Tool Box Drawer Liner

Fawteen

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Downeast Maine
I have tried several different products to line the drawer in my tool box.

None of them have been worth the power it would take to blow them to...well...you know. They all wind up bunched up in the back of the drawer.

What I'm looking for is something stiff enough to stay in place, and still soft enough to cushion the tools and keep them from rattling around. Some nice ribbed rubber matting seems like a good idea, say about 1/8" thick.

Anybody know where I can find such a thing, or have better ideas/experience?
 
A piece of thin carpeting such as indoor-outdoor or flat kitchen works great. I have used it, and have seen a lot of other people use it too. May not be that quiet in a portable box, but works great in a stationary box.
 
I've always used a thin piece of conveyor belting or something of that nature in my boxes. Your right about the regular stuff they sell in the stores, it always winds up torn, bunched up, etc, but the belting stays right where you put it. I get my stuff from a place called Catawaba Rubber, but any supplier of rubber/belting supplies, etc should be able to get it for you.
 
Closing your drawers easy and not slamming them goes a long way towards keeping the liners from bunching up in the back.
 
You can get the ribbed rubber matting at a store that sells floor covering. Comes in rolls they cut off whatever length you need Probably Lowes or HD too.
 
Harbor Freight has some nonslip that I have used and it stays in place. It is the solid mat not the webbed stuff. It is HF #65565 and comes in a roll that measures 18" x 72".

I have also used It in the kitchen drawers.
 
I got some indoor/outdoor hall runner from Home Depot. It's a gray color and is pretty stiff. Works well in my boxes in my shop and on my truck.
 
You can buy tool drawer liner at Sears. Or you can get the same stuff at the dollar store. Doesn't usually come in black, though.
 
Look in the kitchen/dishwashing section of your local target/shopko/whatever. Along with the drainers and strainers they sell those ribbed mats for putting dishes on. Try one of those. They don't cost much.
 
Years ago I was given a roll of recycled rubber about 1/8 thick.
I was told it was used as padding on the floor of semi trucks when they transported big rolls of paper to the newspaper printers.
Super tough stuff I have been using as toolbox liner for over 20 years and it is still like the day I put it in.
No idea if it is still used or available but hands down the best stuff for the job.
Dave
 
I've used carpet squares. Rubber back, stiff, carpet on top. Doesn't move. Only downside is it is kinda thick.
 
When I was at the vocational school we had about 5 boxes loaded with Crapsman tools. The head of the auto department also had HIS Snap-on box there. I don't know where he got it, but the 5 Crapsman boxes all had some sort of closed-cell foam about 3/16"-1/4" thick, that was cut to the shape of the various ratchets, screwdrivers, pliers, etc. [I think "Super Dave," the shop assistant, did things like that when he wasn't busy on other projects.

What I remember is the foam didn't move--might've had spray trim adhesive on the back side, for all I know--and the tools didn't move, either.
 
Try the cheap foam roll-up yoga mats from wally world. Keep their shape, don"t wad up, and the textured ones keep things from rolling/sliding around. Colored ones make it easier to find  dark tools like black impact sockets and such.
 
The best liner for most hand tools I have found is cheap carpet scraps. I tell the carpet store people I want carpet that will not spring back up after something is parked there. That stuff will outline a wrench and hold it in place very well. If you do not clean your tools then the carpet will get scuzzy quick, mine has been it the drawers for 10 years. (and most of the time they will give you pieces)
 
I got some of that from a Buddy of mine that works in a printing place it works good and it was free made it even better! I wish I had more
 

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