Floor Coverings - Ahh Yeah!

[CoventryCat86]

By the way, if you leave 1/4" gap between the pennies, you would need 12x12=144/((.75+.25)/2)^2*pi = 183 pennies. Placement could be acomplished a cement board, using a roll on epoxy with a jig something like the game connect 4. Once placed, you could use poly grout between the pennies to fill up the surface. Next, apply the bar top epoxy you're talking about, and since I'm talking out my ass, you would be near the same price as say a cherry or hickory hardwood floor.

The labor is what is going to kill you on this floor, not the materials.

I think bmock posted up that blog as kind of a "hey this is cool, check this out" rather than a serious alternative for a kitchen floor. Kinda like cork and carpet were also mentioned. Who the hell has carpet in their kitchen?

I'm waiting to hear what fightingfish is actually thinking about using.

What is "cement board"?

I think fightingfish forgot about this thread long ago and the mock guy has been resurrecting old threads just for the sport of it, not really with the intent of adding any meaningful content of any value.

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Wassa matter, cat got your tongue?

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What is "cement board"?

Wait, this is a joke. Right?

[CoventryCat86]

Wait, this is a joke. Right?

No seriously, I have no idea what "cement board" is. It's not a floor product I've ever heard of.

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No seriously, I have no idea what "cement board" is. It's not a floor product I've ever heard of.

Ah, ok. It's sometimes called backerboard; it's mostly used under tile as a subfloor.

[CoventryCat86]

Ah, ok. It's sometimes called backerboard; it's mostly used under tile as a subfloor.

Oh okay, I've never used it before. Is that the same stuff they use to back ceramic tiles for back splashes? If so, I'm not so confident that it would provide an adequate backing for gluing the pennies to in this application. I can see how it would work fairly well to put over a wooden sub floor to then place ceramic tile over but I still can't see it holding up without cracking if you were to simply glue pennies to it and then coat it with an epoxy bar top type of finish never mind just splashing it with a couple of coats of polyurethane.