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Charlie Woody

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I'm giving the kitchen a makeover and one of the things that I'd like to resolve is the noisy roller drawer runners that also don't have soft close.

I know I could replace with Blum or similar drawer boxes or make some boxes and use soft close full extension runners.
Both options are outside my budget so I'm wondering if there is a cheap and effective way to make the existing drawer runners and boxes run silently and soft close?
 
Silicone spray? Buffers on the drawer fronts. Short of changing to a better runner, i can't think of a way to make them run better as they are probably worn.
 
Do them the traditional way. Quiet, last much longer, usually made up with offcuts so you don't need to buy anything at all, not difficult.
Involves drawer slips, guides, runners, kickers, stops.
Might take a bit of googling to get the details as most of what comes up is all wrong!
 

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