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GlassCast 3 Penny Floor Resin is a clear, two-part epoxy resin perfect for creating a super glossy coating over a penny floor or other decorative floor!
Used by thousands of customers around the world to create a beautifully flat, glossy, and hard-wearing resin floor coating for decorative epoxy penny floors. The recommended pour thickness for GlassCast 3 Penny Floor epoxy is 3mm.
Sold as a kit, including resin and hardener. Available in 500g, 1kg, 5kg, 15kg and 30kg kit sizes.
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The perfect epoxy resin for penny floor projects
GlassCast 3 is a premium quality clear epoxy coating resin designed specifically to produce a super-smooth, hard-wearing, high-gloss surface for decorative applications like penny floors. In fact, GlassCast 3 was the resin used in the famous UK Penny Floor Project video which went viral on YouTube with over 100 million views!
This purpose-designed coating resin uses special additives - not found in more general purpose clear epoxy systems – which mean GlassCast 3 cures with a near-perfect smooth, glossy surface which really shows off the look of the pennies (or other decorative inclusions) under the resin.
GlassCast 3 has been developed to be as easy-to-use as possible and is suitable for use by professional installers or DIY users.
Why choose GlassCast 3 for a penny floor?
Getting Started
Ambient Temperature, Pot-Life and Pour Depth
The GlassCast range of resins, in common with all epoxies, generate heat as part of the curing process. The amount of time the mixed resin can spend in the pot, as well as the maximum depth it can be poured at, will vary depending on the ambient temperature.
For best results, we recommend working in a consistent room temperature of 18-20°C. GlassCast can be used in temperatures from 15 to 25°C but higher temperatures will reduce the pot-life and the maximum pour-depth of the resin significantly, as shown in the table below.
Ambient Temperature | 15°C (minimum) | 20°C (minimum) | 25°C (minimum) |
---|---|---|---|
Maximum Time in Pot (Pot Life) | 45 mins | 30 mins | 22 mins |
Maximum Pour Depth | 9mm | 6mm | 3mm |
Initial Cure | 36 hrs | 24 hrs | 18 hrs |
How much resin do I need?
Working out how much resin you need for a penny floor is very easy. Start by working out the area of your floor in square metres; this is just the length in metres, multiplied by the width.
So, for example, a 3m x 2m room = 6 square metres.
For grouted pennies multiply the area by 2.5; so 6 sqm x 2.5 = 15kg of resin
For un-grouted pennies multiply the area by 3.5; so 6 x 3.5 = 21kg of resin
What else do I need?
Very little! – Pouring a GlassCast 3 coating over your pennies is straight-forward and requires no special tools or equipment. You’ll just need some nitrile gloves, 2 large mixing buckets, a mixing stick a spreader
.Full instructions and support
If you're interested in creating your own penny floor then we’re here to make the process as simple and reliable as possible:
Although easy-to-use, GlassCast 3 is still a chemical product. To make sure you work safely and get great results, you must download and read the technical and safety datasheets from this page before you begin.
GlassCast 3 is also the ideal product for applying glossy finish surfaces to bar tops and table tops in addition to penny floors and decorative floors.
The perfect epoxy resin for penny floor projects
GlassCast 3 is a premium quality clear epoxy coating resin designed specifically to produce a super-smooth, hard-wearing, high-gloss surface for decorative applications like penny floors. In fact, GlassCast 3 was the resin used in the famous UK Penny Floor Project video which went viral on YouTube with over 100 million views!
This purpose-designed coating resin uses special additives - not found in more general purpose clear epoxy systems – which mean GlassCast 3 cures with a near-perfect smooth, glossy surface which really shows off the look of the pennies (or other decorative inclusions) under the resin.
GlassCast 3 has been developed to be as easy-to-use as possible and is suitable for use by professional installers or DIY users.
Why choose GlassCast 3 for a penny floor?
Getting Started
Ambient Temperature, Pot-Life and Pour Depth
The GlassCast range of resins, in common with all epoxies, generate heat as part of the curing process. The amount of time the mixed resin can spend in the pot, as well as the maximum depth it can be poured at, will vary depending on the ambient temperature.
For best results, we recommend working in a consistent room temperature of 18-20°C. GlassCast can be used in temperatures from 15 to 25°C but higher temperatures will reduce the pot-life and the maximum pour-depth of the resin significantly, as shown in the table below.
Ambient Temperature | 15°C (minimum) | 20°C (minimum) | 25°C (minimum) |
---|---|---|---|
Maximum Time in Pot (Pot Life) | 45 mins | 30 mins | 22 mins |
Maximum Pour Depth | 9mm | 6mm | 3mm |
Initial Cure | 36 hrs | 24 hrs | 18 hrs |
How much resin do I need?
Working out how much resin you need for a penny floor is very easy. Start by working out the area of your floor in square metres; this is just the length in metres, multiplied by the width.
So, for example, a 3m x 2m room = 6 square metres.
For grouted pennies multiply the area by 2.5; so 6 sqm x 2.5 = 15kg of resin
For un-grouted pennies multiply the area by 3.5; so 6 x 3.5 = 21kg of resin
What else do I need?
Very little! – Pouring a GlassCast 3 coating over your pennies is straight-forward and requires no special tools or equipment. You’ll just need some nitrile gloves, 2 large mixing buckets, a mixing stick a spreader
.Full instructions and support
If you're interested in creating your own penny floor then we’re here to make the process as simple and reliable as possible:
Although easy-to-use, GlassCast 3 is still a chemical product. To make sure you work safely and get great results, you must download and read the technical and safety datasheets from this page before you begin.
GlassCast 3 is also the ideal product for applying glossy finish surfaces to bar tops and table tops in addition to penny floors and decorative floors.
The amount of resin needed is slightly different depending on if the bottle tops/pennies have been grouted level or not. For Penny Floors we always recommend grouting the floor as it seals the pennies in and helps provide a smoother overall finish to the floor. For other objects such as bottle tops, it may not always be practical to use grout.
If the floor has been grouted, you will need 2kg of resin per square meter coverage. This will give a layer approximately 2mm thick over the bottle tops/pennies.
For un-grouted floors, you will need 3kg of resin per square meter to be covered. Again, this will give a layer approximately 2mm thick over the bottle tops. The extra kilo of resin is to fill all the gaps surrounding the bottle tops.
Grouting between penny's and other embedded items is not necessary and doing so is usually down to personal preference. In terms of which type and brand of grout, any grout is fine although semi-flexible grouts might be preferable if there is any movement in the floor at all.
In all cases, you must ensure that the grout is fully dried before you apply the resin as excess moisture can cause resins to go cloudy and in extreme cases may effect the cure.
You need roughly 2716 one pence coins per square meter of floor. If you go for 2 pence coins instead, 1750 two pence coins are needed for every square metre of area. That is based on them being tightly configured together. Other patterns may need a different amount.
Can’t tell you how pleased I am with my penny floor, great tutorial and very helpful technical support to all my questions over the phone, I was so apprehensive about getting the resin right, as I’ve never done a project like this before, but I mixed and poured the resin today and it looks beautiful like a sheet of glass, thanks for all your help
Worth it. Nervous but worked really well. Has finished the floor project really well. Was surprised as to how warm the floor now feels.
Amazing Stuff! Two penny floors look amazing.
I created the 'UK Penny Floor Project' that went viral using 27,000 pennies and GlassCast! The product and advice is fantastic!
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Shipping to EU countries is now done through our European subsidiary based in the Netherlands. All EU customers should use www.easycomposites.eu.
There are no package size restrictions or surcharges for this product.
To find the delivery cost of this item to your address, add it to your basket and then use the instant shipping calculator on the basket page.
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