I will repair that in a separate instructable once the door hinge is out of the way carefully drill out the hole where the screw used to be.
Repair cabinet door hinge holes particle board.
Particle board a composite material made of wood chips shavings and sawdust that are packed together and extruded is cheaper to use than hardwood.
Stripped screw holes are common in particleboard however which is why many manufacturers no longer use simple wood screws for assembly.
I know these are terrible cabinets but replacing them isn t in the plans.
Because of its stability cabinet and furniture makers frequently use particleboard laminated with hardwood veneers.
Cabinets made from particleboard work great in utility and laundry rooms and they re fairly inexpensive.
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A quick convenient cure can be found just inside one of the cabinets.
Repairing particle board with wood filler.
The small screws used to secure kitchen cabinet door hinges to the face frames of cabinets often work their way loose over time.
Is there any way to fix it.
I don t know if there are any fillers i can use to patch this up that will hold the hinge and door.
Particleboard comes in many different grades some of which are quite strong and durable.
On my cabinets the door actually fell off because a chunk of particle board fell off.
So if you swing the door open too fast the force can rip the hinge screw right out of the cabinet wall.
Composed as it is of wood chips and particles bonded together with a synthetic resin particleboard is a construction material that is best hidden.
But particleboard has a major weakness it doesn t hold screw threads very well.
Repair a cabinet hinge screw hole with a plug.
I hit my head on the open door cabinet over the sink yet again and slammed the door shut in anger.
The point is when she pulled the door the bottom hinge tore out and caused a hole approximately 3 x3 5 in the particle board wall of the cabinet.
Adding insult to injury the whole hinge pulled out of the particle board and took a big chunk of the door with it.
Showing a little trick of the trade the roads take their toll on hinges.