Now there are other tutorials that say it’s cool to use rope out of man-made fiber and I’ve been told that it isn’t by my vet. I set up the thing waiting to see which cat would head on over first and Miss Thing came swooping right on in.Īnd jumped on top and started scratching upside down. I wanted 2 colors but I didn’t want it to be all up in your face so I went navy, natural, navy. Work all the way up to the top of the tree and you’re done! You can change colors as often as you’d like. Use a hammer to smash that sucker down and really secure things. When you get a staple into both the wood and the rope it won’t be a tight fit. Getting them into the wood and the rope and holding it down will a bit tricky at first but once you get the hang of it you’re set. Since the nails had really hacked me off I decided screw a bunch of them and went with my staple gun. Go around the edges of the carpet with a clear glue to seal the carpet fibers in and prevent the rug from unraveling at the cuts. I used Liquid Fusion because it’s some strong business. Glue your carpet down with a strong glue. Instead with the hole just in the center I was able to pull it down over the post for a perfect fit!
It turned out that slit was something the cats loved to mess with so it never laid flat after day one and that irked me. Instead of cutting a slit there is just the hole in the center. If you’ve already read the other post you may have noticed a difference. Mark the 3.5×3.5 inch square in the center and trim the carpet and get after it with your craft knife. A 4×4 post is actually a finished 3.5 x 3.5 post.
Now the wood we used was a 4×4 but that’s not what you really get. In the center of the rug you’ll need to cut a space for your post. Go ahead and mark and trim all four sides of the rug to fit within the bottom of your post. Move the dot accordingly until your fingers match up. Use your other hand to find and connect your fingers. If you need to be sure that it is centered with the patter on the other side (because it can get messed up) point at the dot you made on the back side and flip the rug over with your hand still beneath. In order to get things just right, measure out the center of the rug. I think this way it helps to draw the eye in a bit more so the pretty rug can be appreciated. I wanted this to equally surround the post itself. If you’re changing the look of the wood for the base get that done now.Īfter a lot of looking I finally found a rug with a medallion smack dab in the middle of the design. Hopefully you were more sensible than me because it took forever to remove these things! What the heck was I thinking?!! Be sure to remove any nails you might have used to keep the rope on. When I was removing the rope from the old version of the cat scratching post, present day me was pretty ticked of with in the past me. I also used a whole bunch of shorter pieces of rope so there was plenty of places that could easily be torn away for an all new frayed rope end to start. I’ve never reattached the rope when it would come away from the wood and that meant the sisal rope frayed a lot faster than it would have otherwise. Like I said before, for 4 cats getting after this thing for 2.5 years it isn’t all that bad. Rug at least the width of the base + adhesive.One totally awesome DIY cat scratching post But I’m fickle and I change my mind often and I’m stubborn and I want what I want so I went ahead with the extra $9 expense. In the end this cost me $21 but if I went with a more generic look I probably would have left that stuff as is and just replaced the rope.
CAT SCRATCH POST HOW TO
Because I used supplies on hand with the exception of a $6 rug and $3 bottle of liquid dye (learn how to use the dye and give that rope some color here). Today I’m going to show you how I updated my post for a completely new look that matches my current decor scheme much better. And when I realized that 4+ cats have been going to town on this thing for over 2.5 years I realized it was time to invest in $12 of rope and get this sucker prepared for the next 2.5 years!
Though I often live in my own world I did finally realize just how ratty they kitty’s scratching post had gotten.
When I get stressed or have other strong emotions getting down I will get my rear out of bed and do things like dig in the mud, hide other people’s car keys, put my muddy dog into my dad’s car and I’d be lying if I said that I haven’t had to clean mud stains out of the bottom of my sheets after waking up with said mud on my feet. They have especially been trying to get to the occasional chair I bought in my sleep last year . Here lately my kitties have been royally getting after things with their claws that they shouldn’t be and it has been ticking me off.
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