"And then laffed when I asked for 10,000 marbles..."
Posted on 02/02/2013 11:24:07 AM PST by BenLurkin
We'd been looking up options and were thinking about being green when I said we should just tile the floor in pennies," Lange, a entrepreneur and self-described design freak, says.
Belden wasn't completely on board at first, but before she could put her two cents in, the project off and running.
"I came home one day and found a small corner was done, so I thought 'I guess we're doing it,'" she recalled.
Thus began four months of painstaking work they dubbed "pennying," which involves laying down a special glue that acts like grout and individually placing the pennies heads up on the floor of the 380 square-foot room.
An estimated 59,670 pennies were used to completely cover the floor, which was then sanded down to a shiny copper sheen and cemented in with a clear coat as smooth as a sheet of glass. They spent close to $1,000 on the project, which made for a lot of trips back and forth to the bank for more pennies. And created more than a few odd glances from the tellers.
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And they wanted to be "green"
Hate to think how they vote......
Copper produces special healing powers. I read that somewhere. /sarc
Imagine combining the design with some heating coils. That would be yummy on a winter morning.
“1944 WWII 440 steel penny”
Hey! I have a couple of those in my old blue penny folders that I filled in the Fifties. Some of the SDVB pennies too. Are they really worth something?
Sounds kinda cool really but I like brass and copper.
How do they expect the floor to turn green after they clear coated it? /s
Copper does have antibacterial properties.
The floor looks very beautiful. I wonder if it will hold up under normal use or if the grout used will break up.
Wait a minute - pennies were made of steel in 1943. A 1944 steel penny would be worth about $100,000.
Spending months gluing coinage to the floor is “going green” exactly how?
Ah! Phooey! Mine are probably 1943 pennies. Gotta dig ‘em out and take a look.
Not to mention that modern pennies are mainly nickel.
If they would have waited a couple of years, they could have used brand new Obam trillion dollar coins.
Joking? In even fair condition, they're worth a couple hundred, easy.
I’ve read about people covering their floors with torn brown paper bags and then putting a protective coating on it. Those pennies are going to be bumpy and hard to clean.
Not to mention that modern pennies are mainly nickel.
If they would have waited a couple of years, they could have used brand new Obam trillion dollar coins.
Pennies after 1982 are made with a zinc core.
1944 WWII 440 steel penny ....and a 1873 penny featuring an Indian head instead of Abraham Lincoln. Both pennies are worth enough money to pay for the project, but they also ended up on the floor.
And they wanted to be “green”
Hate to think how they vote......
Because most artists are dumb libs who get a F- in practical thinking.
Thanks! Time to search out the box they’re stored in. Maybe I won’t have to sell my SKB 800.
My theory is that the idea arose in reaction to the expense of various flooring materials. At some point some one said, "It would be cheaper to use pennies." I think this is "green" by analogy with the use of recycled materials.
"And then laffed when I asked for 10,000 marbles..."
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