Cat repellent cleaning products.
Discussion
I own a really rather nice Alfa Spider...
...and have an issue with a local cat that likes to sleep on the roof.
Usually the same day or day after I wash and give the old girl a polish I have muddy paw prints up my bonnet, windscreen and hood with a mass of fur in the middle I have to keep brushing off.
Are there are car cleaning products or polishes that have a cat repellent quality?
I'd rather not resort to using Claymore mines around my garden.
...and have an issue with a local cat that likes to sleep on the roof.
Usually the same day or day after I wash and give the old girl a polish I have muddy paw prints up my bonnet, windscreen and hood with a mass of fur in the middle I have to keep brushing off.
Are there are car cleaning products or polishes that have a cat repellent quality?
I'd rather not resort to using Claymore mines around my garden.
Liquid Knight said:
Usually the same day or day after I wash and give the old girl a polish I have muddy paw prints up my bonnet, windscreen and hood with a mass of fur in the middle I have to keep brushing off.
Are there are car cleaning products or polishes that have a cat repellent quality?
I'd rather not resort to using Claymore mines around my garden.
I'd also be interested. Have resorted to spraying DOF all around the drive hoping that will give them the message. You're lucky if you just get muddy footprints - we get deep scratches including on back window where (presumably) they have grit on their paws.Are there are car cleaning products or polishes that have a cat repellent quality?
I'd rather not resort to using Claymore mines around my garden.
What I have noticed is local cats only seem to go on my car soon after it has been washed, if I leave it dirty they seem to stay off it 
Dunno why, is it because I have removed any natural scents that have built up on it so it smells like it's surroundings and the now washed and non scented car is something that needs to be explored??
Also noticed that the cats never seem to go on next doors car which is a white Evoque so wonder if colour has something to do with their behaviour too?
Sorry doesn't answer your question OP but anyone who brings out a cat repellent car shampoo count me in... hmmm business idea
Dunno why, is it because I have removed any natural scents that have built up on it so it smells like it's surroundings and the now washed and non scented car is something that needs to be explored??Also noticed that the cats never seem to go on next doors car which is a white Evoque so wonder if colour has something to do with their behaviour too?
Sorry doesn't answer your question OP but anyone who brings out a cat repellent car shampoo count me in... hmmm business idea
Colour is a key. My Oplime green MGF no problem, but my dark grey MX5 and black MX5 were like catnip (or catnap).
It's somewhere to sleep I guess and convertible tops have little insulation and are warmer than tin tips.
Lavender car shampoo won't work as the smell would wear off. How about lavender washer fluid and make sure to soak the windscreen before you leave the car?
Might work.
It's somewhere to sleep I guess and convertible tops have little insulation and are warmer than tin tips.
Lavender car shampoo won't work as the smell would wear off. How about lavender washer fluid and make sure to soak the windscreen before you leave the car?
Might work.
Concider yourself lucky, the local foxes had a penchant for crapping on my nato green truck roof then wiping thier arses on the windscreen as they slid down it, old hair trimmings from the local barber tied in an old pair of tights to the roof aerial keeps them off.
My advice is to cover a neighbors car in catnip, preferably the cats owners car, apparently 9 out of 10 cats prefer it
My advice is to cover a neighbors car in catnip, preferably the cats owners car, apparently 9 out of 10 cats prefer it
Liquid Knight said:
Lavender washing up liquid in the screen bottle appears to have worked. 
The roof of my car has been fur free for a week and no paw prints on the bodywork anywhere.
Good idea. I hate to burst your bubble, but some washing up liquids have salt in them - maybe worth checking?The roof of my car has been fur free for a week and no paw prints on the bodywork anywhere.
Fastpedeller said:
Liquid Knight said:
Lavender washing up liquid in the screen bottle appears to have worked.
The roof of my car has been fur free for a week and no paw prints on the bodywork anywhere.
Good idea. I hate to burst your bubble, but some washing up liquids have salt in them - maybe worth checking?The roof of my car has been fur free for a week and no paw prints on the bodywork anywhere.
Washing up liquid won't directly strip a wax layer. That turns into a hot debate, but on the whole, the myth has been disproved 
The salts in washing up liquid are there as a water softener and are way too microscopic to have any abrasive damage, which is most people's concern.
If it's working for you, go for it. The only real downside is that it won't prevent the screen wash from freezing when it gets really cold.
The salts in washing up liquid are there as a water softener and are way too microscopic to have any abrasive damage, which is most people's concern.
If it's working for you, go for it. The only real downside is that it won't prevent the screen wash from freezing when it gets really cold.
mneame said:
Liquid Knight said:
Why would you wax your windscreen?
The residual water tends to go over the car when you use the washer jets. Maybe adding Lavender flavoring to your regular wash would have the same effect.
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