Drilling Through Ceramic Sink

A regular drill bit will dull quickly and a hammer drill bit shatters the porcelain instead of drilling through it.

Drilling through ceramic sink.

Hold the drill so that the bit is as nearly vertical as possible while it is turning. His sink is porcelain with cast iron underneath. Of stevens point wi emailed a helpful answer to mark s question. Start with a inch drill bit to make a pilot hole in the base metal.

But using the right equipment and technique you can customize a porcelain ceramic sink with the hole you want. However there is a way to successfully drill through a porcelain sink using a. Three drill attachments help you drill through an enamel sink. Sinks made of composite materials like ceramic and porcelain are so strong and durable they require special diamond tipped drill bits to cut through them.

The process of drilling through a thick ceramic porcelain sink is slow. Step 3 drill your hole. The process of drilling through a thick ceramic porcelain sink is slow. You can drill a clean hole through s ceramic porcelain sink without causing damage.

Then it will stop making a hole when it comes to the iron. A carbide porcelain cutter a spring loaded diamond. In a reader s comment mark asked about drilling a 1 2 hole in his kitchen sink for a water dispenser. The first bit will drill through the porcelain only.

Begin drilling slowly with the point of your porcelain bit on the dot you marked on the masking tape.