4 Ways That Perspex Can Stop Cats From Destroying Your Possessions
Cats are to joy to live with — until they start destroying your things! Cats are naturally curious, hence the saying, 'curiosity killed the cat', and that curiosity often means the death of your precious possessions. Your pictures, your collectibles and even your furniture are always at risk when they live with several curious cats. But there is a way to protect your things.
Perspex is a versatile material that you can use in many ways. It doesn't shatter like glass, it can take a beating without breaking, and it is slightly more transparent than a lot of glass, too. Because of these benefits, perspex is ideal for protecting items like keyboards and collectibles from wandering cats.
If your cats are driving you to tears with their careless curiosity, you can use perspex to protect your home in the following ways.
1. Keyboard Protector
For some reason, cats just love getting involved whenever their owners have some important work to do. Keyboards especially, are a favourite of cats all over the world. When cats are around, leaving your work on your computer for even a second could lead to its deletion when your cat decides to lie down on your nice, warm keyboard.
Perspex can save the day, as well as your work. Because perspex is an easy material to work with, you can create a custom keyboard cover with it. You have two options when it comes to cover style: a cover that allows you to work while your cat is perched on it, and a cover that encloses your keyboard entirely when you aren't using it.
You can order custom-made covers from an acrylic fabrication service or order the acrylic sheets and create the covers yourself.
2. Shelf Cover
Cats also love climbing onto shelves where you might store your precious collectibles and ornaments. But you can protect your shelves and keep your collectibles and ornaments on display without compromising their appearance.
Measure your shelves or shelved units and order some custom-cut perspex sheets from a local supplier. If you'd rather not use screws or bolts to hold your perspex sheets in place, use Velcro strips instead. Covering your shelves and shelving units with perspex will stop your cats from snuggling up next to your collectibles and ornaments.
3. Picture Frame Glass Replacement
It's nice to have pictures of you and your family throughout your home. But when you have cats forever on the prowl, glass picture frames are a risk. A broken picture frame can leave shattered glass all over your floor and cost you money. Swap out your glass picture frames with perspex frames.
Perspex frames won't shatter like glass if your cat knocks a picture off a shelf. Moreover, as an added benefit, acrylic is two to twelve percent more transparent than a typical glass sheet. This means your family pictures will be easier to see while they are safe behind acrylic sheets.
4. Furniture Protector
Do your cats have a nasty habit of using your gorgeous sofa corners as a scratching post? Or do the legs of your armchair look like they have been run through a grinder? Then you need to stop your cats from sharpening their claws on them. Even purchasing a scratching post won't deter a cat if the cat prefers furniture. But an acrylic protector will put paid to your cat's furniture rending days.
Although you can purchase readymade perspex furniture leg and corner protectors, furniture comes in many shapes and sizes. Your best bet is probably to find a local acrylic fabrication service and give them your specifications. They'll be able to create acrylic corner covers for every corner of your beloved sofa, armchairs and love chairs.
The best thing about protecting your possessions from cats with perspex is that you don't need to compromise their appearance to protect them.
To learn more, contact a perspex supplier.
