Convert Existing Cabinets To Soft Close

Soft close cabinets are cabinet doors with a hinge that makes the door close slowly instead of slamming shut.

Convert existing cabinets to soft close. Nathan installed tec soft close cabinet hinges which are manufactured by grass usa. Quick installation on both face frame or frameless cabinets. He recommends identifying the brand currently installed in the cabinets and replacing the hardware with that same brand which is what he did in this case. Mount inside your cabinet to create a soft close cabinet door.

We ran into a small glitch but it is actually a really easy process to retrofit into existing cabinets or drawers. Stop the slam with this soft close adapter that quietly and smoothly closes cabinet doors. Soft close hinges cost more 4 10 each depending on brand than standard hinges. Retrofit soft close to almost any drawer blumotion.

It can be adjusted by the turn of a screw to the desired closing speed and is the perfect retrofit solution. This article is now nearly 4 years old and nowadays there are soft close kits by blumotion and others that make this process much simpler and cheaper in this instructable i will teach you how to retrofit the blumotion soft close draw. Some models might not fit precisely in the existing mounting holes. Now here s how to install it.

These hinges can prevent damage to your cabinets and cabinet doors as well as minimize the noise in your kitchen. You can convert your existing cabinet doors to soft close without having to remove them from the cabinetry. Even though drawers are harder than the cabinets it still only took about 2 hours to do all of the drawers in our kitchen. The slow close basically is the result of the piece on the drawer catching the piece on the wall and then slowly closing.

Installation was very easy taking about 5 mins per dra. Ask this old house carpenter nathan gilbert upgrades a kitchen to have soft close cabinets subscribe to this old house. Now when you close the drawer the lip on the catch hits those tabs which close the drawer the last couple of inches and that s the soft close feature at work. For best results stay with the same manufacturer as your original hinges if you have a less common hinge style such as for inset doors you might not find a replacement version.

Usually that will require less work on the cabinet doors to get the new hardware to fit. They were 15 for a packet of two. This is a review of cowdroy soft close adaptors i found for cheap. We re going to set the closing mechanism into place so these two long tabs here on the bottom are resting right on top of the cabinet side portion of the.