Savvy mum uses £7 eBay paint to mask cat scratches on her leather sofa and makes it look brand new
A MUM shared her method for restoring her battered leather couch after they got covered in cat scratches.
She revealed her felines had used her white sofa as their personal scratching post, leaving it looking frayed and damaged.
She nearly bought new ones as she thought they were irreparable, but before chucking them out she decided to try and fix them first.
The cat owner picked up some leather paint from eBay for £6.95, which comes in a range of colours from flamingo pink to slate grey.
She prepped her sofas before adding a coat of paint, and the difference is incredible.
Sharing snaps of her handiwork to Facebook group Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK, she said: “Saved myself from buying new sofas.
“My cats scratched them so I cut off the whispy bits sanded down and painted with leather paint.
“Looks so much better than before.
“Paint brought off Ebay.”
Nearly 2,000 people have liked her post, as they eyed up the paint as a way to revive their own sofas.
One person said: “Great idea, looks good. Now how are you going to stop the cats scratching them again.”
Another wrote: “I must have a look, my couches are covered in scratches.”
A third commented: “That’s done an amazing job.”
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While this person said: “That’s a job well done! There’s cat repel sprays that you can buy just for the areas that they are scratching.
“I’ve also heard of people putting a little white pepper down to put them off.”
While another admitted: “We’ve got the same issue and haven’t even finished paying for the sofas yet. Not a bad idea.”
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