Today at the furniture store

[Horace]

I’ve seen vegan leather as an option. I wonder if it’s rebranded faux leather. I bet it is. I didn’t even inquire about the price difference because I have a basic assumption that products marketed to appeal to virtuous sensibilities are more expensive.

[Rainman]

Horace, with everything else you're going through, I hope furniture shopping is something you enjoy.

George, is that Cat Training Tape super sticky? Would it work on a flat surface, or would it be cruel as the cat's fur would stick to the tape like one of those mouse traps?

[George K]

@Rainman it’s not super sticky at all. It’s just sticky enough to dissuade the cat from touching it, but not so sticky that it’ll Not release if you touch it. It’s really more annoying than anything else, and it’s easy to remove. I think that after being there for a week or so, the cat just loses interest. I’ll take it off my chair this evening and see what happens.

[Klaus]

@George-K said in Today at the furniture store:

it’s not super sticky at all. It’s just sticky enough to dissuade the cat from touching it, but not so sticky that it’ll Not release if you touch it. It’s really more annoying than anything else, and it’s easy to remove.

That's what she said?

[blondie]

@Friday said in Today at the furniture store:

@Horace

Would faux leather be an option? I don't know furniture like Blondie, but it seems to me faux leather would be more durable than fabric and more reasonably priced than real leather.

Faux leather is great for clean-up with kitchen & dining chairs, for a kid’s room too, but I’d twice about getting it for a recliner or sofa. It doesn’t breathe. You sweat & stick to it. My condo neighbor had to sell off a new LazyBoy sofa & loveseat set for this reason & regrets buying a recliner massage chair. I “stick” to my faux leather kitchen chairs in the summer wearing shorts. But I deal with it for those.

[blondie]

@George-K said in Today at the furniture store:

@Friday said in Today at the furniture store:

faux leather

I've been wondering about that as well.

However, avoid "bonded leather." This stuff, usually found in cheaper office chairs and the like, is nothing more than a slurry of leather hides mixed with cardboard. It doesn't wear, and eventually cracks and peels.

It is shiite.

Truth. Exactly.

[blondie]

@George-K said in Today at the furniture store:

@Rainman it’s not super sticky at all. It’s just sticky enough to dissuade the cat from touching it, but not so sticky that it’ll Not release if you touch it. It’s really more annoying than anything else, and it’s easy to remove. I think that after being there for a week or so, the cat just loses interest. I’ll take it off my chair this evening and see what happens.

I wonder if this would work for 2 family members who roll around & sleep on my nice new couch wearing crusty riveted denim & metal zipped hoodies?

[Rainman]

Blondie, it would work, but it would be smarter to apply the tape to their clothes when they're not looking.

[blondie]

Lol. I could try that @Rainman
Drool is often an issue too with the older one.

[Horace]

@Rainman said in Today at the furniture store:

Horace, with everything else you're going through, I hope furniture shopping is something you enjoy.

Thanks Rainman. It’s all good.

I could talk about today’s shopping trip for appliances, but that would be bragging.

[Mik]

@George-K said in Today at the furniture store:

Maggie has one spot on my leather chair that's attracted her. This seems to have stopped it. She doesn't even come near it now.

George, I got some of this. It's like magic! Thanks.