Repair Cabinet Door Hinge Holes Particle Board

Repair a cabinet hinge screw hole with a plug.

Repair cabinet door hinge holes particle board.

Composed as it is of wood chips and particles bonded together with a synthetic resin particleboard is a construction material that is best hidden. On my cabinets the door actually fell off because a chunk of particle board fell off. Due to the design of the doors a prefab door would stick out like a sore thumb. Repairing particle board with wood filler.

How to repair pulled out screws in particleboard. The small screws used to secure kitchen cabinet door hinges to the face frames of cabinets often work their way loose over time. Fortunately repairs to particle board cabinetry are relatively easy to do yourself. Patreon for anyone who might want to help.

So if you swing the door open too fast the force can rip the hinge screw right out of the cabinet wall. Over time particle board may require repairs just like any other cabinets. 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. Because of its stability cabinet and furniture makers frequently use particleboard laminated with hardwood veneers.

A quick convenient cure can be found just inside one of the cabinets. But particleboard has a major weakness it doesn t hold screw threads very well. Particle board a composite material made of wood chips shavings and sawdust that are packed together and extruded is cheaper to use than hardwood. Showing a little trick of the trade the roads take their toll on hinges.

Stripped screw holes are common in particleboard however which is why many manufacturers no longer use simple wood screws for assembly. Particleboard comes in many different grades some of which are quite strong and durable.