Cat walked through paint all over brand new drive!

Cramberry · 2024-04-21T19:02:44+00:00

Dh was painting garden furniture on our front lawn. When he came in for lunch he did not account for our cat jumping on table (never does this). We are now left with a trail of painted paw prints on our 2 month drive! What can we do?? White spirit did NOTHING.

Catsmere · 22/04/2024 22:02

SamWinchestersHair · 22/04/2024 13:30

One of my cats always have visible claws on her back feet’s. She makes a pleasant clicks clacky sound when trundling around on our wood floors 😬

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Their back claws don't retract fully, hence the sound. They also get a bit longer as they get old, which is why vets start trimming the back as well as front claws eventually.

BeyondMyWits · 22/04/2024 15:25

At least it was the driveway, not the car.

LakeTiticaca · 22/04/2024 15:11

Our family cat walked down our newly concreted drive way. My dad had to fill in the trail of pawprints with some hastily mixed cement. Nearly 60 years on the cement filled bits are still visible on the drive, immortalising our cat who's been deceased over 50 years 😆

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Cramberry · 22/04/2024 13:58

Apparently ds saw the dog inspecting the cat’s paws this morning

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candycane222 · 22/04/2024 13:34

😻😻beautiful cat!!!

SamWinchestersHair · 22/04/2024 13:30

BeachHutsAndDeckchairs · 21/04/2024 23:11

I always thought you couldn't see claws on cat prints?

There are cat prints in the concrete on the path under the corner of the cladding on our house. They've been there since before we moved in so we have no idea when they were made but every time I see them I always wonder about the cat that left them.

There are cat prints on ancient manuscripts and Roman tiles too so they've been doing this sort of thing for millennia!

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One of my cats always have visible claws on her back feet’s. She makes a pleasant clicks clacky sound when trundling around on our wood floors 😬

Eze · 22/04/2024 13:29

Beautiful cat. He was only helping 😺

amusedbush · 22/04/2024 13:23

It looks like he has put on gloves to hide the evidence 😁

Scampuss · 22/04/2024 12:09

Beautiful cat 😻

Concretejungle1 · 22/04/2024 12:06

I think it looks better
Trim the fur that has paint on.

Catsmere · 22/04/2024 11:44

Look at that innocent face and those spotless white paws!

(Did you manage to get the paint off his/her pads, OP?)

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Cramberry · 22/04/2024 11:37

CutthroatDruTheViolent · 22/04/2024 11:13

Ok I can't right now because at work but if you have a look on there you should be able to find it. Was posted yesterday and a response today i think.

Thank you. You are very kind!

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Cramberry · 22/04/2024 11:37

The vandal. Now questioning my decision to let this (once) stray into the family.

This is a joke - to the posters who for some reason have assumed I am sort of cat abuser.

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CutthroatDruTheViolent · 22/04/2024 11:13

Ok I can't right now because at work but if you have a look on there you should be able to find it. Was posted yesterday and a response today i think.

CutthroatDruTheViolent · 22/04/2024 11:12

@Cramberry there was a similar post on reddit r/DIYUK yesterday - someone had spilt paint on their driveway. I'll try and find it for you because they managed to get it off.

Mumofleo123 · 22/04/2024 09:06

Honestly sounds like one of those #familying moments! Bet you will laugh about it in a few months time

Catsmere · 22/04/2024 09:05

Coastalcreeksider · 22/04/2024 09:02

In my last house, I had a brand new hardstanding and base for a shed laid. It was a pretty large area. The builders finished it off and went home. My two cats kept well out of the way, they hated strangers, builders being the worst.

The following morning, I went down the garden to admire it and there were two sets of cat prints going from one end of the hardstanding to the other and back again. Obviously checking that the work was of a high standard.

😆

QA supurrvisors doing their job! 😆

Coastalcreeksider · 22/04/2024 09:02

In my last house, I had a brand new hardstanding and base for a shed laid. It was a pretty large area. The builders finished it off and went home. My two cats kept well out of the way, they hated strangers, builders being the worst.

The following morning, I went down the garden to admire it and there were two sets of cat prints going from one end of the hardstanding to the other and back again. Obviously checking that the work was of a high standard.

😆

Catsmere · 22/04/2024 08:59

Sharontheodopolodous · 22/04/2024 08:48

A friend of mine was packing a suitcase to go off and she her adult dd and new baby gd
She left the suitcase open on the table with just minutes to go before she left while she nipped to the loo
Big mistake-the cat pissed all over her clothes and sat there as if to say 'your not going now are you?'

A girl a work with had all her uni work laid on the table
She'd finished it and went to bed,ready to hand in the following day
Yep,puss widdled all over it
The uni lecturer didn't bat an eyelid and gave her time to re-write it so it must happen all the time

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Oh my! 😂

My girls don't do the peeing on things, but one of them had a "klingon" last night and I found out when I walked in it ...

Bramshott · 22/04/2024 08:59

One of the bricks in the back wall of our 1880s has has unmistakeable pawprints in, left by a Victorian cat at the brickworks.

Sparklfairy · 22/04/2024 08:51

DM had concrete laid last week. The workmen left so she let the cat out. There are now paw prints all in the concrete...

It wasn't even a huge area, the cat could have walked around or even jumped over, but no. Immortalised paws.

FlexIt · 22/04/2024 08:50

Come on op let’s see the photo!
Check paint tin for cleaning
Try graffiti remover from Amazon

KimberleyClark · 22/04/2024 08:50

stripes92 · 21/04/2024 20:05

Leave them. In 6 months you'll find it funny rather than annoying!

This. Also at some point in the future they will be a lovely reminder of your cat.

Sharontheodopolodous · 22/04/2024 08:48

Catsmere · 22/04/2024 04:40

The writer of that manuscript got off lightly - there's another where the scribe was extremely narked to find a cat piddled on his work overnight. 😄

https://medievalfragments.wordpress.com/2013/02/22/paws-pee-and-mice-cats-among-medieval-manuscripts/

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A friend of mine was packing a suitcase to go off and she her adult dd and new baby gd
She left the suitcase open on the table with just minutes to go before she left while she nipped to the loo
Big mistake-the cat pissed all over her clothes and sat there as if to say 'your not going now are you?'

A girl a work with had all her uni work laid on the table
She'd finished it and went to bed,ready to hand in the following day
Yep,puss widdled all over it
The uni lecturer didn't bat an eyelid and gave her time to re-write it so it must happen all the time

TheNinthLock · 22/04/2024 08:20

Glad cat is ok.

If not too many paving blocks affected, you could lift and replace individual blocks.