How to repair a small gash in door?

[edgemaster]

Hi Guys, the wife had an unfortunate encounter with a huge pile of big rocks, protecting a mail box. Had to replace 2 tires, 4 rims and the passenger side mirror.

The only thing left to fix is a 4" gash in the right rear door, close to the wheel well. (Edge 2009). See pic.

I went to a local body shop and they quoted me, after a lot of hem and haw, around $800 +. The + is for "unforeseen difficulties" and I have livid imaginations how that will end.

Since I'm already out around 2 Grand, I'm somewhat hesitant to spring for another $800 + and I'd like to try to fix this myself. It looks like there had been a repair before in the same spot, the gray stuff in that gash looks suspiciously like Bondo.

Can someone point me to a link that describes in some detail how to tackle this problem? I've never done any body repair before and I'm aware that the end product will not look professional but, hopefully, a bit better than it looks now.

The black sprinkles are just from our freshly tarred country road, need to be removed. 

Btw, the pile of rocks she hit still looks pristine.

[enigma-2]

Hundreds of videos on YouTube. 

Here's an example for pulling a dent (I've never tried it, I've always sucked at bodywork.)

 

 

Edited 6 hours ago by enigma-2

[1004ron]

As you've already deduced, it's not a mere dent removal needed - it will need all the badly applied Bondo ground out, prepped, primed and painted.

[edgemaster]

A dent would be nice, alas, it's a little more than that. I think 1004ron is correct, quite a bit of body work involved, I'm not sure I can pull that off, I'm 80! Need all the help I can get. 😨