Add Soft Close To Existing Cabinets

Line up the slow close rods exactly with the drawer slides.

Add soft close to existing cabinets.

Stop the slam with this soft close adapter that quietly and smoothly closes cabinet doors. Put the bit through the screw. If your slides are not mounted straight onto the cabinet wall first drill a piece of 1 4 onto the cabinet wall and then attach the slow close rod onto that piece of wood. Unscrew the hinges from the cabinet doors using the screwdriver.

Soft close pistons built into the hinge cup or onto the arm ensure a slam free closure. Hold the soft close attachment up to the top corner of the cabinet door so the flat edge. It can be adjusted by the turn of a screw to the desired closing speed and is the perfect retrofit solution. Even though drawers are harder than the cabinets it still only took about 2 hours to do all of the drawers in our kitchen.

Open the cabinet door. If you already have european style concealed hinges on your cabinets you can probably replace them with soft close models. This damper is easy to mount in the upper corner of your cabinet. Using the screwdriver unscrew the hinges holding the cabinet doors to the cabinet and remove the doors.

Includes installation instructions and screws. Best seller popular price lowest to highest price highest to lowest. 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. The good thing is retrofitting your kitchen for soft close drawers is much cheaper than getting new ones and the parts are very inexpensive.

Make sure it lines up with the rod. Blum s blumotion salice s silentia and grass s tec may do the trick. Slamming cabinet doors driving you crazy. Line up the plastic piece that goes onto the outside of the drawer itself.

If the new screw holes don t line up you ll. How to add soft close to existing cabinets step 1. Drill a starter hole with a 3 32 inch drill bit attached to the electric drill. Try any of our soft close systems and end the banging.