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I went away for two days and my cat decided to use my leather storage box as a litter box….I really don’t have the money to replace the leather right now.  Does anyone know of a way it can be salvaged?

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If it were me....I'd just cut out a piece and do whatever you intend to ---- after washing it off thoroughly, of course.  Then I'd run the sniff test on it to make sure it doesn't maintain the 'odor' after you put your finish on it. 

 

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Sponge wash it all with a solution of oxalic acid

Al speling misteaks aer all mi own werk..

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Just wash it with a mild soap. The water won't hurt it, people wet mould all the time.

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vinegar kills the smell of cat piss somewhat dont know what it does to leather though. on any of the ideas test before committing.

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I second what Mike and tsunkasapa suggest...although...depending upon the size of your cat, you may not be able to get more'n a wallet's worth of leather out of it's hide...and I'm sure it'll fight you at ever'turn in the making of said piece and constantly be a case of "I can't find my wallet anywhere!" if you do get it finished.  There has NEVER been a more contrary, un-Christlike beast-of-the-field than feline-kind.

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Can't imagine any circumstance where I'd bother.  Pitch the leather.  COULD it have been saved?  Maybe.  But how many hours of time is one piece of cow worth?  I mean, if a guy had no real skills with the leather, then odds arent good that the leather gets saved.  And if a guy DOES have skills with leather, then probably more beneficial to just concentrate the effort on a fresh piece.

WHAT leather is it?  Top of the line Hermann Oak?  

HOW MUCH leather we talking about?  $300 is like a side and a half?

AND, WHAT are you MAKING with this leather?

Might be able to help ease the pain a bit depending on your responses to those questions.  But don't let me persuade you- you do you, as they say ;)

 

JLS  "Observation is 9/10 of the law."

IF what you do is something that ANYBODY can do, then don't be surprised when ANYBODY does.

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