Tried using a spaghetti noodle to fix a stripped screw hole and it actually worked weirdly well

So I had this loose cabinet hinge in my kitchen in Cleveland and the screw hole was totally stripped out. I remembered some random YouTube video where a guy shoved a dry spaghetti noodle in the hole before putting the screw back in. Figured what the heck, snapped a piece off, jammed it in there, and screwed it back. The hinge is holding perfectly now and my wife thinks I'm a genius but honestly I just got lucky. Has anyone else tried this or something equally dumb that ended up working?

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2 Comments

amymiller5d ago

Sometimes the dumbest fixes end up being the smartest.

lisa_brown4d ago

Used to roll my eyes at that kind of thinking but @amymiller you're totally right... the janky fixes somehow work better than the fancy ones sometimes.