Best material to fill screw holes.
Mr Matt posted : I need to move several exterior lock strike plates because the weather stripping makes it necessary to excessive force to operate the locks. I am considering two methods to fill in the...
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MrFixit1 posted : Since plastic wood has no real strength , "Fill in holes by coating dowels with carpenters glue and driving into each hole." is your best option .
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SparkChaser posted : said by MrFixit1:Since plastic wood has no real strength , "Fill in holes by coating dowels with carpenters glue and driving into each hole." is your best option . This^
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jjoshua posted : Carpenter's glue and toothpicks.
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John97 posted : I'd also use slightly longer screws. Don't get carried away, though.
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robbin posted : How about modifying the strike plate. I usually use a file or a dremel and then a file.
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Msradell posted : The reason the force is so high it so that it seals good. Moving the strike plate will quite possibly cause air leaks and higher utility bills. You may want to try loosening the seals...
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Red Green posted : When I changed the interior doors in my home I had to move the hinges. I just filled the holes with wood glue and banged in some golf tees. After the glue setup I cut them...
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tcope posted : I just did this using wood dowels and carpenters glue. I slightly drilled out the holes so that the dowel would fit snug. I then cut off a piece of dowel about an inch longer then the...
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Pacrat posted : I have made my own screw-hole filler by mixing a good wood glue with hardwood sawdust... making my own paste. I get the hardwood sawdust at a local hardwood mill. A small...
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KrK posted : Clever. That would actually work well.
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gozer posted : The dowels is the best way to go both the sawdust and hardwood dowel may cause you trouble. Both will create a unbalance of hardness that will if the new point the screw will be centered...
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MaynardKrebs posted : said by KrK:Clever. That would actually work well. It's the same trick that floor refinishers use when sanding old hardwood floors. They take some of the sanding 'dust' and mix it...
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cableties posted : +1I did the sawdust paste with woodglue. Takes stain too.That and small hole, can go with woodglue and toothpicks.Big holes use dowels and woodglue.*Don't use polyurethane-based...
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rjgogo posted : Golf tees or dowel in pencil sharpener then glue. more like the shape of a screw
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AMDUSER posted : I was just going to post that...Basicly, you put wood glue into the opening then insert the gulf tee using a hammer. Use a chisel or standard screw driver to remove the head off the...
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James_C posted : I have also used sawdust mixed with carpenter's glue. It works fine but it isn't as durable as another option.Get a dowel rod but don't just shove it in a screw hole. DRILL OUT the...
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35245635 posted : If you want a turnkey solution you can get some J-B Weld KwikWood Epoxy Putty at the box stores. Pull a little out and roll it into a dowel shape then jam it into the hole.--"Everyone...
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pike posted : Adjustable strike plate.»www.homedepot.com/p/Prime-Line-B···00207364
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