Asked on May 24, 2015
Help! I have a beautiful old Welsh dresser, drawers are stuck shut!!
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I have a great Welsh dresser, huge, old, oak.The drawers are stuck shut from years of standing in a drafty farmhouse. I am going to sell it, but will have to get the drawers open!
The drawer sides are thick....any ideas??
The drawer sides are thick....any ideas??
9 answers
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Bring it inside & let it dry out some is the first trick Beeswax on the slides when you do get it
SLS Construction & Building Solutions LLC
on May 24, 2015
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Hello SLS Construction..Thanks for the reply..it has now been in my warm house for 18 months..still stuck..I have tried bumping and wiggling drawers from underneath..no luck....any other ideas..short of an ax??
Wendy Tellson Armistead
on May 24, 2015
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Set it down on it's back and try pushing firmly against the back of the drawers (with a few good hits thrown in might help - assuming there is no bottom panel) Once you get one you should be able to get the others - you may need to run a putty knife around the drawers first (see next step) Ok you have a bottom - 2 putty knives & maybe even a thin pry bar - carefully work all the way around the drawers seeing if you can get some wiggle room - once you have enough for the pry bar and putty knife use the pry bar as a backstop against the wood & start prying away
SLS Construction & Building Solutions LLC
on May 25, 2015
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try oil, WD40 or just a pine oil, linseed oil....
Ruth Hise-Thornhill
on May 25, 2015
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take a butter knife and gently wiggle on side or top.try to move drawer ea time and pull on knobs ea time
Rachel
on May 25, 2015
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The drawers must have some sort of pulls to open them..if just wooden knobs, cut them off, push screw through towards inside, then stick a bit larger round but long screw driver in knob hole, this will give you the pull power you need to pull open.
153091
on May 25, 2015
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THANK YOU ALL for the great tips..I will try them tomorrow....never would have thought of some of them!!!!
Wendy Tellson Armistead
on May 25, 2015
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Once you get it open turn the drawers upside down and rub a bar of soap along the edges where they roll along the inside of the drawers. It will keep them from sticking.
May Spearman
on Jun 11, 2015
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Thank you all, and May mos, recently for your good advice..it all helped and problem solved! Wendy
Wendy Tellson Armistead
on Jun 11, 2015
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