Cat scratch rat fur problems... Any easy fixes?

[EatS1stBassist]

My cat turned my new cab into an afro overnight! She scratched up all corners real good. It's a cheap Seismic 3x10, but I think it sounds really good for the price. They cut corners on construction (cheap rat fur, particle board I think). So, it's definitely not worthy of stripping and refinishing with bedliner after I looked up other threads on that topic. I'm wondering if there's some other easy and cheap option that will make it look a little better. My thoughts were shaving it with an electric hair trimmer or possibly taking the hardware off and putting tons of paint on it to mat it down. I have a bunch of different house paints laying around. I know it wouldn't stick well, but if I just put some thick coats on.... maybe????

Just shave it!! You could use auto products like a truck bed coating.

 

[Kukulkan61]

Or these!!

 

[CaseyVancouver]

Our cat (my son’s) actually put a dent in the top of my $8000 upright.

How could she do that? Well, our dog was chewing a big block of cardboard while the cat was sitting on the upright in it’s bag. I tripped on the cardboard causing the cat to launch off the bass knocking it over into a sharp edge of a walnut table. Put a dent into the top.

My wife just bought a beautiful 30 year old teak cabinet to display her glass art. It was placed in the house 30 seconds and this cat launched off the floor and scrambled onto it causing scratches on an unmolested teak cabinet. Wow.

 

[Spectrum]

Substituting something the cat likes better before a habit is formed can work.

My cat started using one of my recliners. I already had a scratching post, but the cat had freaked himself out and was afraid of it. He had come running and jumped on the top of the scratching post, and it fell over on top of him. I had started laying it on it's side and had started training him to use it again. When I saw him go for the chair, I would gently pick him up and place him on the scratching post and work his paws up and down. He eventually got the idea.

Later I bought a Purrfect Post and carboard angle scratcher from this company. How to Choose the Best Cat Scratching Post | PurrfectPost.com

The original scratching post was just carpet. Purrfect Post uses a material that cats like a bit more than carpet. The cardboard angle scratcher was a bust at first. Every once in awhile I would pick up the cat and put him on the cardboard angle scratcher and work his paws up and down and eventually he got the idea but it took a couple of months. Ultimately I think he came to like the cardboard scratcher best. He would come running and jump up in the air, landing in the middle of the scratcher; then bits of card board would go flying. Next he would run off, and come back and repeat.

I think if you can establish a good habit it goes a long way, but cats can be a bit psychopathic as well, so if you do something that upsets them, the may intentionally destroy something to get even.

You...trained...a cat?

Either you practice witchcraft or the cat has trained you and made you think the opposite!

As for cats being vindictive, my guitarist's cat Tommy would go potty in his owner's bed when he was feeling neglected or jealous. But it's not all negative, guitarist had a roommate that was making Tommy's owner angry, so Tommy hit the roommate's bed one day as payback. I guess if Tommy likes you, he has your back.

I like cats, but that would be a bit much for me to tolerate lol.

 

[Real Soon]

Cats are incredible forces of destruction.

They also hate water spray bottles.

If you spot him going to town on the cab, a ninja sneak spritz, well aimed of course, followed by some good NO!!! NO!!! BAD KITTY!!! every time for the next six years or so, ought to rid him/her of the habit.


Of course... mine got sprayed every time he jumped on the kitchen counter or stove. Then he learned to only do it when I was asleep or not home. SMH

 

[whero]

About 15 years ago I finally treated myself to some really top quality stereo gear. I bought one component at a time, about two months apart, as I could afford it. Started with a CD player, then receiver, then turntable, and finally some floor standing speakers. I'd had the speakers set up less than three hours before I caught the cat scratching the grilles. So the grilles came off and the speakers were bare-faced thereafter.

Having learned that lesson, the door to the room where I keep my practice gear is always closed.

 

[JRA]

IIRC: one TB member used the rubber coating stuff (flex seal?) directly on the rat fur --- added some weight, but resolved the 'rat fur dilemma'. good luck with your cat!

 

[DJ Bebop]

Pictures?

Maybe this?
Fabric shaver - Wikipedia

 

[yellowmiata]

The best cat scratching post, as noted by this review in Wirecutter.com really works well: low debris, high interest from felines. Worth every penny.

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And yes we need a pic of the cat-scratched cab!!!

 

[2F/2F]

Leave it as is, and move along. Let your cat tear the crap out of it. Better some cheap rat fur cabinet than most other things in the house.

 

[Stumbo]

My cat turned my new cab into an afro overnight!

Hire a hair stylist.

 

[DJ Bebop]

Hire a hair stylist.

Or just pick it out!

 

[DiabolusInMusic]

If you really love the cat and the cab, you can re-finish it with Duratex or something similar for under $100. It isn't expensive. The hard part will be stripping it clean, you will be out more time than money.

 

[ahc]

Just play this 24/7.

 

[Vooter]

My cat (yes, the one on the left...) did the exact same thing to a GK cab of mine. So I started the stripping process--about a year or two ago now!--so that I could recover it in seafoam green tolex. Still stripping! I've been using a heat gun and a paint scraper--it's a PITA, and if didn't want the seafoam color, I would almost certainly have chosen bedliner, which I've used on various actual truck beds in the past. However, I'm still hoping that I will someday have a really cool, seafoam-tolexed cab...someday...

 

[4001]

Cats are incredible forces of destruction.

They also hate water spray bottles.

If you spot him going to town on the cab, a ninja sneak spritz, well aimed of course, followed by some good NO!!! NO!!! BAD KITTY!!! every time for the next six years or so, ought to rid him/her of the habit.


Of course... mine got sprayed every time he jumped on the kitchen counter or stove. Then he learned to only do it when I was asleep or not home. SMH

... and that is the LAST thing you should EVER do to a cat. They don't learn to not do what you want but instead they become scared and will lose trust in you as a responsible parent.

 

[CayGee]

what works well for me is a heat gun. All the little fuzzies get melted and the fuzzy subs and amps get a nice haircut. (my kids got a big kick out of it when we called it that) takes a little bit of practice to melt everything evenly, just don't spend too much time on one spot.

 

[chadds]

Trimmer will work. They make ones specifically for this, well for 'sweater pills', but careful work with a hair one will work too

On the cat!!??

 

[Aloe]

On the cat!!??

there're special scissors for trimming cat claws as well.
I use one when my cats scratch me or something around.

my scratched by cat pedalboard case says hello to OP's cab.
cats got punished and they don't scratch my equipment anymore even if I'm away.

 

[CayGee]

On the cat!!??

ummm, no not on the cat. "fuzzy subs and amps" were mentioned...