Adding Soft Close To Existing Drawers

Width and height of drawer opening.

Adding soft close to existing drawers.

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. Converting existing drawers to soft close slides starts with a few basic measurements. 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.

Width and height of drawer. The good thing is retrofitting your kitchen for soft close drawers is much cheaper than getting new ones and the parts are very inexpensive. If the new screw holes don t line up you ll. One thing to note is to look at your drawer ours has metal sides that.

Step 2 drill a starter hole with a 3 32 inch drill bit attached to the electric drill. Let s take a look at the basic steps. 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. Well if you ve ever wished for quieter closing drawers.

9 minimum drawer depth. If your slides are not mounted straight onto the cabinet. Make sure it lines up with the rod. 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.

Retrofit soft close to almost any drawer blumotion. 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. Unscrew the hinges from the cabinet doors using the screwdriver. 2 3 16 height of drawer slide for minimum drawer height.

Determine the size of the slides select a soft close side mount drawer slide. Even though drawers are harder than the cabinets it still only took about 2 hours to do all of the drawers in our kitchen. 2 soft close devices recommended for heavy drawers or drawers 23 and wider. Easily add the soft close feature to any wood or malamine drawer with a 1 2 side clearance.

Instructions line up the slow close rods exactly with the drawer slides. Put the bit through the screw hole as you hold the soft close attachment in place. Once both were in place you could try to slam the. Install drawer glides place the drawer on its side.

Unscrew the existing drawer glide hardware from both the drawer and the cabinet. The soft close feature will slow the closing action and gently pull the drawer closed.