How Do You Fix Doors To A Bookcase?
Close the doors and hide the clutter. Bookcase doors can make all the stuff on the shelves disappear behind the clean and simple lines of the doors. Broken doors, however, will not close, may hang crooked, and are as ugly as the clutter. Fix bookcase doors with new hardware, a coat of paint, or make them an interesting art display space. Step 1 Find problems with the bookcase door hinges. Open the doors as wide as possible. Look for scrape marks on the face frame. Scrape marks on the frame mean that some or all of the hinges are binding. Step 2 Free a bound hinge with a wooden ruler. Insert a wooden ruler flat against the face frame of the cabinet at the hinge. Close the door slowly. Repeat this process for all of the hinges. This will release the bound hinge slightly from the face frame. Swing the doors open and closed a few times to test the release. Step 3 Sprung hinges are a fairly common problem with bookcase doors. Open and close the bookcase doors a few times to see if the hinge
