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How To Repair Stripped Door Hinge Holes. Fix stripped wood screw holes.

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The video begins with an explanation of the common issue of stripped screw holes in door hinges, which can cause doors to become loose or fall off. The presenter then introduces the quick and easy solution, highlighting the necessary materials: a golf tee, Gorilla Glue, and a hammer. He explains that the method involves driving a glue-coated golf tee into the stripped hole, letting it dry, and then screwing into the new wooden plug. He also suggests that wooden matches or toothpicks can be used as alternatives to golf tees.

Goal: Identify the problem and collect necessary items

Tools and materials

  • Hammer — Driving the golf tee into the stripped hole
  • Golf Tee — To fill the stripped screw hole, providing a new material for the screw to bite into
  • Gorilla Glue Gorilla Glue — To secure the golf tee within the stripped hole, creating a solid plug

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This is Chris, the at home painter. Got a quick and simple tip for you. And we've got some hinges on some doors that the screws are stripped, so the holes are too big now and they won't get any bite. So, the doors are actually falling off. And we use a simple method of using a golf tea, a simple little golf tea. Use some Gorilla Glue and a hammer and put some Gorilla Glue on the golf tea. You're going to drive it into that hole. Let it dry. And then once it's dry, then you can take and screw a screw into it. So, we just take our golf tea. We're going to dip it into our Gorilla Glue. Going to drive it in with a hammer. And then you'll snap the the excess golf tea off. It'll just break off pretty easily and it'll leave the wood inside the hole. And now the hole is actually filled up with wood and screw will bite to it. Again, this simple method will also work using wooden matches or actually toothpicks. Simple way to fix a stripped uh screw or stripped hole in

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