Filling cabinet door handle holes

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  1. Ko Ko Naing

    Ko Ko Naing Well-Known Member

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    Hi everyone,
    Sorry, I am the worst DIYer here. I'm just wondering how you usually fill the cabinet door handle holes in the middle, as you replace the existing one with the one in the photos. I assume I'll have to fill it with a wood filler and paint the whole door. Any good product to recommend?
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    Gockie Life is good ☺️ Premium Member

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    Keep them as knobs is my advice. You can get good looking knobs....
    Edit: seems like you went ahead with the bow handles on the other cabinets already. Bummer.
     
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  3. Ko Ko Naing

    Ko Ko Naing Well-Known Member

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    Yeah, that's right. All the doors are now with that bow handles. But they do look good. :)

    Perhaps, I should find knobs close enough to match with those handles?
     
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    Builders bog but then they need to be sanded and painted.

    White gap filler would be less obvious
     
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    it's such a tiny hole, I'd get some white putty or wood filler or similar. The new handles will go over the top so won't be very noticeable.
     
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    Try filling the holes with timbermate in white (Timbermate 250g White Wood Filler), and put the new handle over the top, if it still shows, try some white nail polish on top of the filled hole
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    Thanks, everyone for comments and suggestion.

    I'll try using Timbermate and see how it looks. If it doesn't look good, I'll just buy some knobs that are the closest match and put them into the same holes instead.
     
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    Put in a coloured plug or domed screw head with a dab of paint
     
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