Coat a wooden golf tee with glue.
Wooden door hinge repair.
Repair broken door hinges that hang loosely off the door by replacing the hinge pin or filling the stripped screw holes and reattaching the hinges to the door.
Allow the glue to dry.
It doesn t take much of a blow to break hinge screws out of a particleboard door.
Another hint is to use a long screw in one of the holes in the top most hinge long enough to penetrate the stud.
If the screws just stripped and pulled out cleanly you could fill the hole with toothpicks and wood glue then reinstall the screws.
Remove the loose screws.
Drop the screws into the hinge holes and tighten the ones that still have some wood to bite into.
If you have a centering hinge drill use the hinge as a template and the finish repair will be better than new and last for years.
If you have a loose hinge and you can t tighten it because the screws just spin in place the screw holes are probably stripped.
Break the tee off even with the bottom of the mortise.
Tap the tee into the hinge screw hole with a hammer.
To repair a loose door hinge.
If the loose holes are in a solid piece of wood like a door frame drill them out and fill them with wooden dowels to create a new surface for the screws to go into.
Score the tee with a utility knife flush with the mortise.