New kitchen cabinet pulls are too loose how can I tighten them up?

October 22nd, 2007 | by admin |
Jasmyn asked:

I bought new pulls for my old kitchen cabinet doors. The machine screws don’t screw in all the way into the new pulls, because the cabinet doors are not thick enough.

Can I put washers behind the pulls and again behind the back of the cabinet door to tighten up the loose pulls and make up for the thin cabinet door? I need to make up about 1/8 of an inch difference.

Thanks from a damsel in distress.

Question posted courtesy of: Jamie

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    1. 4 Responses to “New kitchen cabinet pulls are too loose how can I tighten them up?”

    2. By cdpaso on Oct 22, 2007 | Reply

      I think yoy answered your own question….Good job

    3. By WDOUI on Oct 23, 2007 | Reply

      Sure you can use washers. If you go to the hardware store to buy washers why don’t you buy shorter screws instead?

    4. By Mark C on Oct 26, 2007 | Reply

      Just buy shorter screws, they are 8/32 thread and come in different lenths.

    5. By doc on Oct 29, 2007 | Reply

      You have two options 1use washers as you think or2 cut about 5mm off the bolts

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