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This is a 28 inch full-extension side-mount ball bearing drawer slide from Fulterer's FR 5001 ECD SMT series, rated 100 lb per pair, with an integrated damper that settles the drawer shut silently. The bright zinc finish blends with light-toned cabinet interiors and provides reliable corrosion resistance for years of indoor service.
At 28 inches, this slide is sized for deeper cabinet runs: tall base cabinet drawers, pantry pull-outs, and utility cabinetry where a shorter slide would leave the drawer box cramped or the rear contents out of reach. Full extension carries the entire drawer past the cabinet face, which matters most when the drawer is deep and the contents at the back are regularly accessed. The soft-close damper earns its place in any setting where repeated drawer slamming is a problem — kitchens with kids, shared offices, and production shops where drawers cycle hundreds of times a day all benefit from controlled closing.
Zinc is the workhorse finish for side-mount ball bearing slides. On a 28 inch slide installed in a painted or light-wood cabinet, the bright zinc members blend with the surrounding material rather than drawing attention. It is a functional indoor finish — not a decorative one — and it is not a substitute for stainless steel in wet or high-humidity environments. For cabinet shops and contractors finishing frameless or face-frame casework with white, grey, or natural interiors, the zinc finish makes the hardware a background detail rather than a visual element.
Cabinet shops building deeper base runs in kitchens, mudrooms, and laundry rooms will find the 28 inch length fills the gap between standard 24 inch cabinet slides and full pantry-depth hardware. Designers specifying soft-close across an entire kitchen can use this slide on deeper drawer banks without switching brands or series. Contractors replacing worn slides in existing casework appreciate that the non-handed design and standard 1/2 inch side clearance per side match the most common installation format — one drawer box width, one clearance spec, no handed-pair sorting. The 100 lb per pair rating comfortably covers pots-and-pans drawers and loaded utility pulls.
It is a true damped soft-close. The integrated damper slows the drawer through the last portion of travel to a controlled, silent close — it is not an undamped spring that pulls the drawer shut.
No. 28 inches is the closed length of the slide. Because this is a full-extension slide, the drawer member travels approximately the full slide length, bringing the entire drawer out to the cabinet face — but slide length and drawer travel are two separate specs.
This slide requires 1/2 inch of clearance on each side between the drawer box and the cabinet interior. Build the drawer box 1 inch narrower than the cabinet opening to leave the correct clearance for each slide.
Yes, but face-frame cabinets require rear support for the slide's back end. Use the appropriate rear mounting brackets for this series — sold separately — to support the slide where the face frame sets the panel back from the front.
No. This slide is non-handed — both slides in the pair are identical. Order the quantity that matches your drawer count without worrying about handedness.
A 28 inch soft-close slide in zinc covers the full range of deeper residential and light commercial drawers — the length reaches the back of a deep base cabinet, the damper handles the slam, and the zinc finish stays out of the way visually. Order a pair per drawer and move on.
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