How To Fix A Broken Dresser Drawer Front

Heres the part that was up against the drawer front.

How to fix a broken dresser drawer front. I suggest that you drill very tiny holes into the drawer front at the missing corner coming in from the bottom. One part stays on the bottom of the drawer and the other part is attached inside the dresser guiding in the drawer. The first step to this furniture repair project is to take off the two remaining sides of the drawer. Using gorilla glue dab the parts that are loose and clamp into place and let dry for 24 hours.

Remove everything from the drawer. When the inner drawer guide is loose the drawer won t guide in straight and sit flush. He left the dovetails on the front because we had the front of the drawer. If your plan is to paint you can rebuild the missing corner with bondo.

Remove the drawer from the cabinet by pulling it as far as it can go then lift the front of the. These are the steps to begin fixing a broken drawer. Then insert round tooth picks into the holes and tap them lightly into place. This is what the drawer front looked like after the broken side piece was removed.

Now the broken drawer side is out. Bondo is an auto body repair epoxy. Then matt cut the dovetails off the back of each side. My son s bottom dresser drawer broke and i thought it would be the perfect opportunity to show how i fix it with chandlee style and wood glue.

It was covered in wood glue and missing pieces.