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Repairing a Sisal Wrapped Cat Scratching Post


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Finished post.My kitties really love their sisal scratching post. They had finally shredded the the sisal in the area that they use the most. Rather than buy a new one, we decided to repair this one. I purchased a spool of 1/4 inch sisal from Lowe's.

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Supplies:

Role of 1/4 inch sisal cord.
 

Make sure that you purchase sisal that is intended for this purpose or that has not been treated. I recently redid this post a second time with the incorrect type and had to remove the new sisal. On close examination I noticed a very distinctive chemical odor. The cats would not use the most recent fix until I removed the new material and used sisal approved for scratching posts.

Steps:

This can be done by one person, but we found that it worked much better with two. One person applied the glue and the other attached the sisal, adjusting and tightening as we went.

  1. Cut the damaged sisal and remove from the post down to the intact part at the bottom.
  2. Unwinding damaged sisal.
     
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  3. Cut off the unwound sisal.
  4. Cutting end of stripped sisal.
     
    Stripped post.
     
  5. Begin running a bead of glue around the circumference of the post and wrap the sisal tightly, pressing into the glue.
  6. Gluing the sisal onto post.
     
  7. Continue until you either reach the top, or in our case the intact sisal near the top. Cut the sisal and glue the end. We needed to insert a small length to fill a bit of a gap where we ended. Now your kitties are back in the scratching post business.
  8. Pressing in the end of sisal.
     
    Closeup of finished end.
     
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I did notice it took a day or so for them to start using the repaired post. I assume that either the glue or the sisal had an odor that needed to dissipate first.

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January 1, 20141 found this helpful

Thanks for this great tip.... and the step by step instructions. I'm going to try it. I bought one of those cardboard scratching pads and even put a bit of catnip on it, but my kitty prefers his posts.

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October 30, 20180 found this helpful

Thanks! I have been wanting to do this exact thing for a while. Your step by step instruction makes me want to do it now...I did't think of the glue all the way around..

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February 25, 20190 found this helpful

What type of glue did you use?

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March 4, 20190 found this helpful

What type of glue? It doesnt say but its an important detail!

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March 5, 20191 found this helpful

This craft uses a hot glue gun so any glue gun sticks would work fine.

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April 7, 20190 found this helpful

What I am unclear on, is if the sisal you pictured is the brand that was bad, or actually the good kind. How do we ascertain if we're buying a good brand?

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