Adding Soft Close To Existing Cabinet Drawers

Attach a piece of plywood or scrap wood noted above to the right side drawer slide.

Adding soft close to existing cabinet drawers.

Step 2 drill a starter hole with a 3 32 inch drill bit attached to the electric drill. Put the bit through the screw hole as you hold the soft close attachment in place. The blum 563h soft close drawer slides are my first choice for new kitchen or furniture quality drawers. Make sure it lines up with the rod.

The titus add on soft close for wood or melamine drawers is designed for easy installation without measuring. Turn the drawer over and repeat on the other side. Repeat at the rear. Line up the plastic piece that goes onto the outside of the drawer itself.

Installing soft close drawer slides is a simple diy project that only requires a few tools. However if you have a face frame cabinet you ll have two steps. If the new screw holes don t line up you ll. Place the new hinges into the mortises from the old hinges.

Then you put the drawer back in to mark where the second piece will go inside. Instructions line up the slow close rods exactly with the drawer slides. Place the drawer on its side. Screw marked glide into place predrilling holes if desired.

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. Screw 1 piece onto the drawer and the other piece onto the cabinet to set up the slide. You put one piece on the bottom of the drawer as close to the front as you can. Unscrew the hinges from the cabinet doors using the screwdriver.

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. Well if you ve ever wished for quieter closing drawers. New slides are made up of 2 pieces.

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

Available for face frame or box style frameless cabinet construction. Then attach the soft close adapter to the plywood. 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. Once both were in place you could try to slam the.