Floor Tiles Made Of Pennies

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.

Floor tiles made of pennies.

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. After gluing each cent in. At first glance this copper floor looks like beautiful antique tile. They were popular during the 1920s and have since made a comeback in some retro bathroom designs.

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. An incredible feat given that most people don t have the patience to sort through their change jar let alone thousands of pennies. Lay the penny flooring step 1. Paint the floor with a primer color.

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. The end result is a floor that truly shines like well a new penny. But upon closer inspection it s actually made of 13 000 lincoln faced coins. The trick is not to use too much glue.