Making Wooden Drawers Slide Better

This tricky technique uses only two setups on your router table to cut very strong drawers that are perfect for a project that uses drawer slides.

Making wooden drawers slide better.

But there s no reason to put up. Step 2 fix wood drawers permanently with nylon drawer slide tape. It s a 5 minute fix. Drawers that don t slide smoothly can be a real nuisance.

Wooden drawer slides tend to be either grooved at the sides or on the bottom of a drawer frame. A nylon drawer tape will put a stop to your issues with the hard to slide drawers once and for all. For the rail based drawer slides there are a variety available and a few you would probably recognize. The drawers go together like a puzzle and the interlocking nature of the joint ensures their longevity.

Your aim is to stick nylon drawer tape to the parts of the wood drawers which get in contact with each other and cause issues due to low friction. Make sure to get anywhere wood rubs against wood and give it plenty of soap. Old dresser with uneven drawer stops vulnerable to changes in humidity wear and tear and misalignment wooden dresser drawers require occasional upkeep. Rub a bar of soap we used a basic dove bar here along the tracks on the bottom of the drawer and in the cabinet dresser.

That s because it automatically creates a 1 2 space for side mount drawer slides. When i was moving into my current apartment i had to store some of my things in my ex roommate s garage for over a month while i was getting settled. Self adhesive nylon tape lubricates rubbing surfaces. Drawers slide better when furniture is level and the drawers are not overly full.

Upon moving it into my new place i realized something was horribly horribly wrong none of the drawers seemed to fit quite right anymore if they fit at all. Just apply the product to the wood inside your piece of furniture and the bottoms tops of the drawers that meet or touch that wood. Diy how to make old wood drawers slide easier. Make stuck drawers open smoothly again with a little paraffin or special nylon tape that lubricates those rubbing sticky surfaces.

One of those things was my dresser. Check out more drawer slide terms and definitions here or just review our drawer slide guide.