The screws that hold the hinges in a cabinet keep falling out. How to keep them permanently in place?

Answer 1

remove the screws and fill the holes up with wood filler. let it dry and cure completely, then put the screws back in.

Answer 2

Better answer - get some Elmers or wood glue and a handful of toothpicks. Liberally coat the toothpicks in glue and stuff them in the old holes as tightly as possible. When the glue is dry, break off the part of the toothpicks that are sticking out and go back with some light grit sandpaper and carefully sand off whatever part of the toothpicks are still sticking out. When that is flush (you may have to touch up the finish a bit) drill new holes in place of the old ones and reattach the door. This is a bit more involved than the previous answers, but sometimes moving to a larger screw thread is not an option due to the size of the hole in the hardware.

Answer 3

This is where a golfer can help!

Remove the hinge and screws.
Take a golf tee and push it in the screw hole and break it off as flat with the surface as you can. Sand the broken tee down until it is flush with the rest of the wood.
Do that to each hole you have a problem with.
Now replace the hinge screwing the screws into the plugged holes. The screws will hold like new.

Good luck.

Answer 4

Lisa,
Listen here's the trick to fixing the screw holes. I can't guarantee it will last forever, but it will last for a long time. All you need are some wooden toothpicks and some elmers glue. Take out the screws that are falling out. Squirt some elmers glue on the tip of the toothpick and insert it in the screw hole. (note if the toothpicks are thin or the hole is large, you may need to use more then one) Break off the portion of the toothpick that sticks out of the hole. Then carefully screw back in your screw. The wood in the toothpick will take up the excess space in the hole, allowing your screw to grip again, and the glue helps hold it in place when it dries.

Answer 5

Take out a screw, pace a tooth pick in the existing screw hole, break it off leaving a piece of tooth pick in the hole, dip the screw in wood glue, replace. It's not going anywhere when the glue dries. If the holes are really stripped, you may have to do the tooth pick thing a few times in the same hole. And make sure you get plenty of glue on the screw. As the screw is replaced, it basically shreds the tooth pick with the threads, and fills the vacant area around the screw. the glue will make these shreds solid....

Answer 6

Try injecting wood putty into the screw hole before putting the screw back in. Try not to over-tighten the screws, as this will strip the threads out of the hole entirely, forcing you to move the hinge. Be prepared not to use the cabinet door for a day or two to give the putty a chance to set up.

Answer 7

Remove the screws and get slivers of wood such as wooden matches or toothpicks and insert them as much as you can into the holes and break off at the surface then remount the hinges. This should solve the problem.

Answer 8

Use some wood filler to fill up the old holes they are stripped out. Move your hinges up a littleto make new holes that aren't stripped out. Or you could use bigger screws.

Answer 9

Remove the door and hinges. coat wood toothpicks with wood glue and fill the holes. Snap off the portion of the toothpick that extends beyond the frame. Once the wood glue has dried (read you glues directions for timing) lightly sand the toothpicks flush with the frame. Re-install your hinges and rehang your door.

Answer 10

Hi Lis, get a box of wood matches and a squeeze bottle of carpenter glue, white or yellow..Pull the screw, soak the match stick with glue and drive it into the hole..( cut the head off first) Let is set 'till tomorrow. Re-set the screw...Should do it...

Answer 11

Fill the used screw holes with wood glue before replacing the screws. Elmer's wood glue works great.