Another Tool Box Drawer Liner Thread

[99ishvr4]

I'm trying to find some affordable drawer liner for my toolbox. My main concern is that it is very grippy and doesn't slide around when opening and closing the drawers. I have the mesh type drawer liners and it always ends up sliding around on me so I want to avoid that. I have 7 drawers, each one is 29" x 19". All of the drawers are quite tall so I don't have to worry about the toolbox liner taking away drawer height.

I have read several members mention yoga mats (these seem to be popular: https://www.fivebelow.com/sports/yo...ies-8-fitness-trade-solid-yoga-mat-24x68.html) and some others mention this 1/4" rubber mat sold by the foot at Tractor Supply (https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/p...t-rolled-rubber-1-4-in-thick-sold-by-the-foot). Anyone have experience with either one of these and want to chime in?

Or anyone have a better alternative? I have been to Lowes and Home Depot and tested out their drawer liners and the tools slide around all over the place. This is making me shy away from products that actually claim to be toolbox drawer liners as the two I tested weren't great.

Thanks!

 

[Super Sport]

I really like the solid liner that HF sells. I used to get it for $5.99/roll with coupon, not sure if price has gone up or not. Menards sells a very similar material in their Performax brand.

It's almost sticky, and nothing slides on it at all.

 

[99ishvr4]

I really like the solid liner that HF sells. I used to get it for $5.99/roll with coupon, not sure if price has gone up or not. Menards sells a very similar material in their Performax brand.

It's almost sticky, and nothing slides on it at all.

I was ready to go purchase the Harbor Freight liner the other day but it is only 18" deep and I have 19" drawers. I may still give it a try but I'm worried about it sliding around more because it won't fully fit the drawer. Looks like Menards is only 16"

 

[lilredex]

Just get some of that vinyl ribbed hall runner.............the best there is.

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=275438

 

[ufi911]

I built custom metal drawer sets for my shop this past winter. The drawers are 24" x 30". I couldn't find lining material anywhere.

Finally on my 100th search I found this stuff on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000VHXEJ6/?tag=atomicindus08-20

If sticky is what you are looking for you won't be disappointed. Sometimes I find myself thinking it's almost too sticky (not really, but close).

Hope that helps.

-John

 

[Super Sport]

I was ready to go purchase the Harbor Freight liner the other day but it is only 18" deep and I have 19" drawers. I may still give it a try but I'm worried about it sliding around more because it won't fully fit the drawer. Looks like Menards is only 16"

You are correct. I have 28" deep drawers - so I needed two sections of liner for each drawer. No issues with that set up, but even with it not fitting fully I doubt this stuff will slide around. Worst case buy one roll and try it out.

 

[EOC_Jason]

I just buy the duck brand liner at Walmart. Trim to fit and it has stayed in place for me..

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Duck-12-x-10-Select-Easy-Liner/16486832

I think the kind at Lowes (Kobalt) claims to have Zerust impregnated in it?

 

[scissorman]

I don't know what you consider "affordable" but I bought my liner material from these people. It IS NOT listed on their website but they do have it and IIRC it comes in 2 widths and is sold by the linear foot. It is the same stuff that their fender covers are made from if you want to check those out. http://www.ssnake-oyl.com/

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

I'm trying to find some affordable drawer liner for my toolbox....

Check out yoga mats at your local Marshalls store. I noticed them recently and they're cheap, grip the floor when used and they come in all sorts of colors too.

 

[99ishvr4]

I did considered all of the options brought up in this thread. However, due to my impatience when it comes to waiting for things to ship, today I went over to Tractor Supply to take a look at their 1/4" rubber by the foot. It seemed like a great option however due to the size of it, I would have needed about 10 feet to do my drawers and would have ended up throwing about half of it away because I prefer to use 1 whole piece in each drawer.

I went over to five below and looked at their yoga mats. My first impression was not great but I decided to buy a couple rolls anyways since they were only $5 each and each roll would do 2 drawers. After cutting them to size and laying some tools on them, I am very happy with them. They do not slide or bunch up at all and even if I open and close the drawer pretty violently, the tools stay in place. The blue color is also refreshing after having black forever. Makes the inside of the box much brighter looking and adds a nice contrast to my ****** tools. I put the yoga mats upside down btw, I just preferred the flatter texture of the backside of the mat.

I also bought a set of the anti fatique puzzle piece mats from harbor freight to attempt to shadow some of my tools. After trying to cut the mat with a scalpel, x-acto knife, utility knife, and a "hot knife" (soldering iron with the tip ground flat), I could not get clean enough cuts in the mat. It just looked sloppy and jagged to the point where I couldn't live with it. I'm going to say shadowing my toolbox is going to have to wait until I spend the money for the laser cut kits but I'll need a nicer set of tools before I go down that road.

 

[Johnny_V]

I used a carpet runner as lining for my drawers. Had them for the better part of 35 years and the only thing I've had to do with them is vacuum once or twice a year. Much more affordable and many times more durable than any liner on the market.

 

[jeepnatv4life]

Yoga mats from walmart and cut to fit. Its what I used inside a Kobalt Box I got.

 

[metalmagpie]

A few years ago everyone recommended cutting the belts off scrap treadmills and using those for drawer liners. Guess nobody does that anymore.

metalmagpie

 

[Fcvapor05]

Just find a material you like- whether it be mesh or solid rubber or whatever, and cut it to size.

Before you put it in, lay down double sided tape. One strip in the front and one in the back for drawers with lighter stuff, more if you plan to fill the drawer with hammers or whatever. Your liners won't move.

I just redid my box this weekend with this stuff:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01ELJX2Z0/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[Fcvapor05]

Just find a material you like- whether it be mesh or solid rubber or whatever, and cut it to size.

Before you put it in, lay down double sided tape. One strip in the front and one in the back for drawers with lighter stuff, more if you plan to fill the drawer with hammers or whatever. Your liners won't move.

I just redid my box this weekend with this stuff:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01ELJX2Z0/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[555]

Yoga mats from 5 Below.

 

[Mikeske]

For years I used rubber backed aircraft carpet. Cut to fit and it worked great. But I was in the aviation field and the carpet was scrapped from aircraft. I just grab the stuff out of the scrap bin. cut and fit it in the drawers and used it as it was closed pile, did not move around and provided a level of some protection to the tool box bottom. One caution if you use this type of thing was to take all the tools out of the drawer and wipe down the drawer and let the carpet dry out. Condensation will happen under the rubber backing.

 

[JonBoehman]

Try this post idea
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=363173

 

[earlthegoat2]

Not as "sticky" as some but old conveyor belt cut to the drawer size works pretty good. It's usually thinner than 1/4" but lays flat, is pliable but semi rigid so it won't bunch up.

 

[maxpower_hd]

I like "Grippy at" from New Pig the best but it isn't exactly cheap. I have also used stick backed cork material from my local hardware which is very affordable and works really well.

 

[kbs2244]

I like the stuff sold for kitchen drawers.

 

[txlonghorn1989]

Just find a material you like- whether it be mesh or solid rubber or whatever, and cut it to size.

Before you put it in, lay down double sided tape. One strip in the front and one in the back for drawers with lighter stuff, more if you plan to fill the drawer with hammers or whatever. Your liners won't move.

I just redid my box this weekend with this stuff:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01ELJX2Z0/?tag=atomicindus08-20

When I try to click on links here at garage journal I always get a blank page. Anyone know why that is?

 

[Fcvapor05]

Links always work for me..

if you're looking for my link just search amazon for Melca Double Sided Tape

 

[Cobra5150]

I've used this at home and work.
Camping pad

This is about all it;s good for, ***** as an actual camping pad.

 

[Aimsmall]

I built custom metal drawer sets for my shop this past winter. The drawers are 24" x 30". I couldn't find lining material anywhere.

Finally on my 100th search I found this stuff on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000VHXEJ6/?tag=atomicindus08-20

If sticky is what you are looking for you won't be disappointed. Sometimes I find myself thinking it's almost too sticky (not really, but close).

Hope that helps.

-John

Got any pics of your custom drawer sets? I'm planning on doing a set of newage cabinets in my shop and was thinking about doing a variation of the steevo workbenches with them. I was thinking since the base cabinets are a little low for my bench height I could do a single drawer above all the base cabinets below the bench top to raise it a few inches.

 

[nut_buster2017]

I just assembled a cabinet from a chain store and for the immediate term cut up and used the box for drawer liners.
They fit snug so won't slide, although the stored items may slip around a bit.

 

[Falcon67]

I use strips of white thin foam packing material. Or Pig mat. Cardboard also works well.

 

[jdsac]

Indoor /outdoor carpet from Home Depot- .49 sq ft

http://www.homedepot.com/p/TrafficM...ingray-Loop-12-ft-Carpet-0701649510/100655633

Have them cut it to the depth of your drawers- the depth- the width do it yourself with a sheetrock knife. Tools stay in place unless you're a drawer slammer.

 

[kbs2244]

I go to the kitchen department at Wally's

Check with the wife.
She may have some scraps you can test.

(1/4 seems pretty thick for those shallow drawers.)

 

[fdtrucks]

I did spray in bed lining. At the time I was a rep for PPG paints with the automotive and commercial line. I mostly handled tech stuff, but now and then was given new products to test and evaluate. I took a bunch of kits to a shop with a bunch of cool guys and we basically sprayed new bedliners in all the guys trucks. When we were done, we started coating all sorts of oddball stuff and eventually stripped all the drawers out of a guys tool chest and did his. It came out great, but used up all the product there. So when I did mine I used the aerosol can stuff from Duplicolor at Walmart. It holds up great, doesn't get bunched up like some liners do, I don't have to worry about contaminants eating the foam, and looks really nice.

 

[Codejack]

I went with the ribbed vinyl runner; mine is from Ace, but Lowe's, Home Depot, etc have it:

http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=18279266

It was easy to cut to fit with a utility knife (the ribs help align cuts one way), stays in place very well, and I aligned the ribs vertically in the drawers for sockets (to lay them down flat and hold them in place) and horizontally in the wrench drawer, so it grabs them a little bit. If you can find some with deeper and/or wider ribs, that would be good.

It is also specifically designed to resist grease, oil, chemicals, and all the other things that are going to find their way on to your tools, unlike some other makeshift liner ideas...

 

[Aimsmall]

I did spray in bed lining. At the time I was a rep for PPG paints with the automotive and commercial line. I mostly handled tech stuff, but now and then was given new products to test and evaluate. I took a bunch of kits to a shop with a bunch of cool guys and we basically sprayed new bedliners in all the guys trucks. When we were done, we started coating all sorts of oddball stuff and eventually stripped all the drawers out of a guys tool chest and did his. It came out great, but used up all the product there. So when I did mine I used the aerosol can stuff from Duplicolor at Walmart. It holds up great, doesn't get bunched up like some liners do, I don't have to worry about contaminants eating the foam, and looks really nice.

I was thinking about trying this or maybe some undercoating and wondering if it had been done and if it worked well.

My biggest concern is that the material might not be grippy enough and all the tools would slide around when closing the drawers. Secondary concern is material peeling away over time. Can you or anyone else comment on these concerns?

 

[bubinga]

I was ready to go purchase the Harbor Freight liner the other day but it is only 18" deep and I have 19" drawers. I may still give it a try but I'm worried about it sliding around more because it won't fully fit the drawer. Looks like Menards is only 16"

2 face carpet tape under it then/

 

[kbs2244]

I would add the kitchen area at Wallys to my shopping area

 

[dmaxfireman]

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=8391792&postcount=1

This stuff is not "cheap" but works excellent. Tacky and very low profile.