Almost all the caps we're flattened with anything I could find round enough to rebend them into shape. ( husbands sockets, hammer, etc. ) Then, each cap was piped with tile mortar to dry full allow stability for walking.
Bottle Cap Floor Tile
We hated the musky carpet in the office / craft room, So, rather than buy a normal floor covering, I decided to challenge myself. I began collecting beer / soda bottle caps from friends and family across country as well as circulating a picture of my project to local pubs. It took over a year to complete because I waited for people to drink the right colors. I think it turned out amazing!
I knew I wanted some sort of star in center. After several dry fits, I took a pic and began the real work. My grand daughter helped by photo bombing my tutorial every chance she got.
The center of our floor was secured with a ledge stick and I began setting the caps permanently.
The pattern was duplicated on the other side and grew depending on how many I had of any one color.
The final product was grouted black and minimal 6 coats of commercial grade urethane applied.
The doorways were highlighted with a "door mat" pattern. Its difficult to see here, but there's a red mat with a blue and white star in front of my closet.
I'm so ready to create more in this very inspirational room. Onward to the next project!
Resources for this project:
Tile mortar and Unsanded black grout
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Coraline Joneson Nov 20, 2018I actually looked at my old carpet and desperately wanted an inexpensive project to replace. The work only came with collecting caps and reshaping so they could be used. The last three months I sat on the floor and played. I couldn’t possibly know how big a hit it would be.
Thank you
Dwayne K Workmanon Nov 22, 2018i had been thinking of what i could do with beer and pop bottle caps . thanks for sharing great idea and it looks very nice. how many cap
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15 mo. A year was just collecting the caps.
Love it but how many caps did it take?
There's a job for the grand daughter...counting the caps!
Did u lay tile boards or a sub floor down first?
we stripped it down to the subfloor and then applied the concrete with care to fill all cracks to get a smooth surface.