Heh!
Okay, okay, sheesh! You guys just are NOT going to let me get away with a half-assed fix, are you?

This car's already "totaled out", so I'm not worried about keeping it cosmetically perfect. It has no resale value to worry about any more.
But I didn't get to it this weekend. If the door panel's really that easy to remove, replacing it might be an option after all. I'll check it out.
(Sheesh. Gonna make me do it right, whether I want to or not. I guess that's what I get for asking people that know what they're talking about.... <GRIN!>)