How to Correctly Drill Ceramic Tile

Repairs are often necessary to make a hole in ceramic tile. This situation occurs if you need to adjust the kitchen cabinet mounted or add to the bathroom towel rail. The difficulty lies in the fact that the fragile tiles may crack when drilling and replace a spoiled tile - it is very troublesome. How correctly drill ceramic tile?

You will need

Masking tape (duct tape or adhesive film), electrical drill bit, drill for tile, drill with carbide tip, paper, vacuum cleaner. BTW, you can select the drill tools (e.g. electrical drill bit, hand twist drill) at Banggood with high quality and reasonable prices.

In order to properly and carefully make a hole in ceramic tile, you will need masking tape (suitable piece of tape or adhesive film), electric drill, drill for tile, drill with carbide tip, a sheet of paper, vacuum cleaner. Stick to the place where the future should be located hole, square piece of masking tape. In its absence is quite suitable adhesive tape, adhesive tape, adhesive tape, or colored paper. Put in the right place on the stuck piece of masking tape mark. Use a felt-tip pen for marking. The label will mean drilling site, it must be clearly visible.

Prepare an electric drill. It should be adjustable speed. Insert drill special drill bit, used for drilling tiles and glass. This drill has a spear-shaped tip made of tungsten carbide. Disconnect an electric shock mode. Attach the drill tip to the mark and start drilling at a very low speed made you. It is important that the number of revolutions of the drill was initially low, from this depends on the integrity of the tile. It will serve you in good stead a piece of masking tape stuck - it will not slide drill with drilling point. As you go through the drill ceramic drill increase the number of revolutions.

Thus, the tile is drilled. Now you can replace the drill bit to the one suitable for your wall. Typically, the drill is used with a carbide-tipped, designed for drilling stone and concrete. If the tiles are located under the tree, select the appropriate electric drill bit.