

[ford33]

The thin door veneer will make it difficult to sand those marks from the surface. Either wood filler, prime and paint the doors or replace. They are not expensive to replace but are time consuming to cut to length and drill a hole for the lock set.

 

[superdutymike27]

Stainless steel door kick plate.

That's exactly what I would. SS kick plate the width of the door and up to at least 24" from the bottom of the door or higher. The frame I would sand and restain.