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How To Repair Cabinet Door Hinge Holes


clevere1
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join:2002-01-06
Vancouver, WA

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How to repair stripped cabinet hinge screw holes?

Hey all...

I love my children, I really exercise One of them leaned on a cabinet door and the hinge came out of the chiffonier. The hinge stayed attached to the door.

So in that location are two nice holes in the chiffonier which the screws no longer fit. I've found several methods for repairing the holes on the internet, using larger screws isn't an option.

What'due south the right way to practice it? Use a dowel and some wood filler?


tahoejeff
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join:2001-07-01
Wisconsin Dells, WI

I'd drill it out and gum in a dowel for each stripped hole. Later on the gum dries you can drill pilot holes and screw the hinge back on.

to clevere1

Wood match sticks

swflutka
join:2003-01-xxx
Griffith, IN

to clevere1

Forest gum and toothpicks


Doctor Olds
I Need A Remedy For What'due south Bilious Me.
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join:2001-04-nineteen
1970 442 W30

to clevere1

Carpenter'due south Wood Glue (non the white stuff past Elmers, simply the off white/yellowish Elmers) and round hardwood tooth picks. Dip them in the glue then stick one, 2 or three in the pigsty and let it dry 24 hours. Cutting the exposed ends off and sand the area flush then reinstall screws. Or pre-cut them to the correct length get-go to relieve from having to sand afterwards.

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jack b
Gone Angling
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join:2000-09-08
Cape Cod

to clevere1

Wooden matchsticks are way too soft, the screws volition pull right out.
Follow the Doctor's orders!


Lurch77
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join:2001-11-22
Green Bay, WI

to Doctor Olds

said by Doctor Olds:

Carpenter'due south Forest Mucilage (not the white stuff by Elmers, but the off white/yellowish Elmers) and round hardwood tooth picks. Dip them in the glue then stick 1, ii or iii in the hole and let it dry out 24 hours. Cut the exposed ends off and sand the expanse flush and then reinstall screws. Or pre-cut them to the right length first to save from having to sand afterwards.

Lots of supporting articles with extra tips:

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I have washed this for a bedroom door at our old house. Worked corking and held up for at least the few more years that we lived in that location. I have no doubt it is still property up 7 years later.


Hook_Texas
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bring together:2002-04-08
Austin, TX

to clevere1

Depending on the size of the hole, golf tees work well besides.


Hall
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join:2000-04-28
Germantown, OH

Hall

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said by Hook_Texas:

Depending on the size of the hole, golf tees piece of work well likewise.

I've used *existent*, woods golf tees for this blazon of repair. Just have to make sure they're not the 'soft' variety or ones made of a blended material.

As others have mentioned, and I've used myself, toothpicks really do work. There's no need to jam pack them into the pigsty so that no pigsty remains either. You lot just desire to brand the existing pigsty smaller.


dandelion
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bring together:2003-04-29
Germantown, TN

to clevere1

And so far haven't found much this stuff doesn't work well with: »world wide web.gorillaglue.com/ the clear tends to bubble up white when drying so just a very small corporeality is needed in a hole.. dries speedily.


brian
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join:2002-05-02
Mission Viejo, CA

to Hook_Texas

said by Hook_Texas:

Depending on the size of the pigsty, golf tees work well too.

every bit do chopsticks.


Hall
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bring together:2000-04-28
Germantown, OH

to dandelion

said by dandelion:

...so merely a very small amount is needed in a hole...

That stuff is very powerful and the trouble with it is that information technology *expands* and can expand profoundly. My wife tries to use that stuff for far as well much and has ruined a couple of things with it.

to Doctor Olds

The tooth picks work wonders. I have always used diagonal wire cutters to cut off the tooth picks equally close to the surface as possible. Sanding shouldn't be necessary, since the hinges will cover the hole.

raster44
bring together:2003-09-07
Niagara Falls, NY

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said by tahoejeff:

I'd drill information technology out and glue in a dowel for each stripped pigsty. After the gum dries yous tin drill pilot holes and screw the hinge back on.

Best method I've found to repair stripped screw holes. Dowels are usually harder than woods in the cabinets.


Msradell
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Louisville, KY

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said by raster44:

said by tahoejeff:

I'd drill it out and glue in a dowel for each stripped pigsty. After the glue dries you lot tin can drill pilot holes and screw the hinge dorsum on.

Best method I've constitute to repair stripped screw holes. Dowels are usually harder than forest in the cabinets.

The only problem with this repair method is that many of the doors are quite thin and it's difficult to drill a pigsty deep enough to insert a slice of dowel without drilling through the cabinet door.


ROCINANTE
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join:1999-06-29
Hartsdale, NY

to clevere1

I always carved out a splinter from a piece of soft pine, gum it in, and separate off the backlog length.


cableties
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join:2005-01-27

to dandelion

said by dandelion:

So far oasis't found much this stuff doesn't work well with: »www.gorillaglue.com/ the clear tends to bubble up white when drying so just a very small-scale amount is needed in a hole.. dries chop-chop.

Stick with the recommended Carpenter's glue. Gorilla glue is a polyurethane adhesive and works well when the wood surfaces have wet in them. Still, Gorilla gum, once dry, isn't easy to remove. And don't get information technology on easily (wear nitrite gloves or similar) or else you take soak in warm water or utilize acetone. Gorilla glue is great for permanent glue fixes and lamination of boards (greater the clamping pressure, the stronger the bond).

raster44
join:2003-09-07
Niagara Falls, NY

to Msradell

said by Msradell:

said by raster44:

said by tahoejeff:

I'd drill it out and gum in a dowel for each stripped hole. After the glue dries you can drill pilot holes and spiral the hinge dorsum on.

Best method I've plant to repair stripped screw holes. Dowels are ordinarily harder than wood in the cabinets.

The only trouble with this repair method is that many of the doors are quite thin and it's hard to drill a hole deep plenty to insert a slice of dowel without drilling through the cabinet door.

said by Msradell:

I dear my children, I really practise! One of them leaned on a cabinet door and the hinge came out of the cabinet. The hinge stayed fastened to the door.

Not Door....Cabinet! READ!

AnonEMouse2 to cableties

Anon

to cableties

I've filled the stripped screw holes with JB Weld and then once dry pre-drilled then screwed into that, been property similar that for 3~ years now.


Kramer
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join:2000-08-03
Richmond, VA

Kramer

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I was going to advise something like PC-seven which is like JB-Weld. The merely problem is cleanup, and is the cleanup substance going to be unsafe to the cabinet surface. In the long run, I would think a water based solution like the tooth-pick and glue composite makes the most sense. It is going to be stiff and easy to cleanup.

PittsPgh
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bring together:2003-08-21
Pittsburgh, PA

to brian

said by brian:

said past Hook_Texas:

Depending on the size of the hole, golf game tees work well too.

equally do chopsticks.

Pencils worked for me as well, in door swivel spiral holes.

to clevere1

Either get all new hinges (with unlike screw spacing) or stuff a very hard and or grainy substance into the pigsty and rescrew.


clevere1
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bring together:2002-01-06
Vancouver, WA

clevere1

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Cheers for all the comments. I decided I will use dowels cutting to fit and glued.


vetter
join:2003-03-29
Columbus, OH

to clevere1

Post back(with pics if possible) to let us know how it worked out!


Dennis
Mod
join:2001-01-26
Algonquin, IL

to clevere1

y'all should arc weld a plate of steel to it and then commodities the door dorsum on.

kidding of course....matchsticks/dowel/toothpicks and some wood glue. Sometimes the elementary solution is the best in my opinion.


Pacrat
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bring together:2001-03-x
Cortland, OH

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If using small sticks, stick with toothpicks, rather than matchsticks. Matchsticks are usually a soft woods, while toothpicks are hardwood.


Doctor Olds
I Demand A Remedy For What'due south Ailing Me.
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bring together:2001-04-19
1970 442 W30

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said by clevere1:

Thanks for all the comments. I decided I will utilize dowels cut to fit and glued.

Hope you don't go off centre with your new holes in the dowels. That is why I always employ toothpicks and carpenter'south mucilage as the existing pigsty is preserved in its original location and you are but decreasing the hole size from the lost woods so the screw(southward) can obtain a solid grip again.


clevere1
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bring together:2002-01-06
Vancouver, WA

clevere1

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said past Doctor Olds:

Hope y'all don't go off center with your new holes in the dowels. That is why I always apply toothpicks and carpenter's gum as the existing hole is preserved in its original location and you are just decreasing the pigsty size from the lost woods so the screw(s) can obtain a solid grip once again.

I am actually going to plough the dowel to fit the pigsty instead of the other way effectually.


Hall
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Germantown, OH

Hall

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Tapered besides ?

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