For heavy drawers - try this.

At any big box or hardware store, by a roll of “v-seal” - a slippery plastic
weatherstrip.  You are supposed to cut a length, fold down a score mark along
the length to form a “V” in section, then pull a piece of paper off an adhesive
strip along one leg and stick it to your door or window frame.

Just cut a length, and without folding, pull the paper and stick it to your
wooden drawer slide.  I just measured the stuff I use at .010”, so it doesn’t
take up much room.

I figured this one out in the mid 80’s when we bought a very nice 1815 or so
chest of drawers.  The slides and the drawer sides that bear on them were
showing signs of a little wear and I didn’t want to splice a piece in or replace
anything.  I added these strips and they are still there working as intended -
the drawers have always been very easy to open.  I have used the stuff a couple
of other times.

By the way, energy efficiency is my profession and this material is the best of
the weatherstrips as long as the surface you are sticking it to is smooth and
clean - we rub a paper towel with alcohol over it.  We have used miles of it!

http://www.frostking.com/king-y-seal-
weatherstrip/">http://www.frostking.com/king-y-seal-weatherstrip/
no affiliation, yada yada yada

Ed Minch





On Apr 18, 2014, at 9:27 AM, Kirk Eppler  wrote:

> Just keep them well waxed.  That garage sale where I picked up the
> Power arm a few weeks back had built ball bearing rollers into some of his
> wooden slides.  They were sweet.