Floor Tiles Made Of Pennies

After gluing each cent in.

Floor tiles made of pennies.

The trick is not to use too much glue. At first glance this copper floor looks like beautiful antique tile. We had only made 29 tiles and had about 38 square feet so after laying and gluing all the tiles down we started using elmer s glue and placed each penny on the floor. Lay the penny flooring step 1.

An incredible feat given that most people don t have the patience to sort through their change jar let alone thousands of pennies. Using both old and new pennies and if you look closely just a few dimes to complement the copper graham arranged each coin to create her own variegated mosaic floor. Elmer s claims to dry clear but it is a bit cloudy still once it dries and you can see everything once the epoxy is laid. They were popular during the 1920s and have since made a comeback in some retro bathroom designs.

Perfect for the bathroom floor home entryway or even a stand alone tile carpet copper pennies can be implemented into multiple patterns and layouts from mosaic pieces to geometric figures and are sure to catch the eye of every guest who crosses your threshold. Paint the floor with a primer color. But upon closer inspection it s actually made of 13 000 lincoln faced coins. The color you choose will appear through the spaces between the pennies even when they butt against each other so choose a neutral color tan beige or gray for best results.