Going to try this out !

What did you use for filler? Bondo or spackle?

Thanks 🙏, going to give your method a try

Bondo glass/shims/contact glue all day for these repairs...

Awesome, thank you!

I took the door off and did it in the garage anyways, since bondo is so stinky.

Some crazy stuff to use. Two part epoxy. Strong as h*ll stupid hard to sand. Yeah it worked.

This is what I did in one of the apartments that we own Joseph! Worked like a charm and nobody even knows!

I'm not so sure about bondo swelling from water. I'm not a body man but from what I have been told, proper prep on cars is to use a 180 or rougher grit paper on raw metal for proper adhesion. Then prime and seal over the top.

As a landlord for exactly 50 years , I have tried many different products. The best product is auto bondo. It dries by chemical reaction. I crush newspaper and push it in the hole, so the bondo is contained. I make sure I leave a space all around inside the hole of the door. I do that so that the broken edge is supported. This gives the patch strength and prevents the bondi and the broken edge from separating. I let the bondo harden 24 hours, then I sand smooth. I then spread carpenters glue over the patch and apply a piece of brown paper that is twice the size if the hole. This prevents any cracks from developing around the hole. I then mix up some 5 mins. Hot mud to smooth out and cover the edge of the brown paper. When that is good and dry , I lightly sand it smooth. Apply 2 coats of Bin primer over the whole door, then a finish coat of paint. The patch is stronger than the door was originally, no need to baby it. The patch will not collapse. I dare anyone to tell me where the patch was made. Shine lights, examine it in the sunlight the patch will not show. Auto bondo is not effected by water. I have applied a good auto bondo to fill holes in wood, outside and left it for 2 years , then got back to paint and it was fine. This process had never failed me. Boyfriends and husbands have punched holes in hollow core doors over the years. This method of repair avoids having to cut for hinges and drilling out the holes for the lock and saves the cost of a new door.

Whoever told you that was incorrect, I've used bondo to cover over holes I auto body parts, it hung out just fine as long as you didnt whack it

I've fixed a few dents in steel doors, my best luck was sanding it to get a rough texture, and use Ready Patch, and I've even used thick 5 minute hot mud when fixing tiny dents. As long as you prime and paint, it's not going anywhere.

@@Chris.Rhodes I appreciate that advice! I'll be taking you up on it!

@@blkrainbow1075 good luck! If you don't have any luck, try Rock Hard Water Putty. That stuff is crazy

High end painters use this a lot, as well as commercial guys doing level 5 finish in towers. Using automotive techniques is very popular in woodworking, Fine Woodworking magazine had a monthly contributor on the subject for years. I've never regretted adapting those methods to my arsenal.

I am a landlord. I have been fixing holes in hollow core doors for 45 years. I experimented with many different materials to fill the holes. I wear Vyinal gloves , I mix some bondo then dip newspaper in the bondo . Then when the newspaper is well coated I stick it into the hole. I don’t make a hard ball, I stick it in loosely . When the bondo dries the newspaper will stop the panel from flexing and cracking around the edge of the patch. The newspaper provides the same framework that the honey comb cardboard between the panels. When that dries I apply a couple coats of bondo, letting it dry hard between coats. Let it dry 24 hours. Then sand smooth and prime with bin or spray Kilz. There have been times when I go 1 step further, I cut a piece of silk or rayon scarf bigger than the repair and glue it over the patch . Then skim coat that with hot mud and sand. This patch will never show. Guaranteed. The spray foam is a bad base for a patch. It is weak. Patch will definitely fail in a short time.

@@olivierbourgeois4748 Is the last part necessary to ensure that the patch never shows? I have no experience with hot mud so I'm wondering if I will be fine with just your first steps

@@olivierbourgeois4748 Also, what grit of sander did you use?

This video was painful. I have no idea how he has so many subscribers.

Yes. I had to skip forward, the Styrofoam sound makes me cringe 😂

What did you use?

How does the ply wood stay in place?

@@handymanglenn8443 the strip of wood is held in place with construction glue . So the strip is held from the inside. You hold the strip in place by drilling 2 holes in the middle of the strip and running a string in and out of the holes so that you can tie the string around a piece of wood that you twist tight to draw the wood strip tight against the inside of the door, until the glue dries .

Definately but if its thick will likeley crack when drying

Glad you enjoyed it!

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I’m also curious about this. I hope he answers you!

@@arosepetal2000 I'm not sure, but I think he just knocks any high points down/off...Depending on the type of primer I use, I sometimes get little nubs, so I give the entire surface a light sanding. I have more issues if I use a bonding primer since it's so much thicker.

Only way I've seen of pulling that off I've seen is a by making a silicone mold of the texture and using it as a stamp, still near impossible and cheaper to buy and paint a new door.

Same

Yeah, but for the rental homes, they're fine. When they get broken, I'd replace them with solid wood.

For a rental that somebody else owns (which I think is Ben's situation) maybe not so much.

A properly installed solid core door shuts so much nicer than a hollow! Its money well spent unless you have people who live like animals in your home.

Exactly. I replaced hollow core doors twice in our duplex, then went to solid core. It's worth the work.

you can also add wood onto the bottoms, sand flush, fill, sand again, repeat as necessary, and paint door multiple coats. if you like the doors that is.

Bondo filler and short strand fiberglass are two different products 😉

So adding all these items together, what’s the estimated price for the repair?

That would look different to surface if the door, would need to sand surely

He's never fixed a hollow core door to my knowledge. When it comes to his work, and Ben's work, Ben's work is far superior. I love Jalepeno but he's a maintenance tech like me, we cut a lot of corners to save money. 😂

@@Chris.Rhodes Of that I am fully aware. Ben is pretty much doing the same thing in this particular video.

I’d be willing to be that many of Jalapeño’s bondo / mdf ‘fixes’ are going to fail in short order. If Ben can’t get bondo to work long term, it just isn’t doable.

@@dhammer5645 yeah, but atleast Ben stated it's pretty much impossible to do a good repair on a hollow core door. Jalepeno would just say BOOM! 😂

@@temeyer oh probably. Jalapeno Solutions is most likely doing those kinds of repairs to ready a house for sale. Just make it look good till the closing date.

Carl, my experience has been that most products that are mixed with water take a long time to dry. Auto bondo dries by chemical reaction . There is no water that can take more than a week to dry. In order to be strong, water products need to be thick and need alot of water. Then they shrink and cause cracks to develop. That spoils the finish.

@@olivierbourgeois4748 You have not tried Durhams. I have it on at least 40 doors. Repairs ranging from fist holes to de-lamination at bottom from carpet drag (did not get cut) and have had no failures. Some of these repairs are over 25 years old. I also use it on door casing where it has been gouged from who knows what and it is 100% there also. It does take an hour or 2 to dry for sanding. A heat gun will speed that up.

@@carlmccoy662 I guess , I need to try that product again. I have used it many years ago , but never to repair a flush door.

I just tried it for the first time recently, good stuff. Ace has it too.

The "Great Stuff" expanding foam we have in the US reacts poorly to moisture. Ben is using something different.