Blum hinges into 18mm MDF

Lopéz · 5 Dec 2015 at 09:08

I'm building some cupboards with 18mm MDF doors and Blum hinges, but I'm not sure what screws to use to secure the hinges to the door and carcass as I've never done this before. I'm concerned that normal screws out of my giant box of screws will tear out of the MDF a bit too easily if put under pressure.

Any suggestions?

ash_91 · 5 Dec 2015 at 10:53

As in kitchen hinges? Works brilliantly. Any decent wood screw will do, I've built loads like that

Mark A · 5 Dec 2015 at 14:59

Get single deep threaded screws. They are often called chipboard screws. I did a job a few weeks ago using the kitchen hinges on some MDF cabinet doors and they worked perfectly. Just use a small 2.5mm or so drill bit to predrill the hole.

Screwfix gold screws are good, or Toolstation do a similar screw that is a bit cheaper. For the sake of 60p you may as well get a box, but any old screw should do as long as you pre-drill the hole.

BigBoy · 5 Dec 2015 at 19:04

Twin thread TurboGold from Screwfix and a small pilot hole.

darreny · 7 Dec 2015 at 00:30

Quite a while since I've done blum hinges in mdf freehand but it's a pain in tulip wood, I'd suggest drilling the 32mm hole in a piece of inch thick oak or similar first to use as a jig to avoid any drift

Abyss · 8 Dec 2015 at 11:33

I would use the same screws that Ikea do considering most of their laminated doors are mdf or chipboard. Just need a decent sized pilot hole making first.

Most Ikeas have a section with spare screws and from memory don't even charge them

http://www.missingscrew.co.uk/epages/es143616.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/es143616/Products/10379

darreny · 10 Dec 2015 at 10:59

carcass screws will come with hinges, its either a 5mm or 6mm hole you need. if you need to know the distance from each edge to drill let me know.