So if you want durability, you should go for stainless-steel materials with your eyes closed. You do not have to remove it. Remove the drawer by sliding it straight out. This wire basket for closets needs side mount drawer opsn to function properly. How can I tell for sure? And guess what? IMO, they are unacceptable.

Extension: This refers to how far you will be able to pull the drawer from the drawer cavity. Full-extension slides allow you to pull the drawer all the way out.

They give you the greatest flexibility for loading and unloading the drawer. They also allow you to see the entire drawer contents at once. This indicates a cheaper product. Adjusting soft close drawers are easy. Adjust your under mount soft close drawer by moving the adjustment knob in the corner of the drawer clip. Use this knob to fine-tune the space between the drawer fronts. This can be done while the drawer is installed.

You do not have to remove it. Each side can be adjusted separately. This allows you to get rid of any appearance that the drawer is crocked.

Your drawers should open and close nicely after completing these simple adjustments. To shut a soft close drawer, all you need to do is give the drawer a gentle push. If you are still having problems after completing these adjustments, there is probably something wrong with the drawer slides themselves and they should be replaced. For example, if your drawer resists closing and then bangs, the slides are probably shot. You will have to remove the drawer s and replace the slides.

Assuming you went with the under-mount soft close drawers, you remove the drawer by releasing the clip on the bottom of the drawer. First, open the drawer as far as it will go.

The drawer can then be easily lifted out of the system. Remove the existing worn-out runners and follow the instructions above on how to install new soft-close drawer slides. Under mount drawers with soft-close technology have become one of the hallmarks of high-quality cabinetry and closet systems. For this reason, they are standard on many custom cabinets and high-end closets. They are more expensive than other types of drawers. However, they are fairly easy for someone who is handy to install on their own.

This DIY friendliness puts them within reach for most homeowners, even those on a budget. If you are going to put in new drawers or simply want an upgrade on your current drawers, go soft-close. Spray the runner in increments, using short bursts to ensure the entire area is covered. If you are using lubricant in a squeeze bottle, be sure to coat the entirety of the runners, particularly the areas that make contact with the drawer runners.

Put the drawer back on the runners. Open and close it to ensure the lubricant is covering the whole area and working properly. Regular drawer lubrication can allow you to extend the life of the drawers. Whenever the time comes that you decide to renovate or upgrade, having your drawers in good sliding condition will make it easier to sell the piece of furniture they are in.

If you are experiencing friction caused by wood-on-wood contact between the drawer and the wood drawer slide—a problem that arises often in older furniture and kitchen cabinets—there are a number of different products you can use for lubrication to remedy the problem. Spray-dry lubricant, silicone tape, paste wax, candle wax, or even a sheet of wax paper can get the job done.

If the drawer slides are plastic or metal, you can still use the recommended lubricants for wood drawers like wax or tape , but your best bet would be to purchase and apply white lithium grease. Be careful not to use any harsh lubrication products, though, as they can damage the finish. Materials needed: lubricant spray-dry lubricant, wax, or tape , fine-grit sandpaper optional. Remove the drawer by sliding it straight out. Lift upward when the drawer is pulled out nearly all the way in order to completely detach it from the slides.

Examine the wood runners to determine the cause of the problem. If the runners or tracks are overly worn down or broken, they might need to be replaced.

However, if they are only slightly rough but in good shape, use fine-grit sandpaper to smooth them out. If there is anything stuck in the tracks or obstructing the area, remove the debris. Apply lubrication. You can use spray-dry lubricant, which is the preferred method, or wax.

Simply rubbing a candle on the runners should be enough to get things working smoothly again. Open and close it a few times to see if your repair job was successful. Please post photos so that we can debunk the cabinet maker's claim of 'resistance'. This is becoming a recurring problem. One more comment- our blum self close, soft close Soft Close Drawer Slides Hard To Open As with 50 lbs worth of stuff inside can be opened with the pull of a finger.

Travisalfrey, could you share with us some of the other brands that are as good as, or better than blum? That doesn't sound like they're working correctly at all. I have Kraftmaid cabinets, so I don't have Blum brand glides - but my drawers open and close fine. Perhaps not as nicely as Blums I've never used Blums, so I can't compare , but they open easily, and close themselves after I give them a reasonable "push".

Now, this is only after my cabinets were replaced. The carpenter had originally installed the cabinets badly, putting the boxes out of square - then the drawers didn't work well at all.

Once the cabs were replaced we had to reorder them! That makes no sense. When you test out cabinets at a store or display, there is nothing in them! The soft-close drawers I've seen are still soft-close when there's nothing in them. Cabinet maker has agreed to replace all the drawer slides to blum.

He said he will need to remake all the drawer boxes to accommodate the new slides. Does this sound right? Can anyone tell me if the blum slides are bottom mounted or side mounted? The current crappy slides are side mounted and they take up alot of space, therefore making my drawer boxes smaller. BTW, thanks for everyones support on this. All the information that was provided in response to my post helped my case when I had to talk to my cabinet maker today.

My newly installed cabinets have bottom-mounted Blum glides. There is an initial resistance when opening the drawer, but my 6 and 8 year old daughters can do it without a problem.

You do have to give them a little tug, so it feels a little strange never having had this kind of glide before , but not difficult. Hettich makes high quality cabinetry hardware - a bit more up market than Blum as I understand it. Side mount full extension and soft close are different than Blumotion which are undermounted ball bearing glides if I have my terminology right.

With undermounted ball bearing glides your drawers will be wider and it will have a very different feel. How deep are your cabinets? I think hettich is the best made. I also like the motion of the Accuride but Accuride has a difference clearance than blum or hettich so they are not interchangable.

I use the accurides on inset jobs because they are the most adjustable. How can I tell if the Blum soft close, self close will fit? This is the wrong question to be asking. You simply TELL the custom cabinetry maker what you want an he goes and makes it in the size necessary to fit your space.

This should be part of the specifications that are given to the cabinet shop. This is the glide that's mounted inside the cabinet. They are the only kind I use and work get when installed properly. The drawers have to be made to specific specifications. You can't change out cheap side-mounted slides without making all new drawers. May I join in on this discussion with my dilemma? My cabinets were installed this week and Accuride slides are totally dis-functional! If you push the drawers softly, they don't close; if you push them with enough force to close completely they bounce open.

IMO, they are unacceptable. They are really easy to open, and pretty much close themselves without banging if I get them close enough they kind of "suck themselves in". The side-mount glides on the Rev A Shelf? One more voice in the discussion.

We are building out our kitchen and have many Blum Tandem soft close units. They work smooth and correctly. BUT, we have had 3 of the catches as pictured above but with a small white plastic tab for bottom screw install break. They have all broken in the same spot, on the plastic that I described My vendor did replace 2 so far, waiting on the third.

Here is a link that might be useful: our kitchen project. I just renovated my Kitchen and got the same story from my cabinet maker. My drawer slides are Hardware Concept Inc from Florida. I am in Jupiter FL. I contacted the company and they said that I should not be having these issues with the drawers and that it was my cabinet maker who has installed the product incorrectly.

The company has done nothing to help correct the problem and my cabinet maker insists that people in Florida don't use soft close because they are hard to open and need to be loaded in order to work properly. I never have heard such crap before. I asked the cabinet maker to use Blumotion because it is a fabulous product I have in my other home.

All drawer sizes work beautifully and have for 4 years. He said the Hardware Concept product was as good if not better so I agreed to go with the product he wanted. Little did I know he had no idea how to install the product. They have been installed twice and still do not work properly. I am left with with drawers that do not work the way they are suppose to work.

Your cabinet maker is giving you the run-around! I am in the Jupiter area also and have had soft close drawers and cabinets for 5 plus years and they work perfectly.

We just renovated our kitchen and my new Blumotion work flawlessly also. If the cabinet maker has tried to install your glides correctly twice, and they still don't work properly, I would call the manufacturer and have them recommend a competent installer to fix them for you. I just picked up a coffee table that I had made from a customer to fix this very problem- I had used self closing side mount slides due to the fact that the drawers are so small in height Blumotion wouldn't work.

It is being used by an older person and I agree that it is hard to pull the drawer open. The work great the other way. This is the first time this has happened to my in over 35 years and thousands of drawer installs. No one should have to fight to get their drawer open.

Yes and it is our responsibility as pros to communicate and do a great show and tell with the customer. Note: Although the home owner is the final customer--I did this for a designer here in Scottsdale Arizona-she being a pro has given me time to fix before the home owner sees it and moves in.

That is a great designer to plan in her project management risks and small fixes in her timeline. I have just had them installed came from Lowes and have the same issue. But I DO have a solution for you. In the very back of the mounted guide rail on each side of the drawer you will see a gray plastic mechanism. Do this on both guide rails both sides.

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