Oct 10, 2010: Nickel Floor

xoxoxoBruce · 10-10-2010, 12:21 AM

Awhile back we looked at a floor covered with pennies. So did a couple from Seattle who were in the process of renovating their home, but they were well into the project with the color scheme set of gray and white. So when it came to the master bath floor, pennies would clash, but nickels would blend right in.

It still wasn't expensive, 13,650 nickels ($682.50), but, and it's a big but, they had to make their own tiles. 30 straight days of glueing the nickels to the mesh backing.

Quote:

1.Using packing tape, tape the circle template to a piece of cardboard to create a sturdy, temporary support for the weight of the nickels.
2.Cut 1 foot squares from the mesh — my squares were actually 12¼" x 12¼" allowing for 195 nickels per tile — and adhere the square of mesh to the template taped to the cardboard.
3.Using the Weldbond Glue, attach the individual nickels to the mesh — which is adhered to the template that is supported by the cardboard.
4.Each square accommodates 195 nickels or $9.75
5.To prepare for installation, remove the cardboard, tape, template and use a sharp knife to cut any excess mesh away from the nickels.
6.Install like tile

Looks like they just glued down the nickels as they came to hand, rather than a head/tail pattern. Probably a good move, not having to match tile edges. I wonder if the cleaned the glue side?

The end result is cool though.

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Cloud · 10-10-2010, 12:43 AM

cool. I like the pennies better though

Sheldonrs · 10-10-2010, 01:52 AM

Big deal. Another pay toilet.

Gravdigr · 10-10-2010, 01:52 AM

Hah!

casimendocina · 10-10-2010, 05:48 AM

I like.

SPUCK · 10-10-2010, 05:48 AM

So is that grout around them?

xoxoxoBruce · 10-10-2010, 07:47 AM

Yes, laid down and grouted like ceramic tiles.

classicman · 10-10-2010, 08:31 AM

Very cool. I love the creativity in it all. C'mon admit it.. you'd be sittin there on the pot lookin at all the dates of the nickels.

Laurie Henderson · 10-10-2010, 01:09 PM

It's 10.10.10 & you offer up a nickel story? I feel robbed........

Griff · 10-10-2010, 01:51 PM

hmmm.. .10 x 10 x10 = $10 per sq. ft. and it might be kinda sparse

Griff · 10-10-2010, 01:54 PM

A ten dollar gold piece worth $175 x 10 x10 = $17500 sq ft with a nicer patina

classicman · 10-10-2010, 03:52 PM

...and at 10:10am this morning my son made me aware of the time as well. Freaked me right out.

Adak · 10-11-2010, 03:25 AM

A poor design for a floor, from a functional point of view. The amount of grout in the top of the floor, will crack, all too soon. Compare the amount, with the bath floor showing in the back of the picture.

Interesting and artistic, but not durable.

Gravdigr · 10-11-2010, 02:41 PM

There was a baby born in Bowling Green, KY at 10:10am on 10/10/10.

Ima get her to buy me lottery tickets.

footfootfoot · 10-11-2010, 08:19 PM

put another nickel in
in the nickelodeon
all I want is having you and music music music

10-10-2010, 12:43 AM	#2
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	cool. I like the pennies better though __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

10-10-2010, 01:52 AM	#3
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	Big deal. Another pay toilet. __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

10-10-2010, 01:52 AM	#4
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Hah! __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

10-10-2010, 07:47 AM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yes, laid down and grouted like ceramic tiles. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-10-2010, 08:31 AM	#8
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Very cool. I love the creativity in it all. C'mon admit it.. you'd be sittin there on the pot lookin at all the dates of the nickels. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

10-10-2010, 05:48 AM	#5
casimendocina Professor Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,622	I like.

10-10-2010, 05:48 AM	#6
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	So is that grout around them?

10-10-2010, 01:09 PM	#9
Laurie Henderson Sentimental Sentient Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Central PA Posts: 38	It's 10.10.10 & you offer up a nickel story? I feel robbed........

10-10-2010, 01:51 PM	#10
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	hmmm.. .10 x 10 x10 = $10 per sq. ft. and it might be kinda sparse __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-10-2010, 01:54 PM	#11
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	A ten dollar gold piece worth $175 x 10 x10 = $17500 sq ft with a nicer patina __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-10-2010, 03:52 PM	#12
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	...and at 10:10am this morning my son made me aware of the time as well. Freaked me right out. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

10-11-2010, 03:25 AM	#13
Adak Lecturer Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 796	A poor design for a floor, from a functional point of view. The amount of grout in the top of the floor, will crack, all too soon. Compare the amount, with the bath floor showing in the back of the picture. Interesting and artistic, but not durable.

10-11-2010, 02:41 PM	#14
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	There was a baby born in Bowling Green, KY at 10:10am on 10/10/10. Ima get her to buy me lottery tickets. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

10-11-2010, 08:19 PM	#15
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	put another nickel in in the nickelodeon all I want is having you and music music music __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

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