Drawer liners

[Simplespeed]

I know there are about a dozen threads on this but it seems like the popular choices are some sort of mesh or yaga mat liners, or carpet. I cant stand mesh, it bunches up when you close a drawer fast and i personally think it looks like ****. I wouldnt mind carpet but i dont want it to hold moisture if i spill something on it.

Im looking for a rubber type mat. The kind that wont let clean wrenches slide to the back of the drawer when you slam it. I cant seem to find it anywhere. Can someone point me in the right direction? I picked up a used kra box yesterday and the lines are ****.

 

[tonydanzah]

there is a thread on here about the company that makes them for snap on

 

[iananderson17]

I think these are the ones that everyone posts about in that thread, and they're the ones I'll be ordering soon.
http://cgi.ebay.com/TOOL-BOX-DRAWER...123?pt=Tool_Boxes_Storage&hash=item35aa55009b

 

[jaysonb]

I just found some nice smooth non slip shelf liner at lowes the other day. It was just what I was looking for. It grips the tools very well.

 

[Davefr]

I think these are the ones that everyone posts about in that thread, and they're the ones I'll be ordering soon.
http://cgi.ebay.com/TOOL-BOX-DRAWER...123?pt=Tool_Boxes_Storage&hash=item35aa55009b

Are these equivalent to KRL drawer liners? Awhile back there was a quest to find a source of KRL material but not sure it it panned out.

 

[Simplespeed]

I just found some nice smooth non slip shelf liner at lowes the other day. It was just what I was looking for. It grips the tools very well.

Any idea who makes them? Are they in the tools section?

 

[Aberdale]

I have some flimsy liners in a Mac 1400 box that I'm considering replacing. Yeah, having everything bunched up at the back of the drawer is frustrating. And rearranging everthing back in its place every other day is a PITA.

I'm considering going the thin carpet route, but spraying/conditioning the carpet with oil before placing them in the drawers. Has anyone done this to reduce the chance of rusting? Seems like carpet would reduce noise and would be heavy enough to stay put vs. thin rubber mat.

 

[grom]

Home depot has rolls of ribbed black rubber of 25 ft for cheap. I measure out my drawers and cut it up for a liner. Works great and is cheaper than buying precut liners if you have a little patience.

 

[dankicksass]

I think the Duck brand perf liner does a fine job, I have it in ugly tan because Wal-Mart doesn't stock black, grey or red in large rolls and I wasn't really in the mood to look around much last time I wanted it.

 

[Theloniousmonk]

Only thing I don't like about the perf liner is it seems to leave a checkered stain on tools - my drawers are heavily oiled these days though... probably a gallon of PB is floating around in all the drawers.

The perf stuff does the job well though, and seems to be the cheapest option.

 

[Marxx]

The Snap On KRL series liners are the best that i have ever used, tools don't move for nothing on them....

 

[mooman]

I am using the Yoga mats and love em.

 

[LEVE]

I use the perf liner and found a good deal at Costco. I bought to rolls of the stuff and have a lot left over after lining my four CM boxes. I'll put a drop of super glue 1/4" in from each corner of the drawer before I lay in the liner. The liner is now glued in, won't move with the movement of the tools and drawer.

 

[wornoutoldman]

Any hardware store that carries rubber stair runner. You can get as many feet as you need. It's heavy duty. Won't tear, bunch up or roll up. Tools won't slide around. You can pull it out and wipe it down if you need to.

 

[jeffk14]

I'll weigh in on the use of carpet. 25 years ago, I had the opportunity to use some really nice carpet taken out of the aisles of a jetliner. Isle carpet is very heavy-duty, nice stuff. After a couple of years, I noticed rust on my tools, then I pulled a piece of the carpet out of a drawer. The carpet had retained enough moisture (box was stored in a non climate-controlled hangar) that the bottoms of the drawers were heavily rusted as well. That ended my use of carpet for drawer liner.

 

[glenmore]

As hashed out in previous threads, this particular ebay stuff is most likely the real thing. Super easy to install because it is so sticky. It doesn't move and tools don't move. And it seems to be reasonably priced.

 

[dodge610]

I relined the drawers in all three of my boxes with Yoga mats that I bought at the dollar store i got 4 drawers out of a roll in my matco triple bay box they had a choice of colors orange,purple,red, made my boxes a little different from everybody elses and you can slam that drawer as hard as you want the tools dont move.

 

[DrkMtnDew]

I used the sticky mesh liner from Sears in drawers with loose tools in them and the solid rubber liner from HF for drawers that had large cased tools in them just to protect the drawer bottom.

 

[Steve_P]

I just went thru the trials of searching for a quality non-mesh drawer liner at a reasonable price- quite frustrating.
Summary:

HF has a solid liner, ~.09 thick, not bad. Not too sticky- I hate sticky. The only thing iffy about it (questionable quality?) is something like a rivet on pliers will leave an indentation mark in it behind when you remove the tool.

Ebay liner above. way too sticky for me, I hated it. It is also shiny; sticky +shiny= every dust molecule stuck to it and easily visible. If you like shiny and sticky this is the product for you.

Yoga mat. I was able to get a sample pack from YogaAccessories.com of their materials. They have a bunch of styles, thicknesses, colors. They make a travel yoga mat in black that is almost identical to the HF liner but it'd probably be cheaper to just to buy from HF but check. It's about the same thickness at ~.09. They also make a waffle pattern type solid mat in 1/8 and 1/4 thickness. The 1/8 mat is really ~.18 thick. It is VERY similar to what they have in the nicer toolboxes at Lowes. You can get it in different colors. This was the one I liked the best. you can buy it in mat lengths or in a roll.

http://www.yogaaccessories.com/18quot-Classic-Yoga-Mat-Roll-401025-feet41_p_121400.html

I was going to do a review with pics but haven't had time.

 

[Vinko]

Are these equivalent to KRL drawer liners? Awhile back there was a quest to find a source of KRL material but not sure it it panned out.

I think one of the guys in the thread indicated that the liners he got weren't quite on par with the KRL. I think it was one of the late, great Merkava threads

 

[mrholeshot]

The drawer liner I have in my wood box is weather proof indoor outdoor carpet like you see at the entrance of a front door to a business. It is very thin, very tightly woven, grips well, mositure won't go through it and has a rubbery backing that sticks. I bought two rolls to do my 13 drawers and top compartment of my wood box. I thought it would be temporary but worked so well I decided to leave it alone. I did my entire box for 36 dollars. Lowes

Closeup of the weave

Just dropped in and hadn't settled yet

 

[PCO6]

I'm sure this isn't the solution you are looking for but I used to have an old carry box in the trunk of my car that I sprayed the inside of with bed liner. I currently have an old beat up box that I want to incorporate into my welding table. I thought I would do the same thing to it as it will be getting pretty rough use.

 

[Nealcrenshaw]

This is what you're looking for made by MAtco
25"x60" for only $7.25

http://www.matcotools.com/Catalog/toolcatalog.jsp?cattype=T&cat=2427&page=1鉔

 

[jk47]

I can't remember which tool blog I saw this idea on, but they had an old ad from the 60's that used cork sheets as liners. Kinda neat if you ask me.

 

[CamarosRus]

I was (one of) the person(s) who got very involved in searching for the KRL drawer liner material.

There was no good reason to start this thread (IMHO, yes you had the right) as it's all been said before.

There is one mfg (I cant remember now) that developed the KRL material in conjunction with the engineers at Snap-On. Another company called JONCO takes the bulk material and cuts it to size for Snap On. No one else can buy this material in bulk form, cut form or remnants.. You can only buy KRL drawer liner from Snap On or its dealers. That issue should be closed..............

Now then, JONCO has other drawer liner products. Mike Ryan (family ownes JONCO) was/is sells misc drawer liner through EBAY. I needed material for my STANLEY VIDMAR.
Mike Ryan agreed to custom cut his next best available (Best meaning KRL) material for my VIDMAR. It does not creap and seems to keep tools in their place. One negative too me is that material is fairly smooth and impression shows when you remove tools, where as the KRL/Snap On material has that textured surface that doesnt show the impression (or at least not as clearly)

Anyway................do what you will!!!!!!!!!!

 

[CamarosRus]

Cork (*****) Tools Slide and it cant be cleaned..............

 

[mark40sw]

I have gone to a roofing supply center and bought some thin rubber sheeting. Works good.

 

[MD Chevy]

Go to the kitchen section in Walmart and look for the rolls of draw liners. I got a roll in black for about $3.50 It was enough to do the top and 4 draws on my craftsman 26"x18" box.

 

[SpiderGearsMan]

remember the sears CORK liner ? that would decompose

 

[Vinko]

I can't remember which tool blog I saw this idea on, but they had an old ad from the 60's that used cork sheets as liners. Kinda neat if you ask me.

Kennedy sells these for their boxes. It's got a slight texture. I've not noticed tool creep or slide on it. It's almost a bit tacky. But I only use it to store machinist tools and the like.

 

[dankicksass]

remember the sears CORK liner ? that would decompose

It can't be worse than the shiny plastic foam liner that comes with the Rally boxes. Or Mercedes' magical decomposing wiring harnesses.

 

[Karentsai]

This one:

 

[66HertzClone]

I just went thru the trials of searching for a quality non-mesh drawer liner at a reasonable price- quite frustrating.
Summary:

HF has a solid liner, ~.09 thick, not bad. Not too sticky- I hate sticky. The only thing iffy about it (questionable quality?) is something like a rivet on pliers will leave an indentation mark in it behind when you remove the tool.

Ebay liner above. way too sticky for me, I hated it. It is also shiny; sticky +shiny= every dust molecule stuck to it and easily visible. If you like shiny and sticky this is the product for you.

Yoga mat. I was able to get a sample pack from YogaAccessories.com of their materials. They have a bunch of styles, thicknesses, colors. They make a travel yoga mat in black that is almost identical to the HF liner but it'd probably be cheaper to just to buy from HF but check. It's about the same thickness at ~.09. They also make a waffle pattern type solid mat in 1/8 and 1/4 thickness. The 1/8 mat is really ~.18 thick. It is VERY similar to what they have in the nicer toolboxes at Lowes. You can get it in different colors. This was the one I liked the best. you can buy it in mat lengths or in a roll.

http://www.yogaaccessories.com/18quot-Classic-Yoga-Mat-Roll-401025-feet41_p_121400.html

I was going to do a review with pics but haven't had time.

This is the Yoga mat I used, it has been great, doesn't slide, no marks on my tools, and a big one for me, it was wide enough so one piece covered the drawer bottom. With the Lista drawers having a 24" depth, and the wide cabinet over 50" wide, getting a single piece to cover was a problem.

 

[Steve_P]

This is the Yoga mat I used, it has been great, doesn't slide, no marks on my tools, and a big one for me, it was wide enough so one piece covered the drawer bottom. With the Lista drawers having a 24" depth, and the wide cabinet over 50" wide, getting a single piece to cover was a problem.

Yep, I still love the yoga mat for a drawer liner; it's holding up great. I bought the giant roll and used it all

 

[TDITS]

I just bought a roll of drawer liner from Menards. It is kind of tacky, so far I really like it.

 

[leod]

the tools are made of metal not glass, it doesn't need all that cushioning

 

[aar0s]

I think the Duck brand perf liner does a fine job, I have it in ugly tan because Wal-Mart doesn't stock black, grey or red in large rolls and I wasn't really in the mood to look around much last time I wanted it.

Getting in on this one late but i found black at my local wal-mart, had to wait a couple of weeks for them to get it in but they did.

 

[Jeeper]

I was at lowes the other day and saw some non-skid mat for truck tool boxes. Looks like it might be worth a try. It was made by Daws Better built.

http://www.dawsbetterbuilt.com/whol...id=50&osCsid=a7364cdbc59b2cc0f6e12fd11ac30f39

 

[caper]

I've used rubber backed carpet for 20 yrs.Sticks to the drawer bottoms,doesn't slide and I've never had any issues with rusting in shops that only had heat in the daytime.Shops that have no heat at all will cause rust on tools no matter what type of liner you use.Condensation isn't discriminatory.

 

[Davefr]

The problem with carpet is the thickness. On some of the shallow drawers this can severely limit what can go in the drawer.