Can You Convert Existing Drawers To Soft Close

Nathan installed tec soft close cabinet hinges which are manufactured by grass usa.

Can you convert existing drawers to soft close.

You put one piece on the bottom of the drawer as close to the front as you can. You can convert your existing cabinet doors to soft close without having to remove them from the cabinetry. Ask this old house carpenter nathan gilbert upgrades a kitchen to have soft close cabinetssubscribe to this old house. To make slow close drawers you install one piece inside the cabinet on the wall and one piece onto the drawer.

Well if you ve ever wished for quieter closing drawers. Adjusting soft close drawers is easy. The soft close hinges require only an electric drill for installation. Come to find out you don t need to buy special cabinets to get slow close drawers and doors.

While there are a few low cost options to upgrade to soft close kitchen cabinets nathan suggests changing out all hardware to soft close. But they do have one downside. 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. While some might be easier than others if your drawer fits one of these categories then you ll have a great chance at a diy upgrade if your slides are.

In this instructable i will teach you how to retrofit the blumotion soft close drawer system from their tandembox line to almost any drawer. Almost any drawer can be updated to soft close hardware. Then you put the drawer back in to mark where the second piece will go inside. Adjust your under mount soft close drawer by moving the adjustment knob in the corner of the drawer clip.

This can be done while the drawer is installed. Step 1 open the cabinet door. The old hardware remains in place. Side mount ball bearing slides bottom mount drawer slides aka epoxy slides pictured above.

Most people prefer to retain a consistent appearance in their kitchen so replacing the drawers entirely is out of the question not to mention very expensive. 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. They can be noisy when the drawer closes.