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This is a 20 inch full-extension side-mount ball bearing drawer slide from Fulterer's FR 5000 series, finished in black and rated 100 lb per pair. It is a standard-motion slide — no self-close, soft-close, or detent — suited to any application where clean travel and a black finish are the priority.
Black melamine interiors, dark painted cabinet boxes, and furniture pieces with exposed hardware all present the same problem: a zinc slide beside the open drawer breaks the visual continuity. The black finish on this slide keeps the hardware low-profile in those contexts. It also pairs naturally with black pulls and knobs in a coordinated hardware specification, which matters when the drawer is partially open or the interior is visible from across the room. Standard-motion slides like this one are also the right pairing for mechanical push-to-open systems, which require a free-sliding drawer member to function correctly.
The slide is formed from cold-rolled steel with a black finish applied over the steel members. Zinc is the segment's standard corrosion-resistant finish; this black version trades the bright zinc appearance for a dark, matte look suited to indoor cabinetry. The slide is for interior, dry environments — not for outdoor, wet, or high-humidity installations where a corrosion-rated finish would be required.
Cabinet shops specifying coordinated black hardware across a kitchen or bath project reach for this slide to keep the interior consistent when drawers are open. Furniture makers working with dark-stained or painted boxes use it to avoid the contrast of a bright zinc finish. Designers specifying handleless fronts with push-to-open retrofits often choose a standard-motion slide precisely because it has no closing mechanism to work against. At the 20 inch length and 100 lb class, it covers the typical kitchen drawer depth in a single SKU that ships as a pair — one for each side of the box.
The FR 5000 series is consistent across finishes — same steel construction, same full-extension three-member design, same 100 lb per-pair rating, and the same 1/2 inch side clearance. The black finish is the distinguishing attribute, not a different product class.
Standard motion means no closing mechanism is built in. The drawer does not self-close, soft-close, or detent in either position — it rolls freely and stays wherever it stops. If you want soft-close on a black slide, look at the FR 5001 ECD soft-close version in black.
Build the drawer box 1 inch narrower than the cabinet opening — that leaves 1/2 inch of clearance for each slide, one per side. This is the same clearance as the standard zinc FR 5000 slides.
Side-mount slides need support at the rear of the cabinet in face-frame construction because the cabinet side is set back from the face frame. Add series-compatible rear mounting brackets — sold separately — to complete the installation.
No. The FR 5000 is non-handed: both slides in the pair are identical, so one SKU covers both sides of the drawer.
When the rest of the hardware is black, the slide beside an open drawer should be too — this 20 inch FR 5000 keeps the interior consistent without giving up the full-extension access and 100 lb capacity the application calls for.
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