so you decided to buy a 90s RWD Japanese car and learn how to drift

"MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle)
06/08/2020 at 10:35 • Filed to: None

but you “drifted” straight into a curb and broke your mismatch painted bodykit, break our the zip ties, it’s time for drift stitches

but then you grew up, bought a house, you’re raising a family, and you drift your basement door into the door frame too strongly...

you shoulda seen the look on my wife’s face...

the crack (which actually occurred some 4-ish years ago and has been covered with children’s art since) actually offset the two pieced of door about half an inch, so it was a large difference that needed to be brought back together.

The three hole drilled on the edge were so I could level the piece back into place while I tightened the zip ties down to keep it there

glue glue glue, and cut the zips flush

more glue, then scraped it flat with a razor

huzah! it held after the zip ties were removed

glob on the wood filler

time to talk costs. a replacement door was $45+tax. Filler was my only expense (as a POS car owner I of course have a massive supply of zip ties on hand) at $4.50 for some very sticky plastic-wood filler.

first layer of filling smoothed, and a few extra globs applied

smooth and shape.

primer

second primer.

now just to rep aint all three doors on this floor as they’ve all got an infinite supply of dirty hand prints and boot scuffs, the general wear and tear of being the main portals in/out of my house

hmm, yikes, some cursory fb picture hunting indicates the door has been art covered to hide the large crack for 6 years? at least?

only last year, because our pup is only 2 years old

but when I was doing the floors the walls were still green, yikes, it’s been some time.

DISCUSSION (30)

shop-teacher > MonkeePuzzle
06/08/2020 at 10:38

I would have just bought the new door, but I respect what you've done here.

MonkeePuzzle > shop-teacher
06/08/2020 at 10:40

what kind of a shop teacher are you if you’d replace over fix?! :D

Arrivederci > MonkeePuzzle
06/08/2020 at 10:40

That is great work and clever using the drift stitch technique, lol. I would’ve 100% just spent the $45 on a new door though.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > MonkeePuzzle
06/08/2020 at 10:43

Ain’t nothing bondo and zipties can’t fix.

facw > MonkeePuzzle
06/08/2020 at 10:45

Nice work...

I’m still with everyone else who would have bought a new door though.

CalzoneGolem > MonkeePuzzle
06/08/2020 at 10:47

I’m impressed but I think I’m also firmly in the by another door camp because fuck body work.

ranwhenparked > MonkeePuzzle
06/08/2020 at 10:47

You just wanted an excuse to do drift stitching, admit it, you broke the door on purpose.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > shop-teacher
06/08/2020 at 10:51

Monkee has a point. What are you teaching our youth?

MonkeePuzzle > Snuze: Needs another Swede
06/08/2020 at 10:52

he’s probably teaching them actual wood working skills, and the value of doing a job right and not half assed :D

Aremmes > MonkeePuzzle
06/08/2020 at 10:53

It’s nice to see stitch-and-glue used outside of boat building . Well done.

imadick > MonkeePuzzle
06/08/2020 at 10:55

Kinja'd!!!

MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick) > shop-teacher
06/08/2020 at 10:55

Look at Mr Rockefeller here buying new doors! You think you’re better than me! Why waste all that money when a simple tarp or fashionable novelty flag will do

MonkeePuzzle > Aremmes
06/08/2020 at 10:55

it is a door, maybe it is a boat?

Kinja'd!!!

Snuze: Needs another Swede > MonkeePuzzle
06/08/2020 at 10:58

Glue and woodfiller counts as wood working. And your job looks good, I'd say at least 3/4 assed!

Aremmes > MonkeePuzzle
06/08/2020 at 11:08

Better than a screen door on a boat!

RangerSmith > Snuze: Needs another Swede
06/08/2020 at 11:08

That t ime is your most precious commodity?

Stef Schrader > MonkeePuzzle
06/08/2020 at 11:28

Nice. I felt like I MENDED SOMETHING! when I filled in a lil’ chunk out of the kitchen cabinets a repair guy left behind. Filler is magic.

PyramidHat > Snuze: Needs another Swede
06/08/2020 at 11:58

Recently, I read that woodworking is mainly about hiding your mistakes.

Taylor Martin > MonkeePuzzle
06/08/2020 at 12:08

That front bumper looks like Frankenstein’s Motor Vehicle.

shop-teacher > MonkeePuzzle
06/08/2020 at 12:49

Lol!

I hate sanding, and I hate painting even more. I’d replace the door, and leave it in primer until my wife got sick of looking at it, and painted it herself. We're at five years and counting for our new back door :)

shop-teacher > Snuze: Needs another Swede
06/08/2020 at 12:49

Shenanigans and tomfoolery.

shop-teacher > MonkeePuzzle
06/08/2020 at 12:50

Yes! Let's go with that!

MonkeePuzzle > shop-teacher
06/08/2020 at 12:54

that’s kinda the plan here! I’ve repaired it, and primered it. And the remaining painting to match and refresh the other doors is on her :D

shop-teacher > MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick)
06/08/2020 at 13:03

I can't argue that logic :)

shop-teacher > PyramidHat
06/08/2020 at 13:04

There is a lot of truth to that.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > PyramidHat
06/08/2020 at 13:43

I'm terrible at woodworking, so I would agree.