Cats DO NOT scratch Cars!

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Cats and Car-Paint

The quick answer is that car duco - if its in half decent condition - is extremely hard (its baked for at least half an hour at over 300º since it has to withstand road gravel hitting it etc). And cats claws are the same hardness as our fingernails. So unless you can scratch off the paint with your fingernail, there is *no way* a cat can scratch the *paint* of the surface of a car that's in a fairly good condition. (Paint does weather though and if its in a really bad state, it can be scratched, but if its that bad it should be a funny colour of white and be in the junk yard).However, if the car has been *waxed*, the cat's claws (and your fingernails) can remove some of the wax, leaving what looks likes scratches in the paint, but are in fact just places where the surface of the wax has been removed. But then again a cat just walking across a car doesn't *use* claws, so the only way that the cat could scratch the car is if it was trying to somehow get traction on the surface, by either falling off or (dare I say) running for its life.
The worst a cat can do to in normal circumstances is leave cute little muddy cat prints - annoying but not inherently damaging.This article is Copyright © Victoria Chapman, BSc, Paint Technologist

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The quick answer is that car duco - if its in half decent condition - is extremely hard (its baked for at least half an hour at over 300º since it has to withstand road gravel hitting it etc). And cats claws are the same hardness as our fingernails. So unless you can scratch off the paint with your fingernail, there is *no way* a cat can scratch the *paint* of the surface of a car that's in a fairly good condition. (Paint does weather though and if its in a really bad state, it can be scratched, but if its that bad it should be a funny colour of white and be in the junk yard).

However, if the car has been *waxed*, the cat's claws (and your fingernails) can remove some of the wax, leaving what looks likes scratches in the paint, but are in fact just places where the surface of the wax has been removed. But then again a cat just walking across a car doesn't *use* claws, so the only way that the cat could scratch the car is if it was trying to somehow get traction on the surface, by either falling off or (dare I say) running for its life.
The worst a cat can do to in normal circumstances is leave cute little muddy cat prints - annoying but not inherently damaging.
This article is Copyright © Victoria Chapman, BSc, Paint Technologist

Cats and Car-Paint

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Cats and Car-Paint

The quick answer is that car duco - if its in half decent condition - is extremely hard (its baked for at least half an hour at over 300º since it has to withstand road gravel hitting it etc). And cats claws are the same hardness as our fingernails. So unless you can scratch off the paint with your fingernail, there is *no way* a cat can scratch the *paint* of the surface of a car that's in a fairly good condition. (Paint does weather though and if its in a really bad state, it can be scratched, but if its that bad it should be a funny colour of white and be in the junk yard).

However, if the car has been *waxed*, the cat's claws (and your fingernails) can remove some of the wax, leaving what looks likes scratches in the paint, but are in fact just places where the surface of the wax has been removed. But then again a cat just walking across a car doesn't *use* claws, so the only way that the cat could scratch the car is if it was trying to somehow get traction on the surface, by either falling off or (dare I say) running for its life.

The worst a cat can do to in normal circumstances is leave cute little muddy cat prints - annoying but not inherently damaging.

This article is Copyright © Victoria Chapman, BSc, Paint Technologist,
and printed with permission of the author.

How to Keep Cats Off Cars

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Cats and Car-Paint

The quick answer is that car duco - if its in half decent condition - is extremely hard (its baked for at least half an hour at over 300º since it has to withstand road gravel hitting it etc). And cats claws are the same hardness as our fingernails. So unless you can scratch off the paint with your fingernail, there is *no way* a cat can scratch the *paint* of the surface of a car that's in a fairly good condition. (Paint does weather though and if its in a really bad state, it can be scratched, but if its that bad it should be a funny colour of white and be in the junk yard).

However, if the car has been *waxed*, the cat's claws (and your fingernails) can remove some of the wax, leaving what looks likes scratches in the paint, but are in fact just places where the surface of the wax has been removed. But then again a cat just walking across a car doesn't *use* claws, so the only way that the cat could scratch the car is if it was trying to somehow get traction on the surface, by either falling off or (dare I say) running for its life.

The worst a cat can do to in normal circumstances is leave cute little muddy cat prints - annoying but not inherently damaging.

This article is Copyright © Victoria Chapman, BSc, Paint Technologist,
and printed with permission of the author.

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Keep Cats Off Cars

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Some people are cat people. Some prefer other animals. But no matter if you're a cat person, a dog person, an animal person or a person who doesn't like animals of any kind, it probably annoys you when cats jump on your car. You find the cat prints in the morning. You see scratches on your roof. The tarp has scratches in it so deep the paint is missing, despite your best efforts. Fortunately, you can find plenty of ways to keep cats off your car. Keep reading to learn how.

Instructions:

1. Step 1

   Sprinkle cayenne pepper around the car. It has been known to keep cats away, and you don't even need to sprinkle it on the car, though that might be even more effective. After a few days, the cats should leave and not come back. If they return, try again or move on to another possible remedy.

2. Step 2

   Purchase mothballs and spread them out around your car, including on the car's roof. Alternatively, put the mothballs in a bag and hang them. The scent is strong, so beware. But cats don't like the scent either, and will stay away.

3. Step 3

   Set up an ultrasound pet alarm. An alarm, set off by a motion detector, scares off cats. It costs about $30 and is very easy to set up, even on the roof of a car.

4. Step 4

   Try a CatStop. This product works for up to about 20 feet by emitting a high-pitched sound that humans can't hear. It runs on batteries or electricity.

5. Step 5

   Use a ScatMat, which scares the animals off, teaching them not to go on your car. However, instead of an alarm, it uses static to alarm the cats. Depending on the size of the mat you buy, the ScatMat can cost anywhere from $20 to $420. After the cat learns to stay away, you can put it away until you need it again.

How to counter complaints about cats on cars!

Tell the complainant to buy a car cover!!

Not a scratch of the coffee-table glass top!

Appeal to Car Owners NOT to KILL Cats over Alleged Scratches

Old Stomp article on Cats & Car

From http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php?t=2408727

This two-week-old kitten was stuck in the undercarriage of STOMPer Francis Nai's car for one whole day and was rescued after the owner dismantled part of his car. The 42-year-old businessman had a fright when his friend told him that 'something' was dangling from under his car on 18 June. Earlier, he had parked his car in Serangoon Central. Mr Nai and his friend checked the car but did not find anything. It was only after he heard a mew that he realised a cat could have been stuck in it. He said he went to a mechanic immediately. Both searched for the kitten, but it seemed to have disappeared. The next morning, while the STOMPer was starting his car, he heard the kitten again. He said: "Confirm there's a cat! I went to the mechanic again, and this time we dismantled parts of the undercarriage." They finally found the kitten, and Mr Nai quickly brought it to a vet. "It's just a little kitten! The vet told us that it's only 2 weeks old," said the STOMPer. "I don't know how it got there, but I suspect the mother hid it in my car thinking it's a safe place for her kitten." Since it is quite impossible to return the kitten to its mother, Mr Nai and his family decided to keep it as a pet. "I'm just glad that it survived because the car engine can be very hot. I hope keeping it will bring me some good luck," he said with a laugh.

The REAL culprits in a car park!

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Caught: Teen vandals splashing paint and defacing car


Teens vandalised a car parked at a multi-storey carpark at around 8pm, May 26. Luckily the ower installed a dashboard camera.

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These teens were filmed vandalising a car on May 26 at around 8pm at a multi-storey carpark, according to a Stomp report.

One of them scrawled messages on the windscreen, poured paint on the car hood. The other teen even took a picture of the finished job.

This video was taken in Block 723A, a multi-storey car park at Tampines Central.

The contributor told Stomp, "Our youths are getting from bad to worse."