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Cabinet drawers seem to be made with cheaper and cheaper material. Have you noticed that if you set something moderately heavy in the drawer that the bottom will flex? It's almost like the drawer is ready to pop out of the groove that it sits in. Well, here is a handyman fix for the weak drawer bottom blues.
Builder grade cabinet drawer bottoms are made of a thin plywood or hardwood. It sits in a groove and moves freely in it. Larger cabinet drawers are more suseptible to the bottoms bowing out from the weight and consequently benefit the most from reinforcing it.
You can reinforce the drawer bottom by using a piece of plywood. Cut a 1/4" piece of plywood to fit under the drawer bottom but leave a 1/4" gap around the perimeter of the plywood. You will need to remove the drawer and turn it over. Once you have cut the plywood to fit, use yellow carpenter's glue and glue the plywood to the underside of the drawer, leaving a uniform gap around the perimeter. The gap will allow for seasonal movement yet make the drawer bottom rock solid. Place some weight on the mating pieces until the glue cures, approximately 24 hours.
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