Filling Door Hinge Holes

How to fill holes left when a door strike was moved.

Filling door hinge holes. Leah demonstrates how to move the hinges from one place on the door to another using a dutchman to fill the existing mortise. How to fill hinge holes february 9 2015 by ashley mayes 19 comments i mentioned at the beginning of the year that i wanted to get back to the gritty house diy tutorials and i think today s tutorial for how to fill hinge holes definitely fits. Wait at least an hour. The remaining section not covered by the new smaller hinges.

You ll get squeeze out and want to so have a drop cloth. 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. Swing the leaf away from the jamb. It will fill into the screw holes becomes rock hard easy to sand takes paint very well.

Then do something to keep the wood there for 30 minutes until the bondo sets. 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. If you re not sure about the color of fil stik to use we would recommend getting 2 or more color options to test. The existing hardware will just get in the way when filling holes on your cabinets.

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. If you have recently moved a door hinge from one side of the door to the other then you may find that you have some very large holes left in your door frame. Then bore out the stripped holes with a 3 8 inch diameter bit. 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. Step 1 fill in the hole. 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. Test fil stik on inside of cabinet door.