Bits for drilling tile

[ive]

Hi all.

need to drill some holes it tile for the mother-in-law.

looking for some bits made in US or Europe.

thank you.

 

[MoonRise]

Tile?

Different material 'tile' can call for different bit types.

Also depends on hole size, and quantity, and 'quality' of cut. And also whether the hole is round or not.

Tools can vary from a diamond tipped hole saw, to a carbide grit jig saw blade, to a carbide grit hack saw blade, to a diamond grit 'burr' in a rotary tool (RotoZip, kind of a bigger Dremel with a bigger more powerful motor and a bigger shank diameter on the bits) to a diamond tipped cut off wheel in an angle grinder, to a diamond tipped coring bit in a wet drill tile hole tool, to a whatever.

 

[MoonRise]

Material type of the tile matters.

Glass tile?
Ceramic tile?
Porcelain tile?
Marble tile?
Slate tile?
Granite tile?
Terracotta tile?
Other natural stone tile?

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Etc. You get the idea.

 

[ive]

Thank you. Marble tile

 

[Half-fast eddie]

Any carbide bit will work well on marble. Or a cheap diamond bit from harbor freight.

 

[fasteddie]

Milwaukee has some nice bits for stone, very sharp. Don't use a hammer drill, just rotary slow and steady. Marble cuts like butter.

 

[36truck]

What would use to seal 2 holes drilled into a shower wall with ceramic tile?

 

[The Cobbler]

Thank you. Marble tile

carbide bit should work fine

What would use to seal 2 holes drilled into a shower wall with ceramic tile?

wall grout

 

[ive]

Thank you all. Much appreciated

 

[Indexmill]

Drill with carbide or cheap diamond and seal with RTV.

 

[garfieldzzz]

Bosch or Milwaukee multiconstruction bits with sharp carbide edge or diamond hollow core for an angle grinder.
make sure u stay within the specs of the bit

 

[seber]

What would use to seal 2 holes drilled into a shower wall with ceramic tile?

Find a close matching tile and replace. Anything else will bug you forever.

 

[MoonRise]

Thank you. Marble tile

Tile material : marble Check.

Hole size?

Quantity of holes needed?

Round holes or not-round holes?

Quality of hole? (perfectly shaped is needed and it will be seen, or jagged is ok and it will be hidden, that sort of "quality")

 

[engineer2]

Glass drill bits would work very well.