Carpet cover - cat damage - Page 2

seamonkey · #21 01-30-2013, 10:01 AM

The cabinet looks like MDF, I'm surprised by Ashdown

Skip the squirt gun or the cabinet will dissolve

Have the cats rip off the rest of the carpet off the cabinet and duratex it.

Hardware stores around here sell what appears to be pretty close to the same as as duratex, just in more colors and sold as deck paint.

bassfran · #22 01-30-2013, 10:23 AM

Ouch. I feel your pain as my gf has 2 cats. We even have a few of those cardboard things laying around for them but the female often sneaks over and tries to tear up my Epi cab and it's in a padded cover. I squirt gun liberally.

Do pet stores sell vials of Eau de Doberman?

Heat gun, scraper, sand, and duratex.

marcusj · #23 01-31-2013, 03:13 AM

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Originally Posted by seamonkey

The cabinet looks like MDF, I'm surprised by Ashdown

Skip the squirt gun or the cabinet will dissolve

Have the cats rip off the rest of the carpet off the cabinet and duratex it.

Lots of these textured paints are water-based. I'm not sure how well MDF will take being painted with a water-based paint?

A quick search of the interweb confirms that you must be sure to seal it with an oil-based primer. http://www.finewoodworking.com/how-t...nting-mdf.aspx

Matthijs · #24 01-31-2013, 04:18 AM

Water based paints work just fine on mdf. I know professional painters often use plain latex as a sealing layer before they paint mdf.

Jaco who? · #25 01-31-2013, 05:07 AM

I built a big scratching post about 4 and a half feet tall with a platform on top so my cat can look out the back window where the squirrels play. He's learned to shed his claws on that instead of anything else. I'm not sure how much luck I'd have with six of them.

Duratex is what you want, but it'd make for a mighty uncomfortable sofa.

mogpipe · #26 01-31-2013, 05:20 AM

Got a Fender Tweed Bass Case for Christmas, SMFR, $249.00. It was on sale for $139.00. I got it for $69.00. Nice case with real tweed fabric all over it. Got three cats. My new bass cases home is in a closed closet!!! A cat could reduce my great deal to garbage in a heart beat! I love the beasties, but cats can be dicks sometimes. lol

Emibass · #27 01-31-2013, 05:37 AM

Now it´s time to find out if cats have 7 lifes.

charliebrown · #28 01-31-2013, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by marcusj

We have 6 kitties in the house and I've found that they're not compatible with my carpet-covered amps. Kitty thinks they make the best scratching post ever. Attached is a snap of my poor old Ashdown MAG-C115-300 which still sounds great but now looks uber-tatty.

Refinishing tips, please. (I'm in Spain so will probably need to get materials mail-order.)

Guard dog...chain him in front of the amp

jaybeebasss · #29 02-07-2013, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by marcusj

We have 6 kitties in the house and I've found that they're not compatible with my carpet-covered amps. Kitty thinks they make the best scratching post ever. Attached is a snap of my poor old Ashdown MAG-C115-300 which still sounds great but now looks uber-tatty.

Refinishing tips, please. (I'm in Spain so will probably need to get materials mail-order.)

OK, first a game of cat hockey is in order...grap a stick and start knocking them into the walls.

Seriously, we have cats too. You definitely need a tall, rope-covered scratching post. They love those and will direct their attention to that first of all goes well.

Secondly, you can put some adhesive-backed sticky carpet cover on your amp temporarily until they learn. they hate the feel of this crap and will start ignoring it!

Last, put squirt bottles everywhere and fire at them whenever they get close...

Jim Carr · #30 02-07-2013, 12:22 PM

I throw large towels over the cabs when not in use. No problems with scratching or shedding. Kitties are delighted to sleep on the towels. We are all happy with this arrangement, plus they have a couple of scratching posts in other rooms.

searchfunction · #31 02-07-2013, 04:05 PM

VanillaThundah · #32 02-07-2013, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by CL400Peavey

Well I expect the OP to start with the 6 on hand, but to need a few more to finish the job. No cats = no cat damage.

I literally LOL'd at work about this...nicely done!

**hsech** · #33 02-08-2013, 12:43 AM

Amp and Cab covers are cheap insurance.

jeffbrown · #34 02-08-2013, 07:29 AM

Huh. I tried the water pistol thing on our current feline. I think she actually enjoyed it. Weird cat. She just looked at us as if to say "Is THAT all you've got?"

When I was a kid, we tried to cure the cat from scratching the furniture by throwing it outside when it did. SO, whenever the cat wanted to go out, it scratched something and ran to the door.... Who trained who?

I keep the door to the music room closed when it isn't in use. YMMV

Cirk · #35 02-08-2013, 08:45 AM

Let the cats finish the job they started. Make them do all the hard work of carpet removal. When you're satisfied that one area is done, put the double sided carpet tape on it to encourage them to work on other areas. Don't work harder, work smarter!

lokikallas · #36 02-09-2013, 10:23 AM

I'm surprised you have time to play bass with all the litter you must be cleaning.

jaybeebasss · #37 03-25-2013, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by jeffbrown

Huh. I tried the water pistol thing on our current feline. I think she actually enjoyed it. Weird cat. She just looked at us as if to say "Is THAT all you've got?"

BIGGER GUN NEEDED

**Ukiah Bass** · #38 03-25-2013, 01:29 PM

Some of the comments on this thread are downright mean!

I have cats. All my cabs used to be carpet-covered. I replaced all the cabs with tolex or duratex covered material. You want your cats? Change your cabs. That's the price of being a pet guardian.

Matthijs · #39 03-26-2013, 09:22 AM

No, its just that your cats have won

I'm pretty sure my cats don't see me as a guardian. More like a roommate who's fridge you can raid.

BBox Bass · #40 03-26-2013, 09:50 AM

To prevent further damage, cover the cabs with an old plastic shower curtain when you're not using them. I've owned a lot of cats over the years, and none of them have liked plastic. I got sort of lucky in that only 2 of my cats like my cabinets. Buying them a sisal rope-covered post helped, but if there's a carpeted cab handy, they'll use it. My third cat doesn't touch my cabs and since she has her own room (the other 2 terrorize her), I store the cabs in there. She prefers to scratch horizontal surfaces and loves her sisal mat, which sits on top of a shower curtain-covered 210.