It will look better than what it was.

@@A_H_M_C That's fair. I just think at that point, replacing the door slab would be the path I'd take!

Yeah. I'm just trying to help the people who can't really afford a new door, let alone the tools needed to properly install a new door. Thanks for the comments.

@@A_H_M_C Very noble cause! Keep at it man

At least he smoothed it out! The handyman that my elderly mother hired just stuck a blob of some type of brown filler on there and left; he never smoothed it out. Looks horrible, but now it’s hard as a rock. I’m trying to figure out what I can do to make it look better.