Soft close drawer glides are here to save the day.
Can you make drawers soft close.
Well if you ve ever wished for quieter closing drawers.
Everybody loves the smooth action of soft closing drawers.
Line up the plastic piece that goes onto the outside of the drawer itself.
Self closing epoxy drawer slides are economical easy to install and versatile.
They can be noisy when the drawer closes.
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.
Make sure it lines up with the rod.
Once both were in place you could try to slam the drawer closed and instead it would melt into the cabinets like butter.
Install using a drawer slide jig and the right screws.
Determine the size of the slides.
The jig makes the drawer slides installation significantly easier because it can hold everything in place.
Select a soft close side mount drawer slide.
With our metal drawers i used 2 pack soft close for metal drawers.
They are affordable and easy to use and can make your kitchen a safer quieter space.
If you ve ever gotten your fingers stuck in a closing drawer then you ll want to know this.
To make cabinets slow close simply remove one hinge and replace it with a slow close hinge.
As long as you have a 1 2 gap on either side of the existing drawer you should be able to do a side mount soft close upgrade.
The rest of the tools nathan used to install the soft close hinges and slides including the drill driver screwdriver and self centering drill bit can all be found at home centers.
Let s take a look at the basic steps.
However there are a lot of choices out there.
But they do have one downside.
The good news is that doesn t really make it harder it still works just fine.
Everyone wants the best they can afford so this type of drawer is in high demand.