How To Fix Broken Ikea Dresser Drawers
Just fixed the drawers of my malm chest of 4 drawers yesterday with excellent results.
How to fix broken ikea dresser drawers. What to do when the inner drawer guides have fallen off. Here s what i did. Follow us on facebook. Remove the drawer from its slot in the dresser to access the tracks.
This will form the shelf reinforcing. Removed the drawer front to remove the sagging shelf. You may need to take the entire unit a part to slip it over the dowels. Get 4 pieces of 6mm mdf board or 3mm masonite would work cut to the inner dimensions of the drawer.
When the inner drawer guide is loose the drawer won t guide in straight and sit flush. The real issue then becomes the installation. Find the paint and products we use here. One part stays on the bottom of the drawer and the other part is attached inside the dresser guiding in the drawer.
Take the broken piece back to ikea they will give you a new one. My son s bottom dresser drawer broke and i thought it would be the perfect opportunity to show how i fix it with chandlee style and wood glue. The quicker fix is the glue in place method as described above. Drawer guides are a two part mechanism.