Need hinge help

[Greg Caputo]

Am installing 2" x 1 1/2" butt hinges on a cabinet I'm building. The doors are to be inset, flush with the face frame. When I close the door, it sort of "springs" open about 1/4". Hinges appear to be mortised flush with the door and the face frame. I can push the door closed flush, but when I let it go, it moves out again. HELP!

Thanks,
Greg

[Jamie Buxton]

Maybe the mortises are a hair too deep. Try putting a thin shim between the hinges and the face frame. Good thin shims are business cards, or a beer or soda can.

[Joe Scharle]

If the barrel is inside the mortise, it can put the hinge under tension.

[Jim Andrew]

Your door is hitting the frame before it is completely closed, tiny bit of interference.Try the shims.

[Jamie Buxton]

Or it is the screw heads that are hitting. Maybe they're a size too big, and the head isn't completely seated in the hinge's countersink.