Help Make My Life a Tiny Bit Better
Dear Friends,
I need your help. Six or seven or maybe even eight years ago the metal strip on my bathroom cabinet door started coming unglued from the door. The tiny metal strip stayed attached to the magnetized part of the cabinet and the door would rest in the wide open position. I swear to you there is nothing in my medicine cabinet that I'm trying to hide. Well, maybe you'll realize I have at least three razors in there but blades for none of them. I run the occasional facial hair update, though. How worried can I really be?
Back to the question at hand - for years I've applied two pieces of foamy double-sided tape. During the past ten months the lifespan for this solution has decreased. As you can see from the tape residue below, I once tried duct tape. No dice. Do I need a different brand of double-sided tape? Is there some sort of industrial grade glue solution? I need your help! Make this problem disappear. I want to walk into the bathroom and look at my face in the mirror.
I've posted a few photos below, to give you and idea of what I have to work with. Please post suggestions in the comments!
(the cabinet door)
(the cabinet - with the metal strip stuck to the magnet)
Thanks,
Your Pal Balgavy
Comments
since i always let you fix it when i lived there, i have no helpful hints now either.
maybe rhonda can hire a door to door bathroom mirror salesman to come in and fix it?
Posted by: dan | November 14, 2007 08:47 PM
Maybe this seems obvious, but have you tried Superglue? Or, what about gluing a thin magnet to the door a couple inches above the existing mechanism, so that the magnet grabs the metal frame of the cabinet, instead of vice-versa?
Posted by: df | November 17, 2007 12:50 PM