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!
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Sami8 days agoWOW!, I love, love, LOVE. I appreciate all your hard work. Let's face it, your year long journey of patiently waiting for just the right colors is a test of your stamina towards this project.. where do you live, Id buy the house just for that beautiful floor..😉 Kudos grandma..🤔 keep the projects coming..
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Dorcas Wright Berthold7 days agoWow! Just gorgeous!
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absolutely Gorgeous and very unique. I am sure they are very sturdy as it looks like you filled them with mortar. How long did it take you to do the room?
Wowww amazing outstanding wow what a unique job it’s just beautiful gorgeous colors omg 😲 looove it !!! My respect ✊
BEAUTIFUL!! Do you know how many bottle caps it took to fill the floor? Just beautiful!
You said you flattened them? Or you fixed the flat ones back up?