Determine the size of the slides select a soft close side mount drawer slide.
Adding soft close to existing drawers.
Even though drawers are harder than the cabinets it still only took about 2 hours to do all of the drawers in our kitchen.
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.
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.
Well if you ve ever wished for quieter closing drawers.
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.
Unscrew the existing drawer glide hardware from both the drawer and the cabinet.
Put the bit through the screw hole as you hold the soft close attachment in place.
Line up the plastic piece that goes onto the outside of the drawer itself.
If the new screw holes don t line up you ll.
If your slides are not mounted straight onto the cabinet.
Let s take a look at the basic steps.
Instructions line up the slow close rods exactly with the drawer slides.
Width and height of drawer opening.
2 3 16 height of drawer slide for minimum drawer height.
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.
Step 2 drill a starter hole with a 3 32 inch drill bit attached to the electric drill.
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.
9 minimum drawer depth.
Converting existing drawers to soft close slides starts with a few basic measurements.
Install drawer glides place the drawer on its side.
Unscrew the hinges from the cabinet doors using the screwdriver.
One thing to note is to look at your drawer ours has metal sides that.
2 soft close devices recommended for heavy drawers or drawers 23 and wider.
Using the screwdriver unscrew the hinges holding the cabinet doors to the cabinet and remove the doors.
Width and height of drawer.
Make sure it lines up with the rod.
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.
Retrofit soft close to almost any drawer blumotion.
Once both were in place you could try to slam the.
Easily add the soft close feature to any wood or malamine drawer with a 1 2 side clearance.
