The doors on this piece stick what can I do ?

Linda
by Linda
  10 answers
  • Margaret Green Margaret Green on Oct 30, 2017

    lightly sand the upper and bottom edge of the doors and the cabinet edge where it is sticking.


  • What a great piece! Try waxing them before resulting to more drastic measures.


    http://homeguides.sfgate.com/remedy-old-drawers-stick-91626.html

  • Lynn Goins Lynn Goins on Oct 30, 2017

    Furniture wax. (Not polish.) Minwax makes a good furniture wax.


  • Dfm Dfm on Oct 30, 2017

    candel wax. Or parifin. Rub on the places that are sticking.

  • M. M.. M. M.. on Oct 30, 2017

    Either the hinges have sagged with the doors' weights, or the wood needs to be planed down, or maybe just sanded, along the edges that stick.

  • Lin Collins Lin Collins on Oct 30, 2017

    Barring any physical obstacle out of you line of sight . . . Rub the track with paraffin or use an old candle. Do check though that the piece is square and not warped which can cause the doors to bind.

    If this turns out to be the case then you'll need to carefully take it apart and gently shim and plane the areas sticking so when reassembled they slide freely. If your not comfortable doing this find a craftsman experience in antiques to do it for you. Be aware though this will not be inexpensive. You have a gorgeous piece. Where I live you could expect to pay a minimum of $500 and probably more.

    Good luck

  • William William on Oct 30, 2017

    Try spraying WD40 in the tracks and slowly move the doors.

  • Sharon Sharon on Oct 30, 2017

    I also use powdered graphite in hard to reach places, get a tube, and squirt it into the area you can't reach.

  • 17335038 17335038 on Oct 31, 2017

    It's a cabinet that used to hold an old radio, circa 1930.

    Are you planning to mount blue-tooth speakers inside for true "wireless" sound ?

  • Kmdreamer Kmdreamer on Jul 07, 2021

    You could wax them or get liquid silicone spray and spray them or try soap and rub it on where itsticks