Morris Minor Owners Club

I was washing and polishing my car today for the first time in ages and I noticed these little white marks on the boot that don't wash or polish off. Then it dawned on me... You see my car lives outdoors for the summer in my driveway (see below) and is always kept under a car cover to protect her for the weather - and my cat ! It turns out that the little yoke has been climbing up on my car and you can see the claw marks on the car cover, so presumebly the white marks are where his claws have sort of dug into the paint work. Its nothing serious, but seen as how I've only just gotton her recently resprayed, a little bothersome. Anyway, I now keep a blanket under the cover as padding.

Does anyone know of any way to hide the marks in any way, for example can you get a little black wax crayon from a motor factors kind of thing ????

Are you sure that the paint is missing, could it be nail/claw residue?. If the latter just remove with a mild cutting paste or Brasso. If the paint is damaged then I'd be concerned as it would seem that it has not cured fully. How long ago was it painted and with what. You can just de grease the damaged areas, to remove polish wax etc then just 'tip' in with a brush the correct colour,just dab it in until standing proud of the rest of the boot finish. allow to dry for atleast 3 days if not a week,then flat with 1500 grit wet and dry followed by a good cut and polish. The marks will become invisible.

an old trick will do the job you need a kid craola crown same colour then warm it up a little so softish ,wet the area you need to do (small amounts only at a time ) then in a curcle mostion put colour on to the scratches . then wait till dry do it again wait till dry wet your finger and bull on top of the colour from the crown (bull or bulling is what the forces term shine boots with only boot polish )what you do when bulling is wet finger smoth were you have just put the crown on once this it done you get a cloth with polish on it and same again small curcles rub were you have smothed the crown this bringing the polish to a shine do not wipe off after teh frsit go once its gone hardish wet teh cloth add more polish then same again after the 3 go clean dry cloth wipe in curcles over were you have done this brings back the shine if its a bit dull then you will need to use water only and bull on top somtines cotton wool better for the job .
the amount of polish you put on is very small amount dont over do it ,black is the eayest colour to get wrong so take your time to get it right

iandromiskin wrote: I now keep a blanket under the cover as padding.

Is that to make the cat more comfy? I'm sure the cat owners will approve. Perhaps Judge Bill or someone will have a animal friendly way to keep the cat off. My method is regular applications of dog. I keep one indoors ready for such ocassions.

RogerRust wrote:

iandromiskin wrote: I now keep a blanket under the cover as padding.

Is that to make the cat more comfy? I'm sure the cat owners will approve. Perhaps Judge Bill or someone will have a animal friendly way to keep the cat off. My method is regular applications of dog. I keep one indoors ready for such ocassions.

talking of cat mishaps, came out the other day to fing a pool of brake fluid on the inside of the tyre. Thought that a cylinder had gone on that side took eveything apart couldnt find any leaks. The next day i came out it was there again, turns out that a cat had been relieving its self on my wheel!!! the car usually lives inside but had been left out, so the cat got a new piece of territory to claim!!!!

I had a cat that would have torn the face off just about any dog stupid enough to get near it, and this I saw a few times with my own eyes!

I do believe that the cat is his from his opening post, so a dog would be out of the question. The blanket idea sounds good. Let's not go on an anti-cat rant here, as I have had one of mine shot twice by some moron with an airgun, and another fellow I know threatened to douse my cat with bleach in a spray gun if he caught it near his precious car! Without a thought as to what i would do to him if my black cat came home white one evening!

orange peel - keeps cats away. One had decided to mark my back porch on a daily basis, but rubbing orange peel around and leaving a few bits around stopped it PDQ.

came out the other day to find a pool of brake fluid on the inside of the tyre.

been there - done that but I noticed the smell before I got the car in bits

PIR operated sprinkler. Harmlessly deters cat and washes car at the same time. Patented.

Is this whats known as a cat fight?
A moggy scratching a moggy?

dunketh wrote:Is this whats known as a cat fight?
A moggy scratching a moggy?

An acquaintance of mine had a neighbour who started legal proceedings against her because her cat had allegedly....... pooped on the neighbour's car

Anyone else ever heard of a cat doing this?

There sure are some cray-zeee people out there

wibble_puppy wrote:An acquaintance of mine had a neighbour who started legal proceedings against her because her cat had allegedly....... pooped on the neighbour's car

Anyone else ever heard of a cat doing this?

There sure are some cray-zeee people out there

Strewth it must have taken years to teach the cat to do that

her cat had allegedly....... pooped on the neighbour's car

Well they dont like to go on home ground do they

stevey wrote:talking of cat mishaps, came out the other day to fing a pool of brake fluid on the inside of the tyre. Thought that a cylinder had gone on that side took eveything apart couldnt find any leaks. The next day i came out it was there again, turns out that a cat had been relieving its self on my wheel!!! the car usually lives inside but had been left out, so the cat got a new piece of territory to claim!!!!

Ugh, I've had that, stinks for ages. I wonder if there's a way of leaving a trickle current running through the hubcaps.

I wonder if there's a way of leaving a trickle current running through the hubcaps.

the cat would have to have a good aim!