04-10-2010, 03:51 PM
First make sure there are no set screws anywhere on the knobs. If there are, of course you will have to ease them back.
If that's not the case, if you can somehow get in there and spary a little WD40, wait a few hours, or overnight, and then try gently to coax them out with a couple of putty knives 180 degrees apart, you might get them off. Provide a barriar between the cabinet and the knobs, like a piece of thick cardboard, so you do not mar the cabinet.
Sometimes the "spring"steel insert that is provided to create a tension between the knob and shaft gets corroded and rusts, and it forms a pretty tight bond with the knob spring.
Be very patient, and let us know what you find.
If that's not the case, if you can somehow get in there and spary a little WD40, wait a few hours, or overnight, and then try gently to coax them out with a couple of putty knives 180 degrees apart, you might get them off. Provide a barriar between the cabinet and the knobs, like a piece of thick cardboard, so you do not mar the cabinet.
Sometimes the "spring"steel insert that is provided to create a tension between the knob and shaft gets corroded and rusts, and it forms a pretty tight bond with the knob spring.
Be very patient, and let us know what you find.
