Drawer Liners

[Craftsman86]

I am restoring an old tool box, and am looking into different liners for the drawers. I was thinking of using Rubberized Undercoating or Roll in bed liner. Has anyone done this, if so how did it turn out? What has everyone else used that was cost effective and they are happy with?

 

[jjjrmx5]

I am restoring an old tool box, and am looking into different liners for the drawers. I was thinking of using Rubberized Undercoating or Roll in bed liner. Has anyone done this, if so how did it turn out? What has everyone else used that was cost effective and they are happy with?

I have seen it done with "spray-in Rhino liner" type mat'l, but in my opinion it will devalue the box should you ever go to sell it. Underbody coating can scratch and leave mar mat'l marks on tools, and in the summer, can get stickey if warm or hot depending upon what the spray coating is.

If the box is at the end of the road anyway and you are using it for heavy or harsh tool storage, then go for it.

I;ve seen std dwr liner work just fine and others, including myself have used, yoga mats, rubber ribbed stair runners, cork sheeting, indoor/outdoor carpeting, cardboard and countless other matl's to line dwrs with that allow you to keep the OEM paint finish nice and keep value in the box.

Ur box, ur time and money, but unless it was a low value unrestoraqble box, I;d use std. gloss paint and any of the myriad of lay in dwr liner solutions out there over the top of it.

Good luck.

 

[Stephenw]

Indoor/outdoor carpeting.

 

[DanCo]

I use natural cork liners, non-adhesive backed. Used to buy it @ Lowes, but I don't think they carry it anymore. I did see the same cork liners in the Lee Valley catalog. About $9 a roll.

Dan

 

[fm2176]

I have rubber liners in my Mac box. My recently acquired boxes have cardboard for the time being, but my neighbor was telling me about some field expedient liner material that can be bought at Hobby Lobby for pretty cheap.

 

[ptschram]

I just got a taco cart that had been rhino-lined. It is impossible to clean.

 

[Outlawmws]

I use natural cork liners, non-adhesive backed. Used to buy it @ Lowes, but I don't think they carry it anymore. I did see the same cork liners in the Lee Valley catalog. About $9 a roll.

Dan

Cork mat is certainly a good match for vintage (Period correct); and Lowes still sells it in rolls, at least mine did this past summer.

Don't do the Rhino liner...

 

[bacarl]

Home Depot sells what I think is technically vinyl floor runner, but it's 27" wide and just over $2/foot. It's ribbed which makes it very easy to cut straight, and it's super tough. It's not the grippiest, but I'm counting on it working in a bunch of my drawers and as top mats.

Check it out: http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc...-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053#BVRRWidgetID

That pic is magnified, making the ribs look huge. In reality they're probably about 1/4"o.c. or less.

 

[kippieland]

There was a thread on here last couple weeks where guys talked about drawer liner. One used diamond patterned anti-fatigue mate. Others said they used rubber dish-liners. Might do a search if you curious.

 

[fivespdcat]

I use the kobalt zerust ones from lowes. I figure it's a fairly cheap way to keep my tools from rusting. Sure it's more expensive than yoga mat, but up here it's hell on anything to just leave them out in the garage.

 

[mooman]

Yoga mats on sale at Menards for $5