After repair work, sometimes there is a need to drill a hole in the tile. In order not to call the wizard, you can do it yourself. Knowledge of the nuances of working with the material and the right choice of the tool will help avoid cracks and chips.
Features of working with a cafe
The main difficulty when drilling tiles is associated with its texture. The material density is due to its complex composition. The tile can be cutting with difficulty, but with careless work it is easy to crack.
- The drill to work with the cafeter must be acute and stronger material textures. Tree or metal drills are unsuitable.
- On a drill or screwdriver to choose the speed of rotation from 200 to 900 rpm . With certain skills, you can increase to 1000 rpm.
- Drilling of the hole in the material should be occurring not by pressing the tool, but at the expense of low revolutions. Sensity and use of effort will lead to the appearance of cracks and chipping of the upper layer.
- The drill with respect to the surface of the tile should be located at right angles throughout the entire drilling time. Reducing or increasing the angle of inclination of the instrument makes it difficult to work, provokes surface damage. Incorrect Tilt Tool At the beginning of work provokes sliding over the surface.
- Drilling holes on an unidentified product is best produced on the floor using a piece of blackboard or chipboard.
Important: If when working the tile and the drill are heated, cooled by ordinary water. From high temperatures the surface cracks.
Tool for drilling
Depending on the diameter of the hole that must be drilled, the tool is chosen.
The main condition is the use of tools on small revolutions . Little holes are easy to drill a hand drill, larger - screwdriver. An electric drill or a drilling perforator is used with caution by selecting low revs, and turning off the shock mode.
Important: When working with a tile, you cannot use the reverse mode.
To prevent the failure of the drill in the wall in the drilling and random chip of the tile, a plastic limiter is applied. It is installed at the very base of a drill or a screwdriver. It serves simultaneously focusing and the retainer of the direct angle when drilling.
Important: To set the labels for the holes, use the level, and select the desired diameter with a thin plate-imaging (conductor).
For drilling a tile, drills with diamond spraying, winners or special . For holes for the socket use circular professional drills. If you need to make a deepening in the wall under the tile, then the perforator with a brown of solid alloys is used.
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Practical tips for home drilling
Before proceeding with work, you need to outline the future hole. Crawling, Identify whether there is voids at the site of drilling. Hollow space will require a very neat tool: the slightest pressure will lead to a crack . Closer 2 cm from the edge of the tile is better not to plan drilling.
Important: If the hole must be done in the seam, it should be positioned in the center.
Avoid sliding drill helps a piece of patch or painting tape.
On the floor of the plasticine, the roller is satisfied, and the middle fill with water. When working with a circular drill, the tile is very heated.
To avoid excess costs, it is better to stock up a special drill for a tile - the tip of the drill of a triangular shape, which in itself prevents chips and cracks. If required further drill concrete, then the drill changes.
Excess dust from the tile during drilling is removed by a vacuum cleaner.
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