Repair Cracked Cabinet Door

Remove the hinges from the damaged cabinet door taking the bottom hinge first so that you don t.

Repair cracked cabinet door.

Family handyman photo 1. Repair a cabinet hinge screw hole with a plug. I was watching a guy repair a wooden boat on a beach in thailand one day. But particleboard has a major weakness it doesn t hold screw threads very well.

When your cabinet door is warped and won t fully close simply install a magnetic catch sold at home centers at the problem area. Wood putty wood putty allows you to spread it in the hole and crack so that it acts like a paste that will fill the empty spaces left by the crack. To prevent this from occurring repair your cabinet doors as soon as cracked seams develop. I finished editing the air cleaner video early today so i decided to do this one for fun.

Repair a broken drawer front. Simple hinge adjustments are easy to make and many cabinets have hinges that allow you to make micro adjustments in any direction. This will make the repair look like an intentional upgrade. He had some glue and a thin rope he was stuffing into the spaces between the slats.

Screw the magnetic catch to the cabinet rail or stile and the plate to the door. Cabinets made from particleboard work great in utility and laundry rooms and they re fairly inexpensive. The advantage to wood putty is that it is thick and the repair you make may last a long time. So if you swing the door open too fast the force can rip the hinge screw right out of the cabinet wall.

If you need to replace the panel with glass consider doing a companion door if the cabinet uses two doors. You can help support the work i do in making these videos. Fortunately you can fix cracks in wooden cabinet doors effectively by following the steps below. The magnet pulls the door closed.

Repaired panels can also be painted rather than stained if you want to paint all of the cabinets to hide the repair. Cabinet doors that get a lot of use can over time go out of adjustment for a variety of reasons. Unless you have a pressing financial reason to choose repair for the entire kitchen you may want to save yourself the aggravation and start fresh with new cabinets. Step 1 determine the depth and full length of the crack examine the door closely to get a good look at the full extent of the crack in the wood and how visible it will be once repaired.

If your cabinet doors droop swing or shut poorly take the following steps.