Making Wooden Drawers Slide Better

But there s no reason to put up.

Making wooden drawers slide better.

Diy how to make old wood drawers slide easier. A nylon drawer tape will put a stop to your issues with the hard to slide drawers once and for 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. Self adhesive nylon tape lubricates rubbing surfaces.

Drawers slide better when furniture is level and the drawers are not overly full. 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. It s a 5 minute fix.

Drawers that don t slide smoothly can be a real nuisance. Old dresser with uneven drawer stops vulnerable to changes in humidity wear and tear and misalignment wooden dresser drawers require occasional upkeep. Make sure to get anywhere wood rubs against wood and give it plenty of soap. For today s tip i recommend using a candlestick tea light a bar of soap or chunk of natural wax like the kind that i used in the video from country chic paint to help your wooden drawers slide well.

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. Pull out the drawers and arrange them so you can access the underside. The combination of the differences in. 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.