Nickel Finish And Partial Overlay Precision

This Salice Series 200 Rapido hinge brings a self-closing concealed mount to 1/2-inch overlay doors on both face-frame and frameless cabinets, with an expanding dowel that anchors the cup firmly in the door.

Key Features

• Self-close spring pulls the door shut over the last few degrees of travel without a damper.
• 1/2-inch overlay, half crank arm positions the door at a partial overlay — the right geometry for two doors sharing a center partition.
• 110-degree opening angle delivers full everyday access to cabinet contents.
• Expanding dowel mount anchors the cup in the door bore for a mechanically positive hold.
• Nickel finish on steel coordinates with stainless and chrome hardware across the cabinet run.
• Height and side adjustment lets installers bring paired doors to an even reveal after mounting.

Where the Half Crank Geometry Does Its Work

A 1/2-inch overlay hinge is the correct call wherever a door overlaps the cabinet side by roughly half an inch rather than covering it fully. That geometry shows up most often on double-door cabinets where two doors meet on a single center partition — each door takes a half-crank hinge so the arms clear each other inside the box. It also appears on partial-overlay face-frame runs where the design calls for a visible stile between doors. The 35mm cup bores into the back of the door, and the hinge arm connects to a Salice base plate mounted to the cabinet, which is sold separately. Plates are Salice-specific; a plate from another brand will not engage this arm correctly.

Steel Construction and a Finish That Stays Consistent

The hinge body is plated steel. The nickel finish reads as a clean, slightly warm neutral that sits well alongside brushed nickel pulls, chrome drawer slides, and stainless undermount hardware — a practical choice on jobs where multiple hardware categories need to read as a matched set. The expanding dowel at the cup is a construction note worth understanding: rather than relying on cup screws alone, the dowel expands into the bored hole to resist rocking and pull-out, which matters on high-cycle doors and on softer substrates where screw hold can loosen over time.

The Right Buyer for This Hinge

Cabinet shops running partial-overlay face-frame work will reach for this hinge when the job spec calls for nickel hardware throughout. It suits remodelers replacing existing partial-overlay hinges on either face-frame or frameless boxes, and contractors ordering in volume who want a dependable Salice Series 200 self-close at a working price. This is not a soft-close hinge — the spring pulls the door shut but does not cushion the final contact. For a damped, quiet close on the same overlay geometry, the Silentia+ version of this series is the right next step. Door thickness should fall in the standard 16 to 22mm range; doors outside that window need a hinge matched to their thickness.

Common Questions

Partial-Overlay Doors That Close Clean and Stay Consistent

Specify this hinge when the job calls for 1/2-inch overlay doors in nickel, a self-close action that keeps doors shut, and a cup mount engineered to hold its position over the long run.