Convert Drawers To Slow Close

Our knife drawer is the width of 2 regular drawers plus it has the extra weight of metal utensils so that s the only drawer we used 2 units on.

Convert drawers to slow close.

The slow close basically is the result of the piece on the drawer catching the piece on the wall and then slowly closing. 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. In general we only needed one per drawer. Step 2 drill a starter hole with a 3 32 inch drill bit attached to the electric drill.

Soft closing is achieved through a damper that prevents the drawer from slamming and springs that gently pull the drawer shut. I followed the tips from other posters on how to install these mechanisms. Rest the drawer on the jig and extend the drawer slides until they are fully extended to the front edges of the drawer. Switch the drawer slides jig so that it is sticking outside of the cabinet.

I also added another piece of wood to keep the drawer from popping over the slide mechanism this can be seen in the picture. Screw the slides into the drawer. Repeat this process for all the drawers in the kitchen. 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.

You put one piece on the bottom of the drawer as close to the front as you can. This product has worked well to slow down our drawers as they closed. Now here s how the system works this is the closing mechanism. Retrofit soft close to almost any drawer blumotion.

The old hardware remains in place. Put the bit through the screw hole as you hold the soft close attachment in place. A soft close drawer slide is a specialty drawer slide that prevents drawers from slamming shut and assists the drawer in closing.