drawer liner

[byrd]

what is your prefered method of keeping your drawer liners in place?

 

[Jared]

I have used a hot glue gun before and it worked fine.

 

[Crossthread]

3m 77 - works great.

 

[Fedwrench]

If not the peel and stick drawer liner, a little dab of 3M weatherstrip cement (aka Gorillia snaught) in the corners and middle will do ya.

 

[kyoung]

I use a brown shelf/drawer liner from Wal-Mart that is sticky/tacky enough that it will not move and holds tools really well. It's made out of cushion material with small holes in it. I believe it is around $4 a roll and will do multiple drawers.

 

[Itzkwik]

Gotta put in a plug for the Harbor Freight $6/roll drawer liner. Stays in place in the drawers and the tools don't slide around. One of the things they haven't figured out how to screw up.

 

[fourfeathers]

I like the stuff Farm and Fleet sells here. It is the same maker as the "top mat plus". Solid liner that stays put.

 

[Theo]

I use the non-slip drawer liner from Princess Auto. Sounds like the same stuff they sell @ HF. The only problem is it's tough/impossible to clean. All kinds of **** gets stuck in the holes. It's so cheap I'd probably just replace it after a while.

 

[l_bilyk]

I pile tools on top of mine to keep it weighed down

 

[DavidtheDuke]

I pile tools on top of mine to keep it weighed down

haha I was about to say that. isn't that what the liner's for?

 

[Merkava_4]

If you have a good drawer liner, it will keep itself in place. Those Snap-on PVC coated fabric drawer liners are just flat out awesome.

 

[nissan_crawler]

Or, spend a few dollars on some double sided tape.

 

[Kevin54]

In one box I have the rubbery stuff that has the holes in it. Except I got mine at WallyWorld. Same as Kennedy and others sell but way cheaper. But what I like most and got for my other boxes is the cheap indoor/outdoor carpet that is gray. Usually get it at Lowes for around a buck or two a running foot by six foot wide. Cut to fit the drawers and nothing slides, plus it has little grooves in it to help keep some things in place.

 

[byrd]

ive had the rubber porous liners and they did stay in place but they are a pain to clean. the solid liners i got with my mac box will not stay in place. even in the drawers with the heaviest tools they slide when the drawers are shut. i suppose i could use some 3m trim adhesive, i think i got some in the garage.

 

[Major Ramifications]

I've tried a couple of different "drawer liners" and I was not happy with either of them. I bought some dense nitrile sheet rubber, probably about 0.09" thick, which works great. It stays where I put it, dirt doesn't fall through the holes, tools don't stick to it or slide around. I was going to get it from a local rubber place but I found it much cheaper on ebay, even with shipping.

 

[Zeroek]

Spray Rhino liner in there for a liner??? Just thought about that.

 

[jamm]

In one box I have the rubbery stuff that has the holes in it. Except I got mine at WallyWorld. Same as Kennedy and others sell but way cheaper. But what I like most and got for my other boxes is the cheap indoor/outdoor carpet that is gray. Usually get it at Lowes for around a buck or two a running foot by six foot wide. Cut to fit the drawers and nothing slides, plus it has little grooves in it to help keep some things in place.

X 2 I like cheap carpet better than anything.

 

[chavist93]

My Proto box came with some awsome liners. I wish I could find some more like them, but they are a shiny black material. The tools almost stick to it. You can slam the drawers and the tools dont move.

 

[sharpe427]

I use a brown shelf/drawer liner from Wal-Mart that is sticky/tacky enough that it will not move and holds tools really well. It's made out of cushion material with small holes in it. I believe it is around $4 a roll and will do multiple drawers.

Ditto! This stuff is the best I have ever found, and way cheaper than what the tool co's. seel labeled draw liner. It also works really well as a router mat for those of you into woodworking.

 

[Major Ramifications]

Spray Rhino liner in there for a liner??? Just thought about that.

Or how about some rubberized undercoating in the spray can? Has anyone tried this? Undercoating is cheap. I sprayed the overflow pan under the evaporator in the attic with the stuff. I doesn't eat up valuable drawer height much at all. I hadn't thought about using it as a drawer liner until I read Zeroek's quote up there.

 

[NSXSOON]

I've tried a couple of different "drawer liners" and I was not happy with either of them. I bought some dense nitrile sheet rubber, probably about 0.09" thick, which works great. It stays where I put it, dirt doesn't fall through the holes, tools don't stick to it or slide around. I was going to get it from a local rubber place but I found it much cheaper on ebay, even with shipping.

Major

Do you have a pointer to a listing for the nitrile product you used?

 

[PoorOwner]

http://www.duckproducts.com/products/detail.asp?catid=5&subid=23&plid=503

many uses around the house and garage..

 

[Major Ramifications]

Major

Do you have a pointer to a listing for the nitrile product you used?

So, sorry. This was some years ago. Some guy in michigan had a bunch of sheet rubber he was selling.

 

[dxdexter]

I use gravitational force.

It doesn't always work and the tools do cause the liners to move sometimes, but cleaning the drawers is much easier if you can remove the liners.

 

[Kevin54]

Originally Posted by kyoung
I use a brown shelf/drawer liner from Wal-Mart that is sticky/tacky enough that it will not move and holds tools really well. It's made out of cushion material with small holes in it. I believe it is around $4 a roll and will do multiple drawers.

That's what I have in my one box. It works very well. BUT...on certain tools, it will leave a stain. I have angle plates sitting on that type of mat in my machinist box at work and it has stained where they have been sitting. And being a ground almost polished surface, you can see every mark. Nothing I can't fix though. And you can slam a drawer shut and things stay.

If not the peel and stick drawer liner, a little dab of 3M weatherstrip cement (aka Gorillia snaught) in the corners and middle will do ya.

You might be better off getting some rubber cement from a school supply area of WallyWorld or Staples or Office Max. The rubber cement will peel right off if you change your liner, whereas the 3M gasket cement will tak a little scraping to get off. Just a suggestion.