How would you fix this goof?

[Tom Bain]

I had a total brain fart today and ended up putting a groove in the wrong side of the face frame for the built-in cabinet I'm currently working on. I had even conspicuously marked the good/face side to avoid this kind of mistake, but the best laid plans and all... Anyway the groove runs the length of one of the stiles, and I can't flip the frame and use the "back" because the two stiles are purposely different widths to account for a very wonky wall. Soooo, I figure I can either:

1) fill the groove with another piece, milled to fit the groove. Glue it in, plane/sand flush, etc. The cabinet is going to be painted, so not worried about grain match.

2) rip the stile off, mill up a new one, and re-assemble

I'm leaning toward option 2, as I'm worried that the repair ala option 1 is going to eventually telegraph through the painted finish.

Votes? Other Thoughts?

-Tom

[John TenEyck]

Option 2.

John

[scott vroom]

What John said.

[Steve Jenkins]

Yup That’s the way to go

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Option 2. In the end it may be faster than the other option and will certainly decrease the possibility of it be visible.

[Wayne Lomman]

Option 1 will work if glued with epoxy or resorcinol, otherwise option 2. Cheers

[Ron Citerone]

#2.........................What Ken said.

[Brian Henderson]

Go with #2, unless there is some good reason not to. Assuming you have enough stock to remake it, just remake it and not fiddle with trying to patch.

[Neil Gaskin]

Option 2. Bet you could make a whole new faceframe before option 1 looked good enough to paint.