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Door Hinges and Paint Build Up

  • 25-09-2017 9:31pm
    #1
    anneperkins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45 ✭


    Hi, I'm trying to remove the door hinges on my house as I want to clean the very old paint (not water based) that is on them. However, I can't see how to remove the hinge pin :( can anyone help? Photos below


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  • #2
    listermint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,182 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    They would be sealed non removable.

    You have to prise the hinge off door and frame.

    Give the door a bang and a pull its only paint holding it on


  • #3
    Admldj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 201 ✭✭Admldj


    anneperkins wrote: »
    Hi, I'm trying to remove the door hinges on my house as I want to clean the very old paint (not water based) that is on them. However, I can't see how to remove the hinge pin :( can anyone help? Photos below

    They are lift off hinges, just open the door beyond 90degrees and you'll be able to lift it separating both halves of the hinge


  • #4
    anneperkins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45 ✭anneperkins


    Admldj wrote: »
    They are lift off hinges, just open the door beyond 90degrees and you'll be able to lift it separating both halves of the hinge
    Thank you! My problem is that beyond 90 degrees there is a wall :( is there another way to remove?


  • #5
    anneperkins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45 ✭anneperkins


    listermint wrote: »
    They would be sealed non removable.

    You have to prise the hinge off door and frame.

    Give the door a bang and a pull its only paint holding it on
    Thank you! Worried that a lot of the paint on the door and the hinge has melded together and if I remove aggressively a lot of paint will come off the door - do you think that would happen...?


  • #6
    e.r
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 425 ✭✭e.r


    Stick a screw driver at a angle into the screw hole and prize open


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  • #7
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,190 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    anneperkins wrote: »
    Thank you! Worried that a lot of the paint on the door and the hinge has melded together and if I remove aggressively a lot of paint will come off the door - do you think that would happen...?
    It's a possibility. Get a stanley knife and run it around the edge of the hinge plate in the frame. Then if you give it a bang there's less chance of it taking paint off the frame.


  • #8
    anneperkins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45 ✭anneperkins


    e.r wrote: »
    Stick a screw driver at a angle into the screw hole and prize open

    thank you!


  • #9
    anneperkins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45 ✭anneperkins


    seamus wrote: »
    It's a possibility. Get a stanley knife and run it around the edge of the hinge plate in the frame. Then if you give it a bang there's less chance of it taking paint off the frame.

    thanks, i tried that and it worked!


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