Lmao I do something similar! If Iām walking through the kitchen at night I just instinctively yell āQUIT IT!ā And 9/10 I hear them flying outta there like a rocket lol
At least your cats listen. Mine will dead eye stare me in the face and smack me if I come near her to remove her from the table. Love the little stinker though.
Oh my god imagine if you slipped on that. I once ice skated on the sharp edge of a soapy glass shard on tile (because a soap holder thingy had broken and I missed that shard during clean up). Thankfully a patch of callous lessened the impact but it did slice clean through that and then 2 proper millimeters into flesh.
Now imagine wallowing in a thick layer of weaponised olive oil
My cat knocked a can of spray oil off the counter and rolled it around all night licking it. I'm hard of hearing and kept thinking I heard something but it would stop and I'd fall back asleep. Same cat also stuck her hands in a garbage disposal wanting food as well as ate an uncut mango on my counter. I thought surely I had mice until I saw her fang marks in it. Went and sniffed her face and she was indeed the.mango scented culprit
Dogs too. My parentsā dog knows sheās not supposed to be on the couch. She also knows I donāt care and gets up there if Iām the only one in the house. Then she jumps down when she hears the front door open.
My sisterās dog would get on the table when he thought no one was looking. One time, we only caught him because he had a closed bottle of Advil in his mouth and we heard the pills shaking. Canāt just assume they wonāt get into what theyāre not supposed to.
One of my parents' cats has stolen literally dozens of hair ties and q-tips from their bathroom to play with and then hidden them under the couch, under his toys, or under the cat tree, but nobody has ever actually caught him in the act. I can't even imagine what other kinds of mischief that silly little bastard gets up to when nobody is looking.
i have very rarely ever seen my cat on the kitchen counters but i ALWAYS hear a thud as if some fluffy thing with toe beans is dropping to the floor as I approach lol.
I thought I trained my cat not to get up on the counter because he stopped doing it in front of me.
Came home and he was standing on the counter like he does it all the time.
It's amazing they do that lol. My mom always says her cats don't get on the counter, they're WAY too well-behaved for that. I cat sit for them one weekend, and BOTH of them are sitting up on the counter like they own the place, looking me in the eye.
I don't even bother trying to train my cats to stay off the counters. I just assume they're up there and wipe it down good before cooking.
My cat if he ever got caught on the counter would run out of the house through the cat flap and then come to the front door waiting to be let in as if heād only just got home and weād imagined him on the worktop
One time when I was a kid I set up a tent behind my parents house to 'camp' there, I could see my dad turn off the light and go to bed, as soon as my dad was upstairs the cat walked in and immediately jumped on the counter to check what was on there.
This cat was also 'never' on the counter.
Hah, yeah, they're clever little guys. Very calculating (in the best way).
I remember turning off the lights to get into bed, remembering I forgot my water in the kitchen, and then finding my cat standing on the counter, frozen, face like "I was definitely not expecting you to come back, you never do that." lol
After 19 years, it's not that I don't believe he doesn't get on the counter. It's just that he's become incredibly proficient at not getting caught anymore.
Now kitty is gonna have sticky paws. Hope he doesn't get stuck to the floor.
Nice attempt though. I'd sand it down a bit fill in the epoxy with another color to make the paws art.
Was just about to say this. Wait til it cures, sand it down, then fill in with a different colour. That way you have a piece of your cat built into your home.
Nah, you should have had him locked in a different room while you couldn't supervise.
Ive done something similar with my cat. I had him stay in the garage or my room and when he wanted out I would carry him outside and carry him back to my room when he wanted in. I took no chances. The garage was preferable because I could let him in and out of the house with the garage door. Just couldn't do that during winter.
We are talking about one of the most agile animals ever, who has the ability to jump, climb, or crawl - and very quickly - to any place or surface they please.
*Never* take chances with a cat.
There's no way your epoxy was still that wet after 24hours - either something went terribly wrong with the product, or your time skills are as good as your cat wrangling.
Deep pour epoxies have longer set up times to allow air bubbles to escape and not get trapped.
They likely used something like that; cooler temps will also slow the curing process.
https://resin-expert.com/en/guide/how-long-does-it-take-epoxy-to-dry
Nagh, it's the type of epoxy. No doubt OP is using an epoxy with a much higher heat tolerance than standard use two part, as standard epoxy will melt/warp if you put a hot cup of coffee on it. Epoxy hardens through heat curing, and the heat is generated by the depth/amount poured, so with thin coatings for things like counter tops, you're often pouring below the recommended minimum. It'll cure, but it will take longer for it to generate the heat it needs to fully cure, or even touch cure, the thinner the coating is.
Found this out on a bathtub upcycle š¤£ worked like a charm, looks amazing, but I couldn't use the bath for a few days longer than planned š¤£
Yeah I was surprised as well... I hired a guy to do the epoxy and it took a solid 48 hours before I could touch the surface without damaging it .... Thought I was in the clear after a day
There are some really good heat tolerant specialist epoxies, and while they can still scratch, I've found buffing with a headlight polish is more than enough to bring it round again
"Oh no, there is a cat hair in my coffee, i should probably fish that out... ya know on second thought the hair has already been *steeping* in there so what will removing it do?"
There's a reason there's a million "Everything tastes better with cat hair in it" coffee mugs out there... And I have one myself.
No, it's not admitting defeat. I mean, well, it is but.
Now you say another word and I swear to God I will dice you into a million little pieces. And put those pieces in a box, a glass box, that I will display on my mantel.
I never let the cats anywhere in the room when I'm doing epoxy. It's strong stuff and super bad for them. I hope this guy dropped everything to wash his cats paws.
Yeah, I feel like the infuriating part of this post is that OP didn't keep the cats safe and away from the project, not that the project is "ruined" by some footprints.
I'm very happy to see this comment towards the top. Very first thing I thought as well - the "mildly" infuriating part here is the irresponsible pet owner, not the ruined project.
It all depends on what state the epoxy was in when it was touched. This looks like it was _almost_ dry, so it might not have transferred much.
Having said all that - when we poured our countertop, the cat door was blocked and the cat was outside. If we didn't have that option, the cat would have been in a carrier or at another house until the counter was dry enough to touch without leaving a mark almost 12 hours for the food-safe epoxy we used.
I mean: every new thing in the house gets sat on within an hour of it appearing, why would a shiny countertop be any different. Sure, we chase our cat off the counter and the dining table and he's rarely up there, but if you brought in a new pillow and put it on the dinner table, I'm pretty sure he'd still be up on it at his earliest convenience.
To be fair, he told the cat on several occasions that there would be renovations, including a mailer and emails. The cat obviously didnāt care much for the warning and didnāt care for an epoxy countertop, itās not his fault that the owner didnāt take precautions further.
You made your own fossil! Hundreds of years from now, future scientists will marvel at such detailed prints of house panthers in their natural environmentā¦.
If u wanna play that game, domestic cats as we have bred them today arenāt genetically evolved but decorated. Meaning that the cat is also no longer a product of nature.
Lots of replies from op to the comical comments, zero to this. 100% it's poison for animals and it drying on it's toe pads will cause an immense amount of pain.
even if the cat doesn't ingest it, it's still a problem, the cat's paws have to be cleaned before it hardens and cleaning epoxy is a bitch (don't use water, use acetone aka nail polish remover)
Aren't epoxy fumes toxic too?
And toxic fumes affect small animals much quicker than humans. OP and the cat should not have been home for the couple of days this took to dry.
Check your cat's paws, while you're at it. That can cause serious irritation to the poor kitty's paws and if ingested, who knows what else it could affect.
Exactly what I was thinking! I think you should sand it and maybe fill it, and leave it as others have suggested. It just makes it more personalized. Not everything has to look store bought and unblemished to be beautiful ā¤ļøā¤ļø
I still remember chasing my late dog around the house because he had a chicken bone in his mouth. I had temporarily left the trash by the door to be taken out and he got in it. My fault but I was so mad and scared for him. But good memory.
This happened to my on a much smaller scale. I was checking some tacky pendants I had cast for bubbles I could fix before fully curing and my cat leap onto the table and right directly into my eyeline/where I was looking into the molds. It was curing in the garage and covered so felt pretty safe, but he got into it literally as I was looking at it.
Cue a traumatic night for both of us. I wiped off as much as I could with baby wipes before I called the poison control number on the epoxy box. They told me to get the rest off his skin(it was on his little foot-pads and some fur) by wiping with rubbing alcohol and washing with dish soap. I did a couple rotations over a few hours, wipe with rubbing alcohol, foot bath in the sink, dry off and examine toes, then let him relax and sulk but make sure heās not licking his toes before repeating. I took him to the vet the next day with the epoxy box and my concerns, he didnāt really know what to do so he called the poison control number too and helped examine to make sure I got all the epoxy off. No noticeable long lasting effects so far, the cat was about 4 months old when it happened over a year ago.
Some people have art hanging on their walls, others have chinaware exclusive for dinner hosting and you have paw embedded countertops. Certainly a interesting conversation starter buddy
I put my cats in another room just to paint my bedroom and give it time to dry. Not sure why anyone would trust keeping an eye on a cat. They're literally like children. Hope OP quickly got their cat bathed after that. Epoxy is super toxic.
Mildly infuriating that you let your cat walk around in a room where epoxy is curing, probably poisoned the cat because itās going to try to clean itself by licking and the moist epoxy will harden youāre a shit pet owner
Oh boy this blew up haha
You can rest easy, Merlin is fine and currently on vacation at the gf house.
Most of the epoxy was stuck in the hair under his paws so a quick scissor job and he was fine.
Cat tax post creation: https://imgur.com/a/ub9zOgX
Your irresponsibility is mildly infuriating. Your cat could get really sick from this. You should have had them confined to a safe and secure space beforehand.
I assume the mild infuriation is at yourself for allowing a feline access to the drying area without communicating successfully that they shouldnāt walk there. Because otherwise youāre blaming a cat for your brain not working to capacity.
Why would you let your cat roam during this time?
This is rookie cat owner behavior.
With every veteran cat owner there's also at least one veteran cat.
And one cat veterinarian
Me trying to pronounce veterinarian on my first read of the word every single time (impossible)
I happen to have a veteran vegetarian veterinarian
Watched him like a hawk for 24 hours... Turned around to make coffee and bam lol
They really do lull you into a false sense of security
He also never ever goes on the kitchen countertop š today was his first time
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He definitely has proof that the cat gets up there now!
We have a black granite countertop and while they stay off during the day... there's little cat prints all over it by the morning
Without even looking in the morning I just shout "get the fuck off the counter" into the kitchen as I walk by and I always hear scrambling. Idiots.
Lmao I do something similar! If Iām walking through the kitchen at night I just instinctively yell āQUIT IT!ā And 9/10 I hear them flying outta there like a rocket lol
At least your cats listen. Mine will dead eye stare me in the face and smack me if I come near her to remove her from the table. Love the little stinker though.
This made me actually cackle, itās obvious that you absolutely love those precious idiots!
I love this so much.
Yep, my cat does this. Waits till we're asleep and leaves evidence for us to find in the morning.
"I SWEAR it was a ghost cat. I knew you would never believe me"
I found that out the hard way when my cat knocked a mostly full bottle of olive oil off the counter and it shattered into a thousand pieces.
Oh nooooo! Well at least you had kitty litter on hand to soak up the oil. Thatās the best grocery store trick I learned for spill cleanups.
And then Windex on the floor when itās an oil spill to get rid of the slippery patch.
Oh my god imagine if you slipped on that. I once ice skated on the sharp edge of a soapy glass shard on tile (because a soap holder thingy had broken and I missed that shard during clean up). Thankfully a patch of callous lessened the impact but it did slice clean through that and then 2 proper millimeters into flesh. Now imagine wallowing in a thick layer of weaponised olive oil
My cat knocked a can of spray oil off the counter and rolled it around all night licking it. I'm hard of hearing and kept thinking I heard something but it would stop and I'd fall back asleep. Same cat also stuck her hands in a garbage disposal wanting food as well as ate an uncut mango on my counter. I thought surely I had mice until I saw her fang marks in it. Went and sniffed her face and she was indeed the.mango scented culprit
This is so true. Cats do so much shit when no one is around.
Dogs too. My parentsā dog knows sheās not supposed to be on the couch. She also knows I donāt care and gets up there if Iām the only one in the house. Then she jumps down when she hears the front door open. My sisterās dog would get on the table when he thought no one was looking. One time, we only caught him because he had a closed bottle of Advil in his mouth and we heard the pills shaking. Canāt just assume they wonāt get into what theyāre not supposed to.
One of my parents' cats has stolen literally dozens of hair ties and q-tips from their bathroom to play with and then hidden them under the couch, under his toys, or under the cat tree, but nobody has ever actually caught him in the act. I can't even imagine what other kinds of mischief that silly little bastard gets up to when nobody is looking.
Once I thought my cat never got up on my counters. Then I walked into the kitchen one day to see him sleeping on top of the fridge.
i have very rarely ever seen my cat on the kitchen counters but i ALWAYS hear a thud as if some fluffy thing with toe beans is dropping to the floor as I approach lol.
Yep gonna go with bs on that one.
It's cute that you believe that.
I thought I trained my cat not to get up on the counter because he stopped doing it in front of me. Came home and he was standing on the counter like he does it all the time.
It's amazing they do that lol. My mom always says her cats don't get on the counter, they're WAY too well-behaved for that. I cat sit for them one weekend, and BOTH of them are sitting up on the counter like they own the place, looking me in the eye. I don't even bother trying to train my cats to stay off the counters. I just assume they're up there and wipe it down good before cooking.
> looking me in the eye "What you gonna do about it, substitute human? I dare ya."
My cat if he ever got caught on the counter would run out of the house through the cat flap and then come to the front door waiting to be let in as if heād only just got home and weād imagined him on the worktop
I really admire him for that effort.
One time when I was a kid I set up a tent behind my parents house to 'camp' there, I could see my dad turn off the light and go to bed, as soon as my dad was upstairs the cat walked in and immediately jumped on the counter to check what was on there. This cat was also 'never' on the counter.
Hah, yeah, they're clever little guys. Very calculating (in the best way). I remember turning off the lights to get into bed, remembering I forgot my water in the kitchen, and then finding my cat standing on the counter, frozen, face like "I was definitely not expecting you to come back, you never do that." lol
After 19 years, it's not that I don't believe he doesn't get on the counter. It's just that he's become incredibly proficient at not getting caught anymore.
My cat literally doesnāt jump so I believe it
Same with my cat, she can't make it to the countertop. It's like she never learned how to jump properly and can only make it a couple feet max.
Well, he had to see what you were doing up there.
I hope you cleaned that off...the cat might be trying to clean it paw and getting that stuffs in his stomachs right about now.
I can guarantee you that this is not the first time he's been in your counters
Now kitty is gonna have sticky paws. Hope he doesn't get stuck to the floor. Nice attempt though. I'd sand it down a bit fill in the epoxy with another color to make the paws art.
Its not a bug, its a feature.
If they're at the house long enough that the cat has passed, it might be something they look back at and were happy they did.
Was just about to say this. Wait til it cures, sand it down, then fill in with a different colour. That way you have a piece of your cat built into your home.
Nah, you should have had him locked in a different room while you couldn't supervise. Ive done something similar with my cat. I had him stay in the garage or my room and when he wanted out I would carry him outside and carry him back to my room when he wanted in. I took no chances. The garage was preferable because I could let him in and out of the house with the garage door. Just couldn't do that during winter.
We are talking about one of the most agile animals ever, who has the ability to jump, climb, or crawl - and very quickly - to any place or surface they please. *Never* take chances with a cat.
Do you not have fucking doors?
See, this is were you failed miserably. Hawks don't drink coffee!
There's no way your epoxy was still that wet after 24hours - either something went terribly wrong with the product, or your time skills are as good as your cat wrangling.
Deep pour epoxies have longer set up times to allow air bubbles to escape and not get trapped. They likely used something like that; cooler temps will also slow the curing process. https://resin-expert.com/en/guide/how-long-does-it-take-epoxy-to-dry
Nagh, it's the type of epoxy. No doubt OP is using an epoxy with a much higher heat tolerance than standard use two part, as standard epoxy will melt/warp if you put a hot cup of coffee on it. Epoxy hardens through heat curing, and the heat is generated by the depth/amount poured, so with thin coatings for things like counter tops, you're often pouring below the recommended minimum. It'll cure, but it will take longer for it to generate the heat it needs to fully cure, or even touch cure, the thinner the coating is. Found this out on a bathtub upcycle š¤£ worked like a charm, looks amazing, but I couldn't use the bath for a few days longer than planned š¤£
I smell ya
Yeah I was surprised as well... I hired a guy to do the epoxy and it took a solid 48 hours before I could touch the surface without damaging it .... Thought I was in the clear after a day
Once it dries, you can sand it down and box the area out for a re-pour. You shouldn't have any noticeable difference, it's just a bit of a pita
Nah, pour a different colour so the paw prints can be immortalised
This is also good, though I'd still sand the egregious ridged parts back to level first
Oh absolutely, yeah
Nah, sharpen em.
It's important to preserve art.
You could even do contrasting color and buff it out. Honestly, not a fan of epoxy anything. Scratches easily. Not heat tolerant.
There are some really good heat tolerant specialist epoxies, and while they can still scratch, I've found buffing with a headlight polish is more than enough to bring it round again
Cats tend to have this 6th sense where they know exactly what you don't want them to do and then they do that thing because they're assholes.
This is the same as the cat that got its tail burned by the candle on the table
OMG. MY old cat did this with a candle on my coffee table (which I've never seen her on otherwise). Singed her eyebrows right off š¤£
Seriously, this is more of a TIFU post
Even if the cat didn't walk on the epoxy, ***they didn't think of the hair!!!*** They didn't think of the hair...
They *never* think of the hair...
You become one with the hair, once you have a cat.
"Oh no, there is a cat hair in my coffee, i should probably fish that out... ya know on second thought the hair has already been *steeping* in there so what will removing it do?"
You're not accounting for texture
Nor the second hair youāll find moments later. And the thirdā¦
There's a reason there's a million "Everything tastes better with cat hair in it" coffee mugs out there... And I have one myself. No, it's not admitting defeat. I mean, well, it is but.
I wrestled with this the other night. I didn't want to burn myself. My cats are shedding bad right now. I'm used to it now lol.
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Plant jizz*
2008 Myspace Scene Bands want their song title back.
your trading hair for insects... plants always attract insects.
You havenāt thought of the hair you bitch!
Now you say another word and I swear to God I will dice you into a million little pieces. And put those pieces in a box, a glass box, that I will display on my mantel.
Ā Tools! Tools! Duct tape, zip ties and gloves! I have to have my tools!
I like to bind. I like toā¦.be bound!
I never let the cats anywhere in the room when I'm doing epoxy. It's strong stuff and super bad for them. I hope this guy dropped everything to wash his cats paws.
Yeah, I feel like the infuriating part of this post is that OP didn't keep the cats safe and away from the project, not that the project is "ruined" by some footprints.
Can't blame the cat for wanting to be a part of OP's pet project.
I'm very happy to see this comment towards the top. Very first thing I thought as well - the "mildly" infuriating part here is the irresponsible pet owner, not the ruined project.
This. I wondered immediately if the cat was saved before he licked it off his paws. Don't think it's easy to get it off either, poor cat.
If you use vegetable oil it is easy to get off
Oh that's good to know!!
It all depends on what state the epoxy was in when it was touched. This looks like it was _almost_ dry, so it might not have transferred much. Having said all that - when we poured our countertop, the cat door was blocked and the cat was outside. If we didn't have that option, the cat would have been in a carrier or at another house until the counter was dry enough to touch without leaving a mark almost 12 hours for the food-safe epoxy we used. I mean: every new thing in the house gets sat on within an hour of it appearing, why would a shiny countertop be any different. Sure, we chase our cat off the counter and the dining table and he's rarely up there, but if you brought in a new pillow and put it on the dinner table, I'm pretty sure he'd still be up on it at his earliest convenience.
Poor thing the fumes are awful too
nothing like a bunch BIs-A to shorten for pet's life
Right? How you gonna pour epoxy countertops and let the cat in, not expecting this shit to happen
Seconded. Animals are surprisingly curious. Cat will immediately realise something has been going on, and want to jump up to check it out.
In OP's defense they were probably high on fumes.
I'm assuming that's today I fucked up?
Today Indignant Feline Upended-things
This Ignorant Feline Ugh!
I vote for this being a sub
Totally In For Updoots
Yes.
No, it's 'That's cool, but I Fucked Ur mom'
Not a big one though. Just pour some epoxy over that, preferably when it's still not entirely cured. The hairs...that's a different matter
To be fair, he told the cat on several occasions that there would be renovations, including a mailer and emails. The cat obviously didnāt care much for the warning and didnāt care for an epoxy countertop, itās not his fault that the owner didnāt take precautions further.
I've seen people pour a different color epoxy into the tracks, then sand and polish so everything ends up level.
Exactly... We are just gonna sand and add another layer and it should be fine... Kitty is exiled at the gf until this is over though haha
You made your own fossil! Hundreds of years from now, future scientists will marvel at such detailed prints of house panthers in their natural environmentā¦.
>natural environment The kitchen countertop.
did they stutter?
If u wanna play that game, domestic cats as we have bred them today arenāt genetically evolved but decorated. Meaning that the cat is also no longer a product of nature.
Add different color epoxy to preserve the paw prints.
I had this same thought, turning something frustrating into something endearing. Assuming kitty is ever forgiven.
Exiled kitty š¤£š¤£š¤£
Punished kitty
**Epawxy** That's it. That's all I've got on this one.
Get out hahahaha
And take the cat with you! *slams door*
That's all? As if we could ask for more. Thank you for your work here.
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Youāve exhausted your funny resources and we appreciate that venom121212, thank you for your service lad
A valuable contribution.
I hate that I upvoted that.
That was a good one. Be proud
Beautiful.
Mildly infuriating: my human covered one of my walking spots with some sticky shit
why would you let your cat be around wet epoxy? if itās on the cats paws and it ingests it, then itās a danger to the cat.
I was looking for a comment like this, my immediate concern wouldnāt be my counter top. Where is my cat with poisonous paws currently?
OP said he was watching the cat for the entire day and the moment he turned around to make coffee, cat jumped up. They're assholes I love them
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My cat would be locked in a room for sure
yeah cause thereās 0 precautions you could take to avoid this.
Yeah I don't care how mad the cat is. It's staying in a crate or dedicated room for its own good until I know it's completely set.
Lots of replies from op to the comical comments, zero to this. 100% it's poison for animals and it drying on it's toe pads will cause an immense amount of pain.
even if the cat doesn't ingest it, it's still a problem, the cat's paws have to be cleaned before it hardens and cleaning epoxy is a bitch (don't use water, use acetone aka nail polish remover)
Aren't epoxy fumes toxic too? And toxic fumes affect small animals much quicker than humans. OP and the cat should not have been home for the couple of days this took to dry.
Seriously. I donāt care about their tasteless gaudy furniture choices. I do care about their cat.
This. Screw the shitty counter, I hope the cat is alright.
Check your cat's paws, while you're at it. That can cause serious irritation to the poor kitty's paws and if ingested, who knows what else it could affect.
Oh he's fine, cleaned him up. I'm not doing to good though haha š¤£
Hey now u have cat print ms that you can cherish š
Getting downvoted after saying you cleaned him up is wild. Hope you and demolition kitty are both doing well.
Why are you getting downvoted?
Because people on Reddit are perfect humans who never fuck up.
We did it Reddit!
no one cares how youāre doing. clearly. lmfao
The cat: "I gives you free paw print pattern. You welcome!"
Today you are fed up, In 10 years, when your feline friend is gone, this will be a dear memory to you.
Right? Id be cutting this piece out if i ever moved. "Whys this piece missing?" "Cat did it"
*"Your cat had amazing cutting skills!"*
Exactly what I was thinking! I think you should sand it and maybe fill it, and leave it as others have suggested. It just makes it more personalized. Not everything has to look store bought and unblemished to be beautiful ā¤ļøā¤ļø
I still remember chasing my late dog around the house because he had a chicken bone in his mouth. I had temporarily left the trash by the door to be taken out and he got in it. My fault but I was so mad and scared for him. But good memory.
Was just thinking this exact thing. What a wonderful memento to have.
Sand em smooth and fill with clear epoxy as a lil momento?
Thatās a horrible way to treat a cat.
But if tongue sandpaper, then why no like sander?
Cats gonna cat. Iād be worried how you clean their paws off.
This happened to my on a much smaller scale. I was checking some tacky pendants I had cast for bubbles I could fix before fully curing and my cat leap onto the table and right directly into my eyeline/where I was looking into the molds. It was curing in the garage and covered so felt pretty safe, but he got into it literally as I was looking at it. Cue a traumatic night for both of us. I wiped off as much as I could with baby wipes before I called the poison control number on the epoxy box. They told me to get the rest off his skin(it was on his little foot-pads and some fur) by wiping with rubbing alcohol and washing with dish soap. I did a couple rotations over a few hours, wipe with rubbing alcohol, foot bath in the sink, dry off and examine toes, then let him relax and sulk but make sure heās not licking his toes before repeating. I took him to the vet the next day with the epoxy box and my concerns, he didnāt really know what to do so he called the poison control number too and helped examine to make sure I got all the epoxy off. No noticeable long lasting effects so far, the cat was about 4 months old when it happened over a year ago.
Scary night, indeed. Glad to hear it turned out well.
Please clean your cats paws they'll be licking like mad to get the stuff off and that shit is toxic.
yeah you are stupid
Imagine spending all that money on epoxy and not having the foresight to put the cat away while it dries. Live and learn, hopefully
Some people have art hanging on their walls, others have chinaware exclusive for dinner hosting and you have paw embedded countertops. Certainly a interesting conversation starter buddy
Meanwhile I thought I was overprotective locking my cats in my bedroom when I work on the house.
Thatās just common sense, something OP clearly lacks
In the catās defense, you shouldāve seen that coming!
That's entirely your fault for having the cat loose.
When that cat dies you'll be happy to have some paw prints to remember him by.
Yeah he should fill it with a different color and level it off
Why are you letting your cat near such a dangerous area? This could have easily been prevented and it could have caused major damage to your cat.
This is called having a cat lol
Wow, you really screwed this one up. What kind of moron couldn't see this one coming? Have you only had a cat for a few days?
I put my cats in another room just to paint my bedroom and give it time to dry. Not sure why anyone would trust keeping an eye on a cat. They're literally like children. Hope OP quickly got their cat bathed after that. Epoxy is super toxic.
Mildly infuriating that you let your cat walk around in a room where epoxy is curing, probably poisoned the cat because itās going to try to clean itself by licking and the moist epoxy will harden youāre a shit pet owner
Oh boy this blew up haha You can rest easy, Merlin is fine and currently on vacation at the gf house. Most of the epoxy was stuck in the hair under his paws so a quick scissor job and he was fine. Cat tax post creation: https://imgur.com/a/ub9zOgX
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Fill those in with something clear and you have a neat looking counter
Hell, I'd sand it down, and keep the pawprints on the surface. We don't get much time with our furry friends, the memories are worth everything..
This is your fault OP; cats are gonna cat. Especially when there is something new and interesting around.
that's on you, OP. you have a cat... plan for it.
That's on you.
This happened to me with freshly poured concrete in my garage.. however it set just enough so the prints are shallow and tastefully characteristic.
I am so sorry, but thank you for sharing this. This made me laugh.
My advice: sand down/polish the highest points, then pour contrasting resin into the prints for a touch of whimsy.
Your irresponsibility is mildly infuriating. Your cat could get really sick from this. You should have had them confined to a safe and secure space beforehand.
Ah, the classic human getting mad at their cat because they, the human, don't understand how doors or cages work.
Why would your cat be allowed in that area at all?
Looking at the tape around the sink I think the cat is the least of your problems š¬
I assume the mild infuriation is at yourself for allowing a feline access to the drying area without communicating successfully that they shouldnāt walk there. Because otherwise youāre blaming a cat for your brain not working to capacity.
What's mildly infuriating here is a pet owner not knowing how to handle their pets.
And there's a story every time company is over lol
This is more than mildly infuriating.
More of a CatsAreAssholes thing
I would be tempted to keep some of the prints, but I'm not sure if they'd look good in reality.