Wood – How to fill a big cavity on a wooden door frame

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Due to an impact against it, the door lock casing in the wood frame has been uprooted. I managed to fix it back the metal part and some wooden pieces, but there still is a quite huge cavity with un-regular wood pieces inside.

Is there any way to fix it in a semi permanent way? I.E. Fill the empty space so i can paint it back to white.

Rearrange / any paste / paint?

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Best Answer

I would push some backer rod into the space so it fills most of the void but not all, leave some space to fill with wood filler or vinyl Spackle.

Once the filler is dry you can sand it all down and paint.