Is easy to replace cabinet hardware with odd size holes?

Due to the wide variety of furniture sizes and styles, the corresponding hardware sizes are also different. Some new brass cabinet doors and drawers may do not include knobs and handles, so people can choose the hardware according to their decoration preferences. Some furniture cabinet hardware may have strange holes locations and sizes. How should you install the new hardware? Here are some methods to install hardware with odd size holes so that you do not have to buy new cabinets.

 

The holes of hardware are larger

 

If the hole positions of your cabinet and hardware correspond, just the sizes of holes do not match. In this case, it is only necessary to drill a larger hole with a drill bit to install the furniture handle hardware. However, it is worth noting that the drill bit matching the inner diameter of the hardware screw should be used. If your drill bit guide hole is as wide as the threaded screw, the screw will be not firm. Besides, if the hole spacing between cabinet and hardware is different, it means that your steps will be more complex. Firstly, you need to fill the holes you do not need. You can choose to fill the whole holes with wood putties or wood fillers. Then you can use a putty knife or scraper to smooth the fillers. When the fillers are filled, you need to grind the area with fine sandpaper until it is smooth to touch. And this area should be no indentation, gaps, or dents. After finishing this step, you can start drilling new standards size holes.

 

The holes of hardware are smaller

 

If holes of the hardware are smaller than your cabinet, two situations also need to be considered. One case is that the holes of hardware correspond to holes of the cabinet, and the other case is that holes of the hardware do not correspond to holes of the cabinet. For the first case, you can buy some inserts to make the holes of the cabinet small enough to install hardware screws. In addition, you are also allowed to consider filling these holes with wood putties and drilling some new holes. But people usually choose to use inserts to fill large holes, because this method is faster and convenient than drilling new holes. For the second situation, this means that you may need to start from scratch. You can fill these holes with wood putties, and then prepare to drill new holes to install your hardware. The advantage of this method is that drilling new holes can provide a closer fit for the new hardware handles for furniture because the sizes of the new holes are completely based on the screw sizes of the hardware.

 

Misplaced holes between hardware and cabinet

 

In this case, first, you need to fill the old holes with wood putties, and sand these wood with sandpaper after filling. After sanding, you can choose to decorate these filled wood putties, which means that you can use a matching dye pen or paint color. Then gently apply the paint color to the wood putties until they are covered and mixed with the rest of the cabinet. After completing these steps, you can begin to measure the appropriate position and drilling new holes to install the hardware. In addition, there are other methods you can choose. They are adjustable handles or backplates. For example, adjustable cabinet handles can be adjusted to accommodate existing holes of odd sizes. The cabinet handle with backplates can cover the existing holes to facilitate drilling into new standard holes.

 

Although the hardware is one of the smallest parts of furniture, appropriate and beautiful decorative cabinet hardware can change the ordinary cabinet style. Not all hardware for cabinets and drawers is created the same. For this case, it only takes a little effort to make the new cabinet hardware work with the existing odd holes, and the cabinet still has a professional appearance.