Make Penny Covered Floor

In this video tutorial we cover all the information needed to produce a glossy hard wearing resin coated penny floor using the glasscast 3 epoxy resin.

Make penny covered floor.

A penny floor with an epoxy coating makes a great choice for in front of a shower or a tub because it takes a lot of repeated abuse before it will show any wear or damage. After that dried she sealed the floor with a layer of epoxy. At the news of kat von d s penny floor this. Although it seemed like a small space and not too big of a project by the time we started laying about 2 78 worth of pennies per square foot the space started to feel much bigger.

A dehumidifier helps remove the moisture from the air to make the epoxy dry and cure more quickly. Www diypennyfloor co uk for my guide on how to install your very own penny floor. Also where the wood floor goes into another room has anyone found a good way of transitioning from the penny covered floor to a different height flooring. Imagine your guests stepping in through your front door only to behold the awesome penny floor that you ve created under their feet.

In 2015 kelly graham owner of etsy shop camias jewelry designs one upped the concept of penny tile. You can also buy self sticking fiberglass or mesh that comes in 6 by 6 inch or 12 by 12 inch sheets to set the pennies first before adhering the entire sheet to the floor. Entryway penny floor ideas. You can figure out how many square feet you need to.

View in gallery when you re designing your own penny floor start from a corner to make sure everything lines up in the end. A floor covered in pennies how it s done and what it takes. When thinking about what to lay in the kitchen we came up with a. Jackie on january 5 2014 at 10 11 am.

Her attention to detail paid off. Measure the floor space. She alternated between placing pennies heads or tails side up and made sure they were all facing the same direction. To tile a floor with copper pennies expect to spend between 2 50 and 3 per square foot depending on how you lay your tile.

We ve used other sub floor applications in the past but certainly never used pennies so i d like to insure that the effort. I decided to do my kitchen because the floor is only 38 square feet. The tutorial includes information on preparing the floor bonding and grouting the pennies and then pouring the resin to produce a top quality floor to be proud of. This amazing project was completed back in 2015 and now 5 years later the penny floor is still intact and looking as beautiful as ever.

She decorated her floor using 7 500 real pennies. 7 steps to a diy penny floor step 1.