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Gah! drilled a hole in the wrong place (m)

13 years ago

while installing the pulls on my new kitchen cabinets.

where's the emoticon for hitting your head against the wall?

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daytona1

13 years ago

My husband did that in this house a number of years ago. I am the only one who notices it and then only when I am putting dishes away (occasionally). For me it is right at eye level and I see the putty filler. If you do not point it out it, will be fine.

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wear_your_baby
13 years ago
That's one of my biggest fears. I'm so sorry.
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pinch_me
13 years ago
How bad? I drilled almost every one of mine just a hair too close together but by redrilling just a hair over I was able to cover the larger hole with the handle end. Whew! It was close to being a disaster. You might be able to get by with wood putty if your handle can camoflage it. Or those backer plates that go behind the handle?
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karen_belle
Original Author
13 years ago
No, I really did it - it's well beyond the bottom of the handle and isn't covered at all. We're going to have to go in with wood filler and some nice color-matched putty. Hopefully it won't be so glaringly awful then. I guess I can have my cabinet maker put together another door...but he had the grain matched pretty well. It just sucks.

I was trying really hard to get this right - I was nervous, caught a mistake before I went wrong - fixed that error and then forgot to remark this one door. Drilled it wrong and realized it too late. Argh.
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pinch_me
13 years ago
In the grand scheme of the whole kitchen, you will be the only one who knows it's there. Don't point it out when showing off the kitchen.
karen_belle
Original Author
13 years ago
Pinchme, you're right. there are other mistakes in our remodel (not mine!) That I'm learning to live with, and I will do the same with this one.

It is what it is.

I'm wondering if I can get a little tiny dowel or peg made of maple to fill the hole instead og trying to match putty. Too bad it's a holiday wknd or I'd be at Rockler quizzing thos guys.
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ccoombs1
13 years ago
If you can plug the hole with a good matching putty, you probably won't even notice it later on. I did the same thing. A nice hole, right in the drawer front. And today, 18 months later, I can't even tell you which drawer front it's on without really searching for it.
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grlwprls
13 years ago
I did the same thing in my bathroom (KM Peppercorn Glaze) and with a dark espresso putty, only I could see it. And that was only if I bent in half and looked *really really* closely. It was more obvious inside than it was outside.
dlr98004
13 years ago
Been there done that. Doh! One caution on using putty - our cherry cabinets required some putty and over time, the wood cabinets got darker and the putty did not. Now, 10 years later, the putty spots stick out like a sore thumb. I am using a fine artist's brush to dab on some dark paint to make them blend better. Good luck!
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