Prepare for Fixing a Cabinet Door Hinge

Video Transcript

"Today I’m going to show you how to readjust a cabinet door that is out of whack, as we call it, that won’t close or maybe it just hangs down a little bit, or something to that effect. And I’m going to show you how to do it on one that has been painted over eight or nine times.

So the first thing we’re going to show you is how to remove all the old paint. And what you want to do is, if you take a razor knife - and remember not to cut towards yourself - and you just want to cut around the hinge, you’re just going to cut the paint with this. Go on all the sides, just go all the way around the hinge - except on the side that’s inside the door. And then cut down in between the hinge of the door itself. And then you want to take a flathead screwdriver and a little hammer, and you’re just going to - you should be able to pop the paint off. And then you’re going to get the screw out. You want to make sure to - if it’s a Philips head, just put the screwdriver there and hit it on the end until it locks. And if it doesn’t lock in the beginning, you just want to clean it out some more.

And that would be how you clean out all the paint so that you can remove the hinge."