Refitting hinges on wooden door.

[Anthony5]

I have to remove my interior doors to repaint them. I have checked and the hinges can't be taken apart, so I will have to unscrew them from either the door or the door frame.

I worry that when I want to refit, the screws will not hold anymore and I will have to use thicker screws, which in return will mean the screw heads will not fit in the recessed holes in the hinge and it will look ugly or maybe the door will not close properly anymore.

Any suggestions as how to solve this problem

[Gsxrnz]

All you do is insert small bits/splinters of timber into the holes to act like a rawl plug. We used to use matches in the old days, but any bit of timber will do.

You actually won't really need to do it unless the holes have been previously stressed. Hinges can be taken off and refitted many times, but if you're worried, just do as above.

Best to undo the frame part of the hinge, then remove the hinge from the door for repainting, refit in the reverse order.

But doors can be repainted in situ easily - why bother removing it?

Edited February 1, 2015 by Gsxrnz

[Anthony5]

All you do is insert small bits/splinters of timber into the holes to act like a rawl plug. We used to use matches in the old days, but any bit of timber will do.

You actually won't really need to do it unless the holes have been previously stressed. Hinges can be taken off and refitted many times, but if you're worried, just do as above.

Best to undo the frame part of the hinge, then remove the hinge from the door for repainting, refit in the reverse order.

But doors can be repainted in situ easily - why bother removing it?

Thanks for the tip, but is there anything that would be even stronger, like wood filler or some kind of epoxy?

The doors are solid teak, so I worry about the weight.

I want to remove them because now they are stained with lacquer on top, so I think I would need to sand them very well to make the paint attach.

Edited February 1, 2015 by Anthony5

[NeverSure]

Yes. Steel wool is stronger although the wooden match sticks or similar would work. Steel wool has lots of gripping surfaces and sharpness and will expand to bite the old holes with more friction than wood splinters will. Don't pack the holes tight or you won't get the screws in. You just need enough to be sure the screws are tight.

Edited February 1, 2015 by NeverSure

[rgs2001uk]

All you do is insert small bits/splinters of timber into the holes to act like a rawl plug. We used to use matches in the old days, but any bit of timber will do.

You actually won't really need to do it unless the holes have been previously stressed. Hinges can be taken off and refitted many times, but if you're worried, just do as above.

Best to undo the frame part of the hinge, then remove the hinge from the door for repainting, refit in the reverse order.

But doors can be repainted in situ easily - why bother removing it?

Thanks for the tip, but is there anything that would be even stronger, like wood filler or some kind of epoxy?

The doors are solid teak, so I worry about the weight.

I want to remove them because now they are stained with lacquer on top, so I think I would need to sand them very well to make the paint attach.

The doors are solid teak,

Jeez, I almost want to cry, you want to paint teak doors?

Get the bloody crap off those doors, dont even think about applying paint, let the natutal colour and texture of these doors shine.

[Anthony5]

All you do is insert small bits/splinters of timber into the holes to act like a rawl plug. We used to use matches in the old days, but any bit of timber will do.

You actually won't really need to do it unless the holes have been previously stressed. Hinges can be taken off and refitted many times, but if you're worried, just do as above.

Best to undo the frame part of the hinge, then remove the hinge from the door for repainting, refit in the reverse order.

But doors can be repainted in situ easily - why bother removing it?

Thanks for the tip, but is there anything that would be even stronger, like wood filler or some kind of epoxy?

The doors are solid teak, so I worry about the weight.

I want to remove them because now they are stained with lacquer on top, so I think I would need to sand them very well to make the paint attach.

The doors are solid teak,

Jeez, I almost want to cry, you want to paint teak doors?

Get the bloody crap off those doors, dont even think about applying paint, let the natutal colour and texture of these doors shine.

Think you're getting old mate, natural color doors are passez long time.

Any way, the doors were done the Thai way by a carpenter, some liquid they let impregnate in the wood, using several coats, then covered with a lacquer.

The frames ended up a different tint as the doors.

To get that stuff removed will take hard labor.

[kannot]

longer thin screws of the same diameter and pre drill the holes smaller than the screw diameter, test first in another piece of wood for gripping power.