How to drill a mirror at home?

Very often situations arise when at home it is necessary to drill a hole in the mirror in order to fix it on the wall or for some other purpose. The mirror is a very fragile object, therefore, the drilling procedure must be carried out very carefully, without rushing, otherwise it could damage the object. The mirror is a glass that is coated on one side with a special composition. Therefore, exactly the same methods are used for drilling holes as when working with glass at home. In our article, we will consider how and how to drill a mirror at home.

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General rules

Any man who has repeatedly performed household repairs can handle the procedure of drilling a mirror at home. But not always such a difficult task can be solved in a qualitative way, since there is always a high probability that during operation the material may crack or even crack. Therefore, to prevent such a problem, you can use the services of a qualified professional or take a fragile product to a glass repair workshop. You can also watch a video on this topic and pre-drill holes in pieces of glass.

Consider the principle of working with a fragile item:

• In order to start drilling a hole on a mirror product, you need to find a perfectly flat surface and lay the workpiece on it.

Important! A fragile element of the interior should fit snugly to the surface and it should stagger.

• After this, degrease the surface. For this purpose, use a solution of acetone or alcohol.
• How to drill a mirror at home? The drill must be set to very low revolutions, otherwise it can damage a fragile product.

Important! You should never rush, you need to work with maximum accuracy and do not press on the drill.

• Drilling holes do not need to be carried out to the end. Drill to about half the width of the fragile product, then turn the mirror over and continue the drilling process already from the back of the item.

Important! This option helps to avoid chips on the outside of the product. This is very important, especially if mirror drilling is carried out at home.

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Using a special drill

For self-drilling holes in the mirror, special tubular drills with diamond spraying are used:

• In order to drill a mirror at home using a special gimlet, you need to use a drill that has a speed control. If such a drill is missing, then you can use a screwdriver.
• The marking on a fragile product is not carried out in the usual way, in which a cross is placed at the center point of the hole, but a square is drawn that describes the diameter of the hole.

Important! If for the first time you had to face the need to drill a mirror, then a situation may arise in which the perk makes sliding movements on the surface of a fragile object.To avoid this problem, you can use a small plastic or piece of wood in which a small recess is drilled beforehand with exactly the same drill. Such a workpiece is mounted with tape on glass to hold the drill during operation.

• When drilling, it is necessary to periodically stop the process so that the perk and glass do not overheat. When the drilling process stops, the mirror and drill must be cooled with cool water.

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Grandfather's way

This method began to be used for a very long time, at a time when there were no drills yet, but mirrors and glass surfaces were already widely used in everyday life. For this method, it is necessary to prepare the following items in advance:

• Any metal that is fusible is perfect for lead or tin.
• A small amount of sand. It should be small and free from impurities such as shells and stones.
• For heating, you can use a gas stove or burner.
• Alcohol.
• It is necessary to prepare a container in which the metal will melt. For such a procedure, as a rule, a mug is used, which after this process will not be a pity to throw it away.

How to drill a mirror at home:

1. On a pre-degreased surface of the mirror sand is poured with a small slide, which should be slightly moist.
2. Using a sharp object, we make a small funnel of appropriate size in the sand.
3. After this, it is required to melt the metal prepared for this purpose, which is poured into the obtained funnel.
4. Then we wait for a while until the lead or tin cools.
5. Then we remove the sand and remove the frozen metal.

As a result of this procedure, a perfectly even hole appears on the surface of the mirror, moreover, without splits and ospreys.

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We use a glass cutter

To drill a mirror in this way, you will have to damage the glass cutter, since we need to use a diamond roller.

In order to make a hole in the mirror, it is necessary to perform the following actions:

• We pull the diamond roller out of the glass cutter.
• After that, we prepare the rod from metal and cut a slot in it.
• We fix the roller on the prepared rod, using a rivet.

Important! When fastening, it is necessary to use a rigid fixation so that there are no twists.

• We fix the drill prepared by our own hands on a drill and use it to drill holes on the surface of the mirror.

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Drill hole

If there is no possibility of acquiring a special driller with a diamond coating, or a drill that was purchased at a supermarket, it turned out to be of poor quality without spraying, then in this situation, you can use a conventional perk to drill a mirror surface, which is used to drill metal.

How to make a hole in the mirror at home:

• A fragile item is laid on a flat surface, and then degreased.
• On the upper side of plasticine, we make a kind of bath and pour liquid into it.

Important! For this purpose, you can use ordinary water, but turpentine is best suited.

• We set the drill at low speeds and, without making any effort, we begin to drill slowly.

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Pen drills

In feather gimlets, a feather is used, which consists of a metal alloy and has high hardness. Such perks are inexpensive and have a diameter of 5 to 10 mm.

Important! The use of feather elements is designed for drilling from 6 to 10 holes, with a mirror thickness of about 4 mm. Particularly high quality can last a little longer.

Consider how you can drill holes with a feather drill bit:

• The mirror that needs to be drilled is laid out on a solid, perfectly flat surface. For this purpose, you can apply thick plywood, particleboard, hard plastic and much more.
• Using a felt-tip pen, we mark the center point of the future hole.
• How to drill a mirror at home? For this purpose it is necessary to use a screwdriver, turn on the tool and set the perk to the center point of the hole.

Important! If the drill is of good quality, then it will not slip from the set drilling point. In the case of running perks on a mirror surface, it is necessary to glue a small piece of electrical tape on the glass, which will help to avoid displacement of the tip of the perk.

• Using a spray gun, we supply fluid to the drilling area so that the glass does not overheat.
• Gradually, we increase the speed to medium.
• The perk must be raised regularly so that water enters the drilling zone.
• We perform the drilling procedure until the tip of the perk appears on the back of the mirror surface.
• After that, we turn the mirror over and, using exactly the same technique, drill it from the opposite side.
• The drill must go right through to get the hole you want.

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Core (tubular) drills

Also, for drilling, you can use castellated or they are also called tubular drills. They make such tools in China. The edges of the crown are coated with diamond spraying, which can cut through the glass.

Important! Such drills are a snap of semi-professional and amateur tools. The cost of such crowned drills is characterized by a relatively low price.

It is very difficult to hold a drill with a core drill at the center point of the hole. When working, the perk runs on a mirror surface from one side to the other. In this case, the use of the template may help.

How to make a hole in the mirror at home using a core drill:

• In a piece of plywood or in a flat plastic, we drill a hole that has exactly the same diameter as the hole in the mirror.
• We fix the template on the glass with tape, or you can hold it firmly with your hand.
• After that, we begin the drilling process.

Important! It is imperative that water be supplied for cooling. You should also regularly raise the perk to get water into the drilling point.

• When the mirror has already been drilled to half the thickness, it must be turned over and drilled in the same way from the back side, while aligning the axis of the holes.

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In this article, we have detailed all possible options for drilling mirrors and glasses. Having no experience in carrying out such work, be sure to pre-train on unnecessary material to understand whether you can really do everything neatly and clearly.