RubberDot
The Journal
How to Choose the Right Rubber Feet for Furniture
Rubber feet look simple, but the wrong size, height, or attachment leaves furniture wobbling, sliding, or marking the floor. A practical guide to picking feet by load, diameter, hardness, and how they fix on.
Understanding Durometer: What Shore Hardness Really Means
Durometer is the number that tells you how soft or hard a rubber is. Learn what Shore A and Shore D measure, how the scales overlap, and how to pick a hardness for feet, bumpers, seals, and wheels.
Adhesive vs Screw-In Bumpers: Which Should You Use?
Stick-on bumpers are quick and clean; screw-in and push-in bumpers are permanent and strong. Learn where each wins, why adhesive bumpers fall off, and how to pick the right fixing for the load.
How to Stop Furniture From Sliding on Hard Floors
Sofas that creep, chairs that skate, and rugs that wander all come down to friction. Learn why furniture slides on hard floors and the practical fixes — grippier feet, non-slip pads, and better weight distribution.
Protecting Floors From Scratches, Dents, and Marks
Furniture damages floors in three ways — scratching, denting, and marking. Learn how the right feet and pads prevent each one, why point-load pressure matters, and how to protect hardwood, laminate, vinyl, and tile.
Cabinet Door Bumpers: A Simple Guide to a Quieter Kitchen
Those tiny clear dots inside cabinet doors do more than silence a slam. Learn what door bumpers do, where to place them, which shape to choose, and how to fit them so they actually stay put.
Silicone vs Rubber vs Felt: Choosing the Right Pad Material
Silicone, rubber, and felt each solve a different furniture problem — grip, all-round protection, or easy gliding. A clear comparison of how they behave, where each belongs, and how to avoid the common mismatch.
How to Read a Durometer Number and Pick a Hardness for the Job
A Shore A or Shore D number only helps if you can translate it into a decision. A practical, worked-example walkthrough of reading a durometer spec and choosing the right hardness for grip, load, sealing, or damping.
Sizing a Furniture Foot From the Load It Actually Carries
Skip the guesswork. A step-by-step, numbers-first method for sizing a rubber foot from an item's real weight, worked through a bookshelf and a piano to show where standard round pads stop being the answer.
Why Adhesive Pads Fall Off (And How Surface Prep Actually Fixes It)
Most "weak" adhesive bumpers aren't weak at all — the surface beat them before they had a chance. A numbers-first look at surface energy, prep, and temperature, with a calculator-verified before-and-after.
Grip-Dot Spacing for a Rug, Runner, or Serving Tray
How many self-adhesive grip dots does a rug backing or a tray actually need, and how tight should the grid be? Two worked layouts, computed with the real spacing tool, show what tighter spacing buys you.
Choosing a Bumper for Hard Floors vs Carpet (And Protecting Both)
The same cabinet needs a different foot on tile than on vinyl, and a different approach again on carpet. A worked pressure comparison across three floor types, plus what changes when there's pile involved.