Clisby Clark
12-13-2011, 3:20 PM
A friend has asked me to repair an entertainment center door that was pulled off its hinges. This job will be a NOT FOR PROFIT. Finish is dark cherry/faux cherry dull satin or matte. Hinges are 35mm with 5mm plugs.
Here's the situation: The 5mm plug holes tore out enough so the hinge doesn't secure to the door well anymore. My fix for that is to bore out the holes to 3/8 and plug it with a tapered plug, then use screws instead of the plugs...UNLESS there is a way someone can tell me about to make the plugs tight again.
Problem 2 is the hinge stile is cracked along its length-some of the crack is on the cope/stick joint, some is in fresh wood. My question on this is what would be the best glue and method of gluing to get the door back together again? I've got the 2P10 kit as well as Titebone 2/3 available. Should I tape off the finished areas to keep from getting glue on the finish?
Problem 3 is there are some small scratched places that show up horribly against the finished wood. I'm thinking about using dye to get the color right, but what should I do for a topcoat. The piece is probably around 15 years old so the finish is probably lacquer-which I don't have. Would shellac be ok for the topcoat on the scratches? Dye tinted shellac for a one-and-done perhaps?
As always, thanks for any and all help.
Here's the situation: The 5mm plug holes tore out enough so the hinge doesn't secure to the door well anymore. My fix for that is to bore out the holes to 3/8 and plug it with a tapered plug, then use screws instead of the plugs...UNLESS there is a way someone can tell me about to make the plugs tight again.
Problem 2 is the hinge stile is cracked along its length-some of the crack is on the cope/stick joint, some is in fresh wood. My question on this is what would be the best glue and method of gluing to get the door back together again? I've got the 2P10 kit as well as Titebone 2/3 available. Should I tape off the finished areas to keep from getting glue on the finish?
Problem 3 is there are some small scratched places that show up horribly against the finished wood. I'm thinking about using dye to get the color right, but what should I do for a topcoat. The piece is probably around 15 years old so the finish is probably lacquer-which I don't have. Would shellac be ok for the topcoat on the scratches? Dye tinted shellac for a one-and-done perhaps?
As always, thanks for any and all help.