How to make a floor out of REAL pennies with a penny floor template. There are a lot of websites out there that go over the various processes for creating a penny tile floor from regular old pennies, however, I have yet to find one that actually provides a penny floor template to use. I’m going to explain MY process in detail, so that you will have something to go by if you decide to take on this project! Materials List. Pennies (obviously)I made a Facebook event and invited my friends to “donate” to my project. I got more than half of what I needed for my penny floor template from doing this. The rest I got in quantities of $1.

I worked on it. Weldbond Glue. Watch Taking Woodstock Hindi Full Movie. It’s about $6/bottle and I went through about 6 bottles to do 1. Mosaic Tile Mesh. A penny floor template.

Clear Packing Tape (for your penny floor template)Scrap Cardboard– at least a 1x. Latex/Rubber Gloves. Cement board (to create a level, sturdy surface to lay your tiles on, about $1.

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Thin- Set Mortar. Unsanded Grout  (I used a charcoal color to make the pennies stand out, but chocolate would also be a good option, about $1. Polyurethane Sealant.

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This will keep your pennies from getting damaged. I’ve also read about people using an epoxy to seal the pennies. I actually used the polyurethane but in this post I cover several options for sealing the penny floor.

Patience 🙂Here’s a photo of my template. You can see in the middle of the picture where I actually pieced 2 8.

My cardboard is too short, so I have to make the squares in 2 applications. Creating a Penny Floor Template. Creating a penny floor template was the key to my success in this project. Now… why would you use a template instead of just gluing down the pennies right on the floor? Well, if you want to glue your pennies right to the floor, you need to work very quickly. I chose to do this project on weekends when I had free time, so the penny floor template was essential to my success.

Using the mosaic tile mesh allowed me to work at my own pace, creating each “sheet” as time allowed. The penny floor template allows me to still have full use of my front door and foyer area instead of having it blocked off for weeks (or months) while I’m laying the pennies. The template really makes it more manageable to work on at your own pace. Download the exact penny floor template from my project (printable PDF download) for only $2. A penny floor template. PDF download)I printed two 8. This allowed me to make a penny floor template to accommodate over 1 sq foot of mesh at a time. I carefully overlapped them so they lined up together, and layed them onto the cardboard.

Now, you don’t want the glue to stick to the cardboard template when you are gluing your pennies, so I found the best way to prevent this is by covering the ENTIRE piece of cardboard with packing tape. Just tape the sh!

That way, when your glue is dry you can use a putty knife or a butter knife to carefully peel away the mesh from the penny floor template without very much effort at all.* Note: I made two cardboard penny floor templates for myself so that I could work on more than one square foot at a time. It was much easier for me to do this, and allowed the other piece to adequately dry without me getting impatient and wanting to start a new square.

Highly recommend! My first batch of pennies on the mesh!

So exciting! Prepping the Mesh. Once I created the penny floor templates, I cut the mosaic tile mesh into 1 foot squares. The mesh is just a plastic material so a simple pair of scissors did the trick. I pre- cut the whole piece so that I wouldn’t have to keep going back to measure. I picked really shiny pennies and faced the heads in the same direction because I’m completely insane 🙂Applying your Pennies to the Penny Floor Template Mesh. It’s all in the prep- work, so from here you are home free.

Simply line up the mesh on top of your new template, and use the Weldbond glue to adhere each penny to the tile one at a time. I found that using a rubber glove is really, really important. If you don’t, the oils from your fingers will tarnish the center of the penny where you pushed it down into the glue.

You won’t notice it right away, but in a day or so there will be black dots in the middle. I didn’t think to pay attention to this and basically ruined 4 square feet.

Everything has been perfect since I began using the rubber glove for the application. After you’ve finished that square, let it sit over night.

I used a metal paint scraper the next day to carefully separate the mesh from the cardboard template. It’s inevitable that some of the pennies will come loose. Just save them, and when you are installing the floor you can use a dab of the Weldbond or the thinset mortar to put them back in place.

Ultimately, I decided to lay all the pennies heads- up and facing the same direction. The only exceptions were Canadian coins or wheat pennies, which I put face down. I also collected the birth dates of friends and family who contributed, along with a few other important years of my life. For those “special” pennies, I’ve scattered them throughout the squares, but kept them heads up facing the opposite direction.

It’s really subtle, but my friends had fun trying to find their birth year. I also added ones for the year I graduated college, the year my house was built, the year I bought my house, my parent’s anniversary, etc. Special years to me. Tip: Don’t Clean the Pennies. Just a tip from experience, don’t try to clean your pennies after you’ve glued them. I read all these techniques for cleaning/shining up a penny and thought it would be a great way to get a consistent look. I ruined a few sheets trying this method out.

This is what I’ve tried that you SHOULDN’T try. Ketchup. I’ve always heard that ketchup works wonders to shine up a penny. Unfortunately, this didn’t work for me. It barely took the tarnish off, and made the cracks in between all red and gloppy and gross.

Baking soda + water. Again, I tried this to get the tarnish off some of the pennies using a paste that I rubbed on using a toothbrush. It ended up scratching a lot of the pennies, and took the orangy shine off of them. Now they are more of a pinkish/dull color… so I ended up not using that batch.

Vinegar. This didn’t work for me either. Maybe try soaking them beforehand to see if you like the effect?

The problem with shining the pennies is that the pennies are all from different years, therefore contain different amounts of copper and other metals.