Convert Kitchen Drawers To Soft Close

Repeat at the rear.

Convert kitchen drawers to soft close.

With our metal drawers i used 2 pack soft close for metal drawers. Align the glide flush with the bottom of the drawer being sure the small extending part of the glide is positioned to the front of the drawer. Buy one do a drawer and see how long it takes you and how your frustration levels are it might be the last one you do. Screw the slides into the drawer.

Repeat this process for all the drawers in the kitchen. Rest the drawer on the jig and extend the drawer slides until they are fully extended to the front edges of the drawer. Decent drawer runners with soft close are 100 a pair. Drawers only need 1 set installed unless it s a heavy or large.

I m not sure if they are interchangeable i would imagine they label them as such for a reason. Step 2 drill a starter hole with a 3 32 inch drill bit attached to the electric drill. Set up the drawer slide jig on the inside frame of the drawer unit and secure the hinge to the frame. Mark placement with a pencil.

The easy way to update your drawers to make them soft closing is to install rockler soft close adapters to your existing epoxy coated slides and you don t have to replace the slides. Screw marked glide into place predrilling holes if desired. Place the drawer on its side. Fitting soft close drawer sliders to your kitchen drawers is as easy as 1 2 3.

Th kaboodle ones ive used on a coffee table and are a nightmare to set up compared to blum equal gaps around the drawer etc. To make slow close drawers you install one piece inside the cabinet on the wall and one piece onto the drawer. Having a difficulities removing your new soft close kitchen drawers. The old hardware remains in place.

With this video i am going to show you the easy way to remove soft close kitchen drawers. Switch the drawer slides jig so that it is sticking outside of the cabinet. The slow close basically is the result of the piece on the drawer catching the piece on the wall and then slowly closing. However they have a product for wooden drawers here 2 pack soft close for wooden drawers.