Drilling Through Ceramic Sink

Then it will stop making a hole when it comes to the iron.

Drilling through ceramic sink. His sink is porcelain with cast iron underneath. Of stevens point wi emailed a helpful answer to mark s question. The process of drilling through a thick ceramic porcelain sink is slow. Hold the drill so that the bit is as nearly vertical as possible while it is turning.

Step 3 drill your hole. A regular drill bit will dull quickly and a hammer drill bit shatters the porcelain instead of drilling through it. You can drill a clean hole through s ceramic porcelain sink without causing damage. A carbide porcelain cutter a spring loaded diamond.

Start with a inch drill bit to make a pilot hole in the base metal. However there is a way to successfully drill through a porcelain sink using a. Three drill attachments help you drill through an enamel sink. But using the right equipment and technique you can customize a porcelain ceramic sink with the hole you want.

A step by step guide on how to drill through granite marble porcelain ceramic or terracotta tiles using a diamond ground tip geometry drill bit. In a reader s comment mark asked about drilling a 1 2 hole in his kitchen sink for a water dispenser. 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.

The first bit will drill through the porcelain only.