Adding Soft Close To Existing Cabinet Drawers

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.

Adding soft close to existing cabinet drawers.

The titus add on soft close for wood or melamine drawers is designed for easy installation without measuring. You will need to clear out the drawer and remove any existing hardware first. Available for face frame or box style frameless cabinet construction. 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.

Mark placement with a pencil. Installing soft close drawer slides is a simple diy project that only requires a few tools. Attach a piece of plywood or scrap wood noted above to the right side drawer slide. Once both were in place you could try to slam the.

Make sure it lines up with the rod. An easy answer to adding a soft close to almost any existing drawer that has a 1 2 side clearance. Screw 1 piece onto the drawer and the other piece onto the cabinet to set up the slide. Unscrew the hinges from the cabinet doors using the screwdriver.

Instructions line up the slow close rods exactly with the drawer slides. Place the drawer on its side. The right slide is the guide. Then attach the soft close adapter to the plywood.

Then you put the drawer back in to mark where the second piece will go inside. Well if you ve ever wished for quieter closing drawers. 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. New slides are made up of 2 pieces.

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. However if you have a face frame cabinet you ll have two steps. Using the screwdriver unscrew the hinges holding the cabinet doors to the cabinet and remove the doors. 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.

Repeat at the rear. If the new screw holes don t line up you ll. If your slides are not mounted straight onto the cabinet. The blum 563h soft close drawer slides are my first choice for new kitchen or furniture quality drawers.

Put the bit through the screw hole as you hold the soft close attachment in place. Place the new hinges into the mortises from the old hinges. Line up the plastic piece that goes onto the outside of the drawer itself. Step 2 drill a starter hole with a 3 32 inch drill bit attached to the electric drill.