Drilling Through Hard Floor Tiles

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Drilling through hard floor tiles.

In this video i d like to show you how to drill easy in ceramic tiles using proper tile drill bit. Carbide tipped drill bits cut through ceramic tiles. Another major factor these days with very hard vitrified porcelain tiles becoming more and more popular is to select a drill bit that will actually drill through the tile successfully. Porcelain tile looks a lot like regular ceramic tile but it s much harder.

As mentioned earlier drilling through tile requires a specialist drill bit regular or even masonry bits simply won t do the job as they re not strong enough to penetrate tiles hard surfaces. The same goes for drilling into stone tiles. Standard drill bits don t work on tile but not to worry. Instead you should opt for either carbide tipped or diamond tipped drill bits.

It is ideal for porcelain and stone. Often there is a problem with drilling. In this video i show how i drilled through some porcelain tile. Regardless of the material you re trying to bore through never use an old and worn out drill bit for tile.

Its all about patience. The point is that diamond tile drill bits ideally pass through even stone tiles. I used high speed steel drill bit for piloting through the tile glaze and then used the masonry bit to drive through right at the end. Make sure you have the right drill bit.

You have to lubricate the drill bit consistently and i did that by myself with a recycled dish washing liquid bottle 500ml with a hole in the bottle cap. How do i drill into tiles without breaking them. This is a question that i ve featured before on a previous video. Measure 7 times and drill once.

The drills slide along the tile surface. However when you drill in a really tough tiles i reco. We covered drilling and fixing screws into. And yes you can use these drills in the future.

Have the right bit for ceramic tile. Now that you know what you re up against let s look at the tools you ll need for drilling through tiles. The aim of this blog is to give a little bit of an insight into how to drill porcelain and other types of tiles successfully and accurately drilling a neat. Ceramic tile is both hard and brittle making it easy to damage both tile and drill bit.

Porcelain requires a diamond tipped bit.