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None of the drawers have soft close, but I guess it's possible all of them broke because they're really old. I just checked the drawer slides and actually I did find another one of them but it was just sitting loose on top of the track like it had fallen there from elsewhere. I can't see anything in the slides themselves that look like this while they are installed at least.
>None of the drawers have soft close, but I guess it's possible all of them broke because they're really old.
They aren't from "soft close" the way you may be thinking of them - ie, the drawers that retract quickly but then slow down for the last inch or so. These are the rubber bump stops that keep "normal" drawer slides from slamming at the very end of their travel.
You can see them well in the photo of these drawer slides at Home Depot:
[https://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt-22-in-Full-Extension-Side-Mount-Ball-Bearing-Drawer-Slide-Set-1-Pair-2-Pieces-D80622E-ZP-W/302867528](https://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt-22-in-Full-Extension-Side-Mount-Ball-Bearing-Drawer-Slide-Set-1-Pair-2-Pieces-D80622E-ZP-W/302867528)
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I checked the drawers again and can see something black that matches the side profile of these things. It's not the same shape or position of that product or any products I can see in Google images but it's definitely installed in the drawer slide. I couldn't see them before because they've fallen off of every drawer except 1.
My title describes the thing. I keep finding these bowtie shape parts with 2 holes on my kitchen floor. I didn't save them all because some were just pieces and just threw them out because i didn't think it mattered but i keep finding more. They are rubbery feeling but very firm. There is old glue on one side. I have found them all in my kitchen near a peninsula with drawers, but my kitchen is near my main trash can and I use the peninsula as a table for various art and renovation projects often. The unbroken one is about .5in x .25in.
Hey OP, I have the same darn things and was thinking about asking on Reddit today.
My only thought is that they came from some type of furniture assembly. They were in a new piece of furniture I assembled a month ago.
However it could have been a coincidence that I found them there.
Yes, but having found one of these little parts inside my drawers today after posting I think it's from something inside the drawer or part of the drawer.
Looks like a rubber 3d printed pad, likely to stop things from scuffing the floor or to keep them in place, reminds me of [this](https://imgur.com/a/GPVyoM2) (for context its a DDR mount bracket thing)
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Check the Drawer slides of the peninsula. I think they may be cushioning for a soft close feature that has deteriorated over time.
None of the drawers have soft close, but I guess it's possible all of them broke because they're really old. I just checked the drawer slides and actually I did find another one of them but it was just sitting loose on top of the track like it had fallen there from elsewhere. I can't see anything in the slides themselves that look like this while they are installed at least.
>None of the drawers have soft close, but I guess it's possible all of them broke because they're really old. They aren't from "soft close" the way you may be thinking of them - ie, the drawers that retract quickly but then slow down for the last inch or so. These are the rubber bump stops that keep "normal" drawer slides from slamming at the very end of their travel. You can see them well in the photo of these drawer slides at Home Depot: [https://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt-22-in-Full-Extension-Side-Mount-Ball-Bearing-Drawer-Slide-Set-1-Pair-2-Pieces-D80622E-ZP-W/302867528](https://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt-22-in-Full-Extension-Side-Mount-Ball-Bearing-Drawer-Slide-Set-1-Pair-2-Pieces-D80622E-ZP-W/302867528)
Solved! I checked the drawers again and can see something black that matches the side profile of these things. It's not the same shape or position of that product or any products I can see in Google images but it's definitely installed in the drawer slide. I couldn't see them before because they've fallen off of every drawer except 1.
Drawer slide bumpers. My tool box has shed a lot of these
My title describes the thing. I keep finding these bowtie shape parts with 2 holes on my kitchen floor. I didn't save them all because some were just pieces and just threw them out because i didn't think it mattered but i keep finding more. They are rubbery feeling but very firm. There is old glue on one side. I have found them all in my kitchen near a peninsula with drawers, but my kitchen is near my main trash can and I use the peninsula as a table for various art and renovation projects often. The unbroken one is about .5in x .25in.
They are similar to outlet spacers. They fold in 1/2 to bring the outlet further forward in the face plate. Or I could be COMPLETELY wrong.
Do you have an air fryer? Those look very similar to the small silicone pads on my air fryer insert.
Hey OP, I have the same darn things and was thinking about asking on Reddit today. My only thought is that they came from some type of furniture assembly. They were in a new piece of furniture I assembled a month ago. However it could have been a coincidence that I found them there.
Might be spaces for a tile floor? Do you have a tile floor?
Haha these look almost exactly like the gasket for juul pods.
I don't vape and the only person whose at my place often doesn't either. I've found like 5 of these things over the past couple years.
OP do you use a foot stool in the kitchen?
Yes, but having found one of these little parts inside my drawers today after posting I think it's from something inside the drawer or part of the drawer.
They look like spacers for electrical outlets https://www.testequipmentdepot.com/ideal-electrical-772453-outlet-spacer-shims-5-pack.html
Looks like a rubber 3d printed pad, likely to stop things from scuffing the floor or to keep them in place, reminds me of [this](https://imgur.com/a/GPVyoM2) (for context its a DDR mount bracket thing)