Designing Kitchens and Bathrooms - Drilling porcelain

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kcharney
09-26-04, 07:10 AM
Any advise for drilling holes into a porcelain countertop for a new faucet????


Snoonyb
09-26-04, 07:49 AM
This may be of assistance.
Since porcelain is pretty close to glass in hardness and finish and depending on the size of the hole and the depth, you will need a drill bit constructed of at least tungsten carbide, perhaps diamond.

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