Adding Soft Close To Existing Cabinet Drawers

Using the screwdriver unscrew the hinges holding the cabinet doors to the cabinet and remove the doors.

Adding soft close to existing cabinet drawers.

Put the bit through the screw hole as you hold the soft close attachment in place. Available for face frame or box style frameless cabinet construction. Hold the soft close attachment up to the top corner of the cabinet door so the flat edge sits behind the edge of the cabinet and the knob juts out just beyond the edge. The right slide is the guide.

Then you put the drawer back in to mark where the second piece will go inside. You will need to clear out the drawer and remove any existing hardware first. Unscrew the hinges from the cabinet doors using the screwdriver. Place the new hinges into the mortises from the old hinges.

You put one piece on the bottom of the drawer as close to the front as you can. Repeat at the rear. If your slides are not mounted straight onto the cabinet. An easy answer to adding a soft close to almost any existing drawer that has a 1 2 side clearance.

Step 2 drill a starter hole with a 3 32 inch drill bit attached to the electric drill. Instructions line up the slow close rods exactly with the drawer slides. Like other undermount soft close slides they are invisible once installed come packaged with locking hardware rear mounting brackets and are full extension so the drawer is completely opened. Attach a piece of plywood or scrap wood noted above to the right side drawer slide.

However if you have a face frame cabinet you ll have two steps. Screw 1 piece onto the drawer and the other piece onto the cabinet to set up the slide. New slides are made up of 2 pieces. Installing soft close drawer slides is a simple diy project that only requires a few tools.

Line up the plastic piece that goes onto the outside of the drawer itself. 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. The titus add on soft close for wood or melamine drawers is designed for easy installation without measuring. Then attach the soft close adapter to the plywood.

The second piece comes with a guide all you have to do is line up your mark in the window screw in the unit and remove the guide. Well if you ve ever wished for quieter closing drawers. If the new screw holes don t line up you ll. Once both were in place you could try to slam the.

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. Place the drawer on its side. Screw marked glide into place predrilling holes if desired. Mark placement with a pencil.