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Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
Fri Mar 9, 2012, 08:25 PM Mar 2012

Paws prints on furniture---what can help?

My cat walks all over the coffee table and console TV (yes, I still have a console TV), and there are now marks on the wood that I cannot rub out. The coffee table is varnished wood. The TV, I am not sure...is it just wood or is it a veneer, I don't know. But I can't get these paw prints off. Does anyone have any suggestions?

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Paws prints on furniture---what can help? (Original Post) Curmudgeoness Mar 2012 OP
Well you got me wondering so I googled and.. Little Star Mar 2012 #1
TV is not raw wood for sure. Curmudgeoness Mar 2012 #2
I just get curious… Little Star Mar 2012 #3
I followed some links on that site to other tips. Curmudgeoness Mar 2012 #4
You can find mineral spirits in the paint aisle of a home improvement store. Ruby the Liberal Mar 2012 #5
Great link - thanks! nt Ruby the Liberal Mar 2012 #6

Little Star

(17,055 posts)
1. Well you got me wondering so I googled and..
Fri Mar 9, 2012, 08:58 PM
Mar 2012

found this article about using oil soap to remove the paw prints.

It goes on to say (and this is important) that if the prints have eaten into the wood finish, which can happen due to the acids in urine and feces, Stop! Oil soap is not appropriate for raw or damaged wood!

Here read the whole article:http://www.ehow.com/how_12095953_removing-cat-paw-prints-wood-furniture.html

I don't know what you would do if your wood is raw or damaged.



Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
2. TV is not raw wood for sure.
Fri Mar 9, 2012, 09:01 PM
Mar 2012

The table, I am not so sure. It appears that "maybe" the varnish has been damaged????

I will read the article and I will try the oil soap on the TV, at least.

Thanks for taking the effort.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
4. I followed some links on that site to other tips.
Fri Mar 9, 2012, 09:43 PM
Mar 2012

One did discuss what to do if there is what looks like damage to the finish of a table. The suggested mineral spirits. I don't know exactly what mineral spirits are, but I will look into that.

The only thing that brought to my mind was the turpentine/linseed oil treatment that I have used years and years ago.

Ruby the Liberal

(26,313 posts)
5. You can find mineral spirits in the paint aisle of a home improvement store.
Fri Mar 9, 2012, 11:02 PM
Mar 2012

Someone will correct me (hopefully), but I always thought of mineral spirits as a non/less corrosive version of paint thinner.

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