A couple of days ago, right after the big snowstorm, I noticed some snow
and a little dust on a quilt on a '50s walnut sideboard out in the barn.
After staring stupidly at the roof for a while trying to figure out
where the hole was it dawned on me that a critter had slept there. And
that it was wet. Pulled the quilt off and sure enough there on the top
was the mother of all white spots. After cussing a bit I went on about
doing other stuff and later noticed cat prints in the snow leading into
and out of the barn, and no other critter prints, so obviously a cat got
in and found that to be a nice place to sleep, and it being snowing and
all he was covered with snow that he brought in. So it was a cat-sized
white spot.
Well, we had some Restor-A-Finish on the shelf and it says that it will
if used with steel wool remove white spots. So I tried it. At first
nothing much happened, then all of a sudden a patch turned walnut color.
I kept at it and after 45 minutes or so of work I had the whole patch
back to normal color. So I wiped it down expecting the shellac to be
gone, but it wasn't--only difference between that spot and the rest of
the top was that the place I'd been working on was a good deal shinier.
So the stuff (Howard Restor-A-Finish--stocked at the local hardware
store) actually works as advertised.
Now to figure out how to encourage the cat to sleep somewhere other than
on the good furniture.
In article <[email protected]>,
J. Clarke <[email protected]> wrote:
> Now to figure out how to encourage the cat to sleep somewhere other than
> on the good furniture.
A large and vicious dog might work.
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Stuart Winsor
Midland RISC OS show - Sat July 9th 2011
In article <[email protected]>, anneb3
@mindspring.com says...
>
> Go for broke and build that cat a winter home with a built in heater.
> Problem solved. Big grin and have a happy new year.
That's on the agenda once I figure out where to put it. Want it up high
enough that the cat can supervise but not so high that he can't find it.
> On to more serious subjects. Worked in an antique shop for a few years and
> Restore-a-Finish was alwys available to use on antique oak furniture.
> which was very much in fasion at the time.
> "J. Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >A couple of days ago, right after the big snowstorm, I noticed some snow
Go for broke and build that cat a winter home with a built in heater.
Problem solved. Big grin and have a happy new year.
On to more serious subjects. Worked in an antique shop for a few years and
Restore-a-Finish was alwys available to use on antique oak furniture.
which was very much in fasion at the time.
"J. Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>A couple of days ago, right after the big snowstorm, I noticed some snow
"J. Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>, anneb3
> @mindspring.com says...
>>
>> Go for broke and build that cat a winter home with a built in heater.
>> Problem solved. Big grin and have a happy new year.
>
> That's on the agenda once I figure out where to put it. Want it up high
> enough that the cat can supervise but not so high that he can't find it.
>
About six feet high on a post. Put some catnip in the house and he'll find
it. I keep something footstool height and cushioned next to ours so they
don't take the pounding of coming down onto a solid surface.
--
"He's not the Messiah. He's a very naughty boy! "
Brian's Mum