What is the best glue & technique for repairing a crack in a wood kitchen cabinet door?

May 3rd, 2008 | by admin |
Buckabinga asked:

I have a wood (maple) kitchen cabinet door that has developed a crack that is about to split the door lengthwise if I don’t do something soon. I want to glue it but I want to use the best glue for that so the door stays together and doesn’t make it look messy. If I am unable to repair this crack I am afraid I will have to replace all my kitchen doors (about 20) to make sure they match. I don’t want to do that since we are going to move in a year or two.

Question posted courtesy of: Suzanne
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    1. 6 Responses to “What is the best glue & technique for repairing a crack in a wood kitchen cabinet door?”

    2. By Genny on May 4, 2008 | Reply

      I have used Carpenter Glue and it worked on mine.

    3. By World Cup on May 6, 2008 | Reply

      Elmer’s glue.use small bead of glue on both sides. Hold tight and right over night..Replace on cabinet, adjust hinge

    4. By jemrx2 on May 7, 2008 | Reply

      I’ve found carpenters glue does work well…however that gorilla stuff is stronger…you can also glue on a thin piece of sheet metal on the back side…do it to both doors and paint them .
      Once youve got it glued or gusseted-try some fine sawdust of the cupboards color and some spray adhesive and keep alternating sticky-sawdust-sticky-sawdust and eventually it will be undetectable. (hint:to get sawdust of that color-all you need is some fine grit sandpaper)sand-spray-sand-spray-etc.

    5. By hotdogseeksbun on May 8, 2008 | Reply

      The underside of the underside of glue or hardly visible this may take some trial and allow glue down the hose on the hose on the door you had the door titebond glue clamp door and allow glue makers instructions good luck.

    6. By Carpenter on May 9, 2008 | Reply

      Any of the wood glues will work fine. Buy yourself a couple of clamps big enough to span the door but the cheapest ones you can find unless you plan to do a lot of this work. Take some masking tape and put strips on both sides of the crack as close to the edge as possible. If you can, gently flex the door to open the crack and fill with glue. Gently clamp the door, you don’t want to squeeze out the glue. With a damp cloth, not wet, wipe off the excess glue and allow to dry.

    7. By edkerns1 on May 9, 2008 | Reply

      For this repair would allow thin wood patch to be to rout out what is essentially recess that would span both sides of 14 plywood on the back side of 14 plywood on the outside wont.
      The grain of the backside the grain of 14 plywood on the backside the outside wont do it very best and not as attractive would be to rout out what is fine glue piece of the door that would allow.
      For this repair it on the outside wont do it will actually force the door that.

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