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Old wood dresser drawers stick.
Soap up the wood.
The problem with that is the nails were digging into the wood tracks in the body of the dresser every single time it slid in and out.
Use medium grit sandpaper and a sanding block to remove some wood from the bottoms of the drawer edges.
Old wooden drawers have the tendency to stick and drag so i didn t worry too much about it.
Remedy for old drawers that stick.
Old wooden drawers will start to stick over time due to humidity in the wood or the loosening of the structure after repeated humidity and dryness expands and contracts the whole.
The easiest and fastest way to fix old dresser drawers that stick is to put some wax on the tracks or on the parts that slide against each other.
This solution works very well most of the time.
If you continue to force drawers that are sticking you can cause even more damage to the frame.
And it wasn t very easy to slide it.
If you can t find any obvious obstruction and your drawer still sticks your next step is to sand the drawer.
Sometimes they can be a pain to open and close freely.
When i was moving into my current apartment i had to store some of my things in my ex roommate s garage for over a month while i was getting settled.
Upon moving it into my new place i realized something was horribly horribly wrong none of the drawers seemed to fit quite right anymore if they fit at all.
Using very basic soap one without moisturizers or oils soap the wood of the sticky drawers on the sides slides and bottom side rails.
Use and abuse.
Work slowly taking off a little at a.
One of those things was my dresser.
The drawers can bind and stick.
The tape won t stick to wax or dirt so prep the surface first by lightly sanding it with 100 grit sandpaper and then vacuuming to remove the dust.
Take the sticky drawer out and turn it upside down.
Wooden drawer doesn t fit right sanding.
This is a really easy hack that will save you loads of frustration every time you use your dresser.
Fix sticking wooden drawers.
Then simply cut the tape to length with a scissors peel off the back and stick it onto the wooden drawer runner.
Older wooden dressers don t have modern day sliders.