• Anissem@lemmy.ml
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    16 hours ago

    On a serious note, if you have a striped screw hole on a door hinge, put some tooth picks in the hole, snap off the bit that sticks out, and put the screw back in. I’ve fixed so many doors this way.

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      14 hours ago

      Does it matter what direction the stripes run on the screw? :)

      To add to this, a stripped screw into concrete or brick can be fixed with the same method but using a small piece of copper wire the length of the screw.

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          12 hours ago

          I’m making a dumb joke about your spelling haha. Striped is like a zebra, as in having stripes. Stripped is what happens when a screw is stripped.

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        15 hours ago

        Wood glue and toothpicks, without the glue the toothpicks would get pulled out.

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          15 hours ago

          Wood glue won’t hurt (though you do have to wait for it to dry), but friction alone is often enough to do a decent job.

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        13 hours ago

        You are better with some plastic, but any flexible material will do. Glue will only make you life harder.