Thread: Stripped hole fix.

fill it with plastibond bog and redrill.
Works for me....
Hooroo.
Regards, Trevor
Grafton

I whittle a 'nail' from a piece of similar wood, and drive it into the screw hole with a bit of glue for good measure, Then simply drill and replace your screw. Never had it fail yet.
Cheers,

Use a match (or two) - dry will do, but glued is better. Or try a toothpic or other sliver of wood. Or use a bigger guage screw, or use a plastic plug, or use a particle board screw (they have wider threads), or try a longer screw. Aussieglen

drill it out to a size that you have in dowell and glue and redrill the correct pilot. I find that drilling a 12mm hole and wedging a 12.5mm dowel works beaut. I suppose any size is ok. Ive tried the matchsticks too but they tend to come loose over time. the dowel being hardwood and wedged in solidly stays put forever.

cheers

Thanks fellas.................the dowl and glue method sounds the best.

If the screw is under a lot of pressure to withdraw then a cross dowel is the way to go. Drill a hole at 90deg through the existing hole and insert a dowel.

Mick

Getting away from wood for a bit.
A similar problem can be solved in a wall with the wrong size or oval hole by mixing some dry plaster with a bit of cotton wool.
Dampen the cotton wool and roll out to a plug shape then push in the hole.
Press it in then make a starting point with a screw or nail.
When dry drive the screw in.
It will hold in the cotton fibres and the plaster holds it all in the wall.
Before the dangers were known there was a similar product made from asbestos fibres.
The cotton wool works just as well.
I've been using it for 30 years without problem.

Another tip is to use longer or larger screws