Filling Door Hinge Holes

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Filling door hinge holes.

The existing hardware will just get in the way when filling holes on your cabinets. Support this channel by shop. For every doorknob or deadbolt lock installed in your home a hole was drilled in the door jamb and covered with a perforated strike plate. If you want to cover over these holes then you can do so quickly with a few simple household tools.

Spread carpenter s glue onto a 3 8 inch diameter x 1 inch long wood dowel and tap it into the hole until it s flush with the jamb. Leah demonstrates how to move the hinges from one place on the door to another using a dutchman to fill the existing mortise. So could someone give me some advice on the best way to get the hinge to sit flush and the best way to fill the hole. The remaining section not covered by the new smaller hinges.

It will fill into the screw holes becomes rock hard easy to sand takes paint very well. Bore out and plug each of the remaining stripped screw holes the same way. Then do something to keep the wood there for 30 minutes until the bondo sets. Swing the leaf away from the jamb.

Step 1 fill in the hole. A simple method of using golf tees to fix holes that have been stripped out and are to big so the screws will not tighten up the hinge to the door or jamb. If you re not sure about the color of fil stik to use we would recommend getting 2 or more color options to test. I was thinking of filling the hole with filler then screwing the hinge in place but i didn t know if this would work and if the hinge would stick to the filler.

Test fil stik on inside of cabinet door. Then bore out the stripped holes with a 3 8 inch diameter bit. How to fill holes left when a door strike was moved. Take a piece of scrap put packing tape on it put a good pile of bondo on it and press it against the hinge mortise.