On May 22, 9:59*am, "Gary" wrote:
Hey Bouys and Gulls, * * *(yeah, i know)

I haven't been here in a long time. From a quick poke around, everything
seems about the same ;-)

Anyway, I have a small annoyance and I'll bet someone here will have a
simple soulution or three.

I have this armoire in my bedroom. I've installed mirrors on the insides of
the two doors that swing open.

Anyway, now when I open the doors, they tend to very slowly swing shut. If I
set them just right, the
friction in the hinges holds them open. But it's a small but annoying pain
get them juuuuuust right.

I could make some system of string or wedge of wood to hold them open, but
that seems like over kill.

So, is there something that will make the hinges just a little MORE sticky?

Kind of a reverse 3-in-1 oil?

Thanks,
Gary

That's a good one. You don't want to put anything course in there it
will wear away the hinge. The first thought I had was to stuff a chunk
of a broken balloon or rubber band into the hinge somehow, between the
pin and the rolled parts surrounding it. The rubber would make a
resistance, but at the same time, not wear down the hinge. It might
take a little adjusting to get it to stay where you want it, and the
rubber might roll around in there, but that was my first thought.

My second thought was to take a pinpunch and tighten the hinge, but
that would just defrom it and it would wear down anyway, Think rubber