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Hi, I am still struggling with remounting new hinges onto the backside of a particle board face.

I have suggestions: 1) mixing epoxy with durhams to fill the screw holes that have torn out; 2: drilling out the current holes and gorilla gluing hardwood doweling and then redrilling for the hinge mount screws; 3) drilling out the current tear out and inserting specialized threaded sleeves (EZ Lok) that are designed for wood and particle boards.

I have given this more thought, I am thinking about getting a piece of sheet metal strapping that I can mount to the backside of the cabinet face and then mount the hinge plate to the metal strap. My only concerns are: I don't want to get too thick strapping material or it will throw the cabinet door out of line and what kind of screws to use to for the hinge. Not sure if sheet metal screws have the holding power necessary. An alternative is to drill out the particle board sufficiently to allow me to use bolt and nut maybe with loctite to keep the nut from loosening.

The metal strap would not show in that it is on the back side of the cabinet face and may hold better than trying to repair the particle board.

I would appreciate any thoughts on this solution.

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