How To Disassemble A Wood Panel Door

It can prove difficult to remove an inner wood panel from a cabinet door especially thicker hardwood panels but if you don t want to buy a new door try th.

How to disassemble a wood panel door.

How to replace wood door panels. Unscrew the top hinge first and remove the lower hinge with an assistant holding the door in place. Wood replacement is my first choice when the damage involves a joint or threatens a door s structural integrity. Remove the door from its frame.

Or you can wait until the sagging filler reaches the hardness of soap and carve it off with a putty knife or chisel or shape it with a surform plane or rasp photo 2. Clean out any varnish from the crack being careful not to strip away any of the wood. Depending on the location and extent of wood damage you may or may not have to disassemble the door to carry out a repair. The first step is to remove the bolection moulding around the panel.

One trick is to build a form and line it with plastic sheeting. I use a razor blade to score the varnish and gunk between the moulding door and the panel and then slowly push wood shims under the length of the moulding. Use two hands and apply only gentle downward pressure to reduce the chance of an accidental slip gouging the wood. Small razor sharp scrapers reach into corners across narrow profiles and on the end grain of raised panels where no rotary sander can safely go.

Drill two or three depending on the length of the crack 8mm holes in the edge of the door to line up with the. Cut some lengths of 8mm dowel slightly longer than the width of the stile. Then pull it off after the filler hardens. The safest way to accomplish this is to use wooden shims.

Use a rubber mallet to carefully bang out. Press the form against the filler and attach it with screws. The above video was taken from the the tv show the resourceful renovator and is uploaded from our very own store renovators resource.