What can be done with the upholstery, if the cat scratched leather sofa?

Leather furniture looks rich and beautiful. These sofas and armchairs talk about respectability and good taste.

Beautiful leather sofa

Beautiful leather sofa suitable for classical interiors and office furnishings

In addition to visual beauty, home furnishings leather wear-resistant, and only one piece may overshadow the happiness of owning a sofa: it can scratch the cat. Catch-tsarapychey "do not feed bread" - let sharpen claws on the furniture. How to save the leather sofa from furry pest and scratches, will be discussed in our material.

Traces of a cat scratching

Traces of the cat claws on upholstered furniture

Universal repair kit

Set to repair leather upholstery

Content

  • 1 Crime and Punishment
  • 2 Saving sofa oil
  • 3 Another saving measure
  • 4 Saving shoe polish
  • 5 Apply adhesive based on rubber
  • 6 Video: Remove the hooks from the cat's claws

Crime and Punishment

damage to the couch

Damage to the leather upholstery

Can we talk about measures to penalize pet? No. It should not do. The cat will be unavailable awareness of his guilt. Instincts Fuzzies are such that their very nature inherent desire to hone kogotochki, marking their territory. The best solution to the question of sharpening claws of your cat is scratching posts accommodation in the house: it will save the furniture from scratches.

Scratching post with a column

Scratching post with a column for your cat is perfect for her tsarapok and leave your furniture a whole

Such items are relatively cheap and sold at any pet store. If you do not want to buy a scratching post, make it his own, winding on the board hemp thread and attaching the structure to a place where there is usually a cat sharpening its claws.

Scratching with their hands

Homemade scratching post with shelves

Saving sofa oil

moistened with oil

Wets the sofa with oil and then polish well

If the kittens were not acquired during and after the pet-Dorval to the leather sofa, he sharpens claws on it, leaving scratches, read about how to save the furniture. For restoration work necessary to be reserved by the following means.

oil tampons cloth
to wet to wipe polishing
  1. You can rub a very small area of ​​skin on the damaged surface of the furniture.
  2. Carefully make sure whether there were changes on the upholstery. If changes are detected, wipe the cat Scratchy and areas adjacent to it.
  3. Circular movements rub the oil into the sofa. You will need to wait for half an hour and see what you got.

If the cat scratched sofa shallow traces of cat crime will be gone after the first manipulation of the oil. But if traces been laid deeper than expected, action will have to be repeated for three or four times as described above.

seat sofa

Seat sofa, damaged by scratches before and after repair

Another saving measure

Olive oil

Save the furniture can be olive oil

Buy olive oil and apply it on Scratchy. Cover these places cotton cloth and wait for the oil absorption. You will need to cover the design and use cloth barely warm iron. The device should be kept on the fabric no more than ten seconds.

In this method, the sofa rescue cat scratch there is a caveat: you can not just take iron and put it on the fabric. So you ruin the leather upholstery. It is a circular motion could move the instrument on the cloth, until the butter is completely absorbed.

Scratches before and after

Scratches on leather furniture before and after treatment with oil

Saving shoe polish

Color palette

The minimum color palette of cream for shoes

Shoe polish must be suitable in color COLOR leather sofa. We did not find the right shade of funds? Buy close in color, and have a desired color by mixing creams. This method is applicable only to a shallow scratch on the couch. It is possible to take a small part of the means for cleaning shoes and cause its damage.

The spectrum of colors of cream

There is a wide range of colors for the shoe cream from different manufacturers

If the cream color is matched correctly, you'll have a great disguise scratches on the surface of the sofa. If you do not choose the color of the cream, apply it on those parts of the furniture with injuries that are not very conspicuous.

Paints for leather

Paint for leather in various forms of release

sketch byltsa

Sketch byltsa cream sofa, matching color

Apply adhesive based on rubber

Glues rubber

Adhesive Rubber (rubber) is a solution of rubber in gasoline

Liquid skin in jars

Repair kit leather in different colors - liquid skin in jars

Use rubber adhesive, liquid skin. Rub them in the scratch, let it dry means. When seal the scratch, paint the damaged area on the couch with a special paint-matched in color to the leather furniture.

Liquid skin -

Liquid skin - an effective tool for restoration of leather furniture

Glued and shaded scratch

Glued and shaded scratch on the leather couch green

Tools that can disguise scratches on the couch - a lot. The benefit of the people in the Russian imagination developed. Some are markers other - nail polish, others wax and liquid skin.

pencil shading

Small pencil shading of skin defects

update upholstery

Update leather upholstery using available tools

These methods are equally good and easy to use. Do not worry ahead of time if nashkodil cat in the house, you know what to do!

spoiled pillow

Cushion with lots of scratches

thorough cleaning

Thorough cleaning of the surface of the leather is very soft and effective means of

Grinding and repair

Careful grinding and repair scratches special trains

leather painting

skin coloring, then - finishing varnish and a great result in the end of repair

Video: Remove the hooks from the cat's claws