Can I use drywall fiberglass mesh to lay pennies on it, as a mosaic, so I don't have to sit on the floor.
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3po3 on Apr 15, 2012I'm just trying to understand this project. Your floor surface will be all pennies with grout in the gaps? I guess I'm not clear on how much floor work and bending down you would be saving by putting the pennies on the mesh first.Helpful Reply
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Michelle I on Apr 15, 2012I will doing an entire kitchen floor and a small laundry room. By placing one penny at a time for the entire area would be back breaking, compared to sitting at a table and doing it 1 ft sq. sections, until I had enough, then laying them on the floor with thin set and then grouting. I have researched this somewhat, and I have heard it being done both ways. The mosaic lady on this site, did it sitting on the floor and it took a year and half. She did do it with all the pennies heads up and facing in one direction, which I won't be doing. But I would like to know if I could use the drywall fiberglass mesh as the backing for the pennies?Helpful Reply
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3po3 on Apr 15, 2012It looks like there is specialty mosaic mesh that can be used for this purpose. Here is a description of a similar project. Read down to the comments for her explanation of the mesh http://big-design.blogspot.com/2011/01/penny-saved-is-tile-floor.html#comment-form She bought the mesh here apparently: http://www.mosaicartsupply.com/mosaic_tile_mesh.aspx Sounds pretty back-breaking either way. Good luck.Helpful Reply
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HandyANDY - Handyman & All Repairs, LLC on Apr 16, 2012Exactly - you want to use a mesh that's designed for what you are doing...or all that work will be wasted.Helpful Reply
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Cody R on Apr 02, 2013Hey check out my profile and post - we just tiled my fireplace in pennies (back and floor) and used a product called Bondera from our local Lowe's It was great to use and allowed us to either cut and layout pennies or do directly on the fireplace!Helpful Reply
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