How To Make Old Wooden Drawers Slide Smoothly

Step 2 fix wood drawers permanently with nylon drawer slide tape.

How to make old wooden drawers slide smoothly. Old dresser with uneven drawer stops vulnerable to changes in humidity wear and tear and misalignment wooden dresser drawers require occasional upkeep. If you continue to force drawers that are sticking you can cause even more damage to the frame. Make sticky or stubborn wooden drawers slide more smoothly by gabrielle taylor. Old wooden drawers will start to stick over time due to humidity in the wood or the loosening of the structure after repeated humidity and dryness expands and contracts the whole.

After a closer inspection it was clear that this drawer had warped over the years and its shape just no longer fit into the opening quite right. Self adhesive nylon tape lubricates rubbing surfaces. Start with a high grit such as 200 and use smooth long strokes. One of those things was my dresser.

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. For this drawer the fix required actually sanding down portions of the drawer and then applying another layer of wax to make it slide nicely. 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. This did help my metal to wood drawer as it gave more space for the sliders.

A nylon drawer tape will put a stop to your issues with the hard to slide drawers once and for all. Dust off the drawer thoroughly and slide it in. It s a 5 minute fix. Be especially careful with inset drawers so that they still fit in their box.

Drawers that don t slide smoothly can be a real nuisance. But there s no reason to put up. One of the drawers slid more easily but was still sticking.