Good Bye Penny

[spaminator]

Has anyone seen those floors make with pennies....I love them...

cool floors.

 

[Sal]

cool floors.

Aren't they? I would love to have one, and apparently they aren't that hard to do... I'm just not motivated enough... so I will just admire from afar.

 

[Spade]

Boy, they must have had a lot of pennies to begin with in order sort through them all and just use the American pennies (which are worth less than real money!)

 

[Sal]

Yes they are small too, and they are all shiny...maybe you could clean them...hmmm...more work...

hm, maybe they aren't all shiny.

Here’s what you do to install a coin floor:​

• You need to make sure your floor is clean. Use a wax remover if applying over linoleum, which can be done.
• If you want shiny pennies, you can soak them in vinegar. Make sure the coins have the patina you want even if it means going to the bank and getting rolls and rolls of pennies to search for clean coins.
• If you want a design, lay it out first on the floor so you know how it will fit together.
• Glue the coins directly to the floor, preferably in the same direction and pay attention to heads or tails (if it matters to you). Weldbond, a tile or glass glue, was used for many of the penny floors, but some used Elmer’s Glue, which seems a little on the flimsy side, and Gorilla Glue.
• You now have two options:
  • You can apply thinset (a chocolate brown was used on the pennies) OR
  • You can apply a thick coat of a high gloss polyurethane
• For the final top coat, apply another coat of polyurethane and/or an epoxy sealer (pictured below) to seal and make cleaning the floor easier.