Replacing Painted Door Hinges

Once they were off though i was able to clean up the area and prep it for the new hinges.

Replacing painted door hinges.

This simple trick will remove paint from hinges in a snap. Don t worry about taking a door down or boiling hinges in vinegar or harsher chemicals. The first thing we did was remove the door the old hinges and door knob. This took me about 10 minutes.

Remove paint from door hinges without removing them. Replacing your door hinges is one of the easiest things you can do to update your home hardware. Paint or stain the repair to match the rest of the door and trim. You don t need to take the whole door down just remove one hinge and replace it with a new one then do the next one and finally swap out the final one.

So what s our best kept secret for installing door hinges. Not only do i have a door that actually stays open now i also have chrome hardware instead of the gold. There was a ton of old paint covering all the hinges so getting them off wasn t easy. We re replacing an old door hinge which means there are existing screw holes.

If the replacement hinges are sized differently from the old ones fill in the mortise holes in both the door and the. The easiest way is to replace one hinge at a time.