A couple of days ago, right after the big snowstorm, I noticed some snow
and a little dust on a quilt on a '50s walnut sideboard out in the barn.
After staring stupidly at the roof for a while trying to figure out
where the hole was it dawned on me that a critter had slept there. And
that it was wet. Pulled the quilt off and sure enough there on the top
was the mother of all white spots. After cussing a bit I went on about
doing other stuff and later noticed cat prints in the snow leading into
and out of the barn, and no other critter prints, so obviously a cat got
in and found that to be a nice place to sleep, and it being snowing and
all he was covered with snow that he brought in. So it was a cat-sized
white spot.

Well, we had some Restor-A-Finish on the shelf and it says that it will
if used with steel wool remove white spots. So I tried it. At first
nothing much happened, then all of a sudden a patch turned walnut color.
I kept at it and after 45 minutes or so of work I had the whole patch
back to normal color. So I wiped it down expecting the shellac to be
gone, but it wasn't--only difference between that spot and the rest of
the top was that the place I'd been working on was a good deal shinier.

So the stuff (Howard Restor-A-Finish--stocked at the local hardware
store) actually works as advertised.

Now to figure out how to encourage the cat to sleep somewhere other than
on the good furniture.

Go for broke and build that cat a winter home with a built in heater.
Problem solved. Big grin and have a happy new year.

On to more serious subjects. Worked in an antique shop for a few years and
Restore-a-Finish was alwys available to use on antique oak furniture.
which was very much in fasion at the time.
"J. Clarke" wrote in message
in.local...
A couple of days ago, right after the big snowstorm, I noticed some snow

Drape the sideboard with a moisture barrier, also.

Sonny

In article , anneb3
@mindspring.com says...

Go for broke and build that cat a winter home with a built in heater.
Problem solved. Big grin and have a happy new year.

That's on the agenda once I figure out where to put it. Want it up high
enough that the cat can supervise but not so high that he can't find it.

On to more serious subjects. Worked in an antique shop for a few years and
Restore-a-Finish was alwys available to use on antique oak furniture.
which was very much in fasion at the time.
"J. Clarke" wrote in message
in.local...
A couple of days ago, right after the big snowstorm, I noticed some snow

"J. Clarke" wrote in message
in.local...
In article , anneb3
@mindspring.com says...

Go for broke and build that cat a winter home with a built in heater.
Problem solved. Big grin and have a happy new year.

That's on the agenda once I figure out where to put it. Want it up high
enough that the cat can supervise but not so high that he can't find it.



About six feet high on a post. Put some catnip in the house and he'll find
it. I keep something footstool height and cushioned next to ours so they
don't take the pounding of coming down onto a solid surface.

--
"He's not the Messiah. He's a very naughty boy! "
Brian's Mum

"J. Clarke" wrote:

Now to figure out how to encourage the cat to sleep somewhere other
than
on the good furniture.

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Even a .410 solves that problem.

Lew