Plastic grocery bags as drawer liners: hack or just lazy? (I'm team lazy but they work)

I lined my kitchen junk drawer with those bags 6 months ago and it's still clean no water damage, but my friend says real liners grip better and won't slide around so which side actually wins out long term?

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grant.nina28d ago

Does the sliding actually matter if the drawer stays shut and clean, though?

jamie_smith13d ago

Has it always been that way, or did the sliding just get worse over time? I had a similar situation in my old kitchen - the drawer closed fine and looked good, but you could feel it catch a little every time you opened it. I figured it was fine, then about a year later the whole front started tilting down by a quarter inch. Had to replace the whole slide mechanism, which was a bigger job than if I'd just tightened things up when I first noticed the problem. So if it's already a bit rough, I'd check it before it turns into a real headache.

faithwalker28d ago

Gotta disagree with you a little here @grant.nina. Even if the drawer looks fine from the outside, bad sliding means you're probably fighting it every time you open it, which wears down the whole thing faster. A clean shut doesn't tell you if the tracks are getting bent or the rollers are grinding away on the inside. Smoother sliding also keeps the front from slowly sagging over time, which ruins that clean look eventually. It's like a car running rough but starting every time - still gonna cost you more in the long run.