Adding Soft Close To Existing Drawers

Unscrew the hinges from the cabinet doors using the screwdriver.

Adding soft close to existing drawers.

If your slides are not mounted straight onto the cabinet. Put the bit through the screw hole as you hold the soft close attachment in place. Even though drawers are harder than the cabinets it still only took about 2 hours to do all of the drawers in our kitchen. For under mounts clearance between the drawer bottom and the side of the drawer fortunately 90 of drawers that aren t soft close have a 1 2 gap on each drawer slide.

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. Easily add the soft close feature to any wood or malamine drawer with a 1 2 side clearance. If the new screw holes don t line up you ll. Unscrew the existing drawer glide hardware from both the drawer and the cabinet.

Make sure it lines up with the rod. 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. This article is now nearly 4 years old and nowadays there are soft close kits by blumotion and others that make this process much simpler and cheaper in this instructable i will teach you how to retrofit the blumotion soft close draw. Width and height of drawer.

Place the new hinges into the mortises from the old hinges. One thing to note is to look at your drawer ours has metal sides that. The good thing is retrofitting your kitchen for soft close drawers is much cheaper than getting new ones and the parts are very inexpensive. The soft close feature will slow the closing action and gently pull the drawer closed.

Instructions line up the slow close rods exactly with the drawer slides. Determine the size of the slides select a soft close side mount drawer slide. Line up the plastic piece that goes onto the outside of the drawer itself. Retrofit soft close to almost any drawer blumotion.

Converting existing drawers to soft close slides starts with a few basic measurements. 2 3 16 height of drawer slide for minimum drawer height. Width and height of drawer opening. 2 soft close devices recommended for heavy drawers or drawers 23 and wider.

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. Step 2 drill a starter hole with a 3 32 inch drill bit attached to the electric drill. 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. Install drawer glides place the drawer on its side.

Well if you ve ever wished for quieter closing drawers. Once both were in place you could try to slam the.