Cat damaged leather!

[Todd Burch]

So Friday morning I opened the driver's door, leaned in, and turned on the A/C about 10 minutes before I left for work. (No 3G in garage...so can't use app).

I closed the door one click and went off to get ready to leave. I come back to the car and I find my cat is inside. I let him out...after getting over the initial panic that he'd been in there all night (where did he pee, where is the poo?) I realized he must have snuck in 10 minutes earlier.

OK, so I have to clean some hair off the dash. No big deal...

...Until I find some scratches on the driver's seat leather--around the shoulder area. 4 nice claw-spaced scratches through the "surface part" of the leather. Ugh. I go through a long 3 year wait for this car, and less than 6 months into owning it, my friggin' cat scratches the leather.

I'm crying quite a bit on the inside.

Anyone know of any way to repair the leather...something I can do myself? The scratches didn't cut all the way through, but they have damaged the surface.

 

[Btrflyl8e]

So Friday morning I opened the driver's door, leaned in, and turned on the A/C about 10 minutes before I left for work. (No 3G in garage...so can't use app).

I closed the door one click and went off to get ready to leave. I come back to the car and I find my cat is inside. I let him out...after getting over the initial panic that he'd been in there all night (where did he pee, where is the poo?) I realized he must have snuck in 10 minutes earlier.

OK, so I have to clean some hair off the dash. No big deal...

...Until I find some scratches on the driver's seat leather--around the shoulder area. 4 nice claw-spaced scratches through the "surface part" of the leather. Ugh. I go through a long 3 year wait for this car, and less than 6 months into owning it, my friggin' cat scratches the leather.

I'm crying quite a bit on the inside.

Anyone know of any way to repair the leather...something I can do myself? The scratches didn't cut all the way through, but they have damaged the surface.

http://m.wikihow.com/Repair-Scratches-on-Leather-Furniture

 

[ChadS]

Good luck fixing the leather. My daughter did something to my leather Roadster seat a couple of months after I bought it (she slid down in the seat with a spiked belt on).

Of course, prevention is generally preferred to repair. You can keep better track of your cats in the future with something like this:

 

[Todd Burch]

Good luck fixing the leather. My daughter did something to my leather Roadster seat a couple of months after I bought it (she slid down in the seat with a spiked belt on).

Of course, prevention is generally preferred to repair. You can keep better track of your cats in the future with something like this:

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Haha, that's a good one! Thanks Btrflyl8e...I'll give that a try.

 

[mknox]

Good luck fixing the leather. My daughter did something to my leather Roadster seat a couple of months after I bought it (she slid down in the seat with a spiked belt on).

I did something similar myself years ago. I was working in the garage and got into my car to move it out of the way... with a screwdriver sticking out of my back pocket. Ugh!

 

[Btrflyl8e]

Todd, let us know if you've tried any remedies and had any success..