Cat paw prints in new concrete

[Zebedeewesty]

Finished my 10 x 20ft garage slab at about 7pm last night.
Checked it a few hours later and it was looking good.

This morning i found a few cat paw prints in the surface at one end. They are less than a 1/4" deep so not too bad but still irritating.

It was covered it with a tarp so i assume one of the local moggies must have wondered what what under there and gone investigating.

Its probably too late (16 hours after pour) to do anything about it now isn't it?

 

[ptschram]

LOL-Crazy Cat Man approves.

My Shop Moggy even has her own Facebook page. Personally, I'd think it was cute and leave it alone. I have what I suspect are sheep hoof prints (cue the Welsh jokes) in the concrete in my shop. They've probably been there 100 years.

 

[Zebedeewesty]

I've nothing against cats (except when you find they've used the flower beds as their toilet ) but they could have waited another couple of hours.

Sheep prints though? Really?

I'll refrain from the welsh jokes. Though they did give the world velcro gloves.

 

[lilredex]

It can be fixed, if you want. We have over 'ere stuff called "top and bond" which is made for repairs like that...even works for wall parging.

 

[51rider]

I'll refrain from the welsh jokes. Though they did give the world velcro gloves.

Nah, it was the Kiwis that thought of that! After all it is the place where men are men & sheep are nervous

 

[Vegaman_Dan]

Now it's a 'feature' when you go to sell the house as 'cat approved'.

 

[BuickFarmer]

Typically any fix to concrete after 2-4 hours curing will look worse than the problem. Depending on how deep they are (they can't be too deep if the concrete had cured "several" hours when the kitty waked on it) you may can rub them out with a concrete rubbing block and water. Or a piece of concrete block works also.

 

[gpflepsen]

.22lr

 

[Bouchard93]

cmon u gotta post some pics?

 

[alan camby]

Now it's a 'feature' when you go to sell the house as 'cat approved'.

cat scan

 

[VWPORSCHEGT3]

wheres a microwave when you need one .....

 

[NUTTSGT]

I wouldn't be happy at all. When my dog stepped in the concrete, they didn't stay.

 

[Old Bill]

Figured I would find a post or two mentioning doing something nasty to the cat.

 

[ChevyEFI]

fill them in with a different color.

 

[Jern]

Ever been in a Bass Pro shops? Foot prints all over the place!

 

[katotter]

I have dog prints all over, looks like there is a story behind every one of them. I say keep them.

 

[James E]

I say leave them. Wherever they end, pour some red paint on the floor and wait for people to ask you about them.

 

[jrw87]

Finished my 10 x 20ft garage slab at about 7pm last night.
Checked it a few hours later and it was looking good.

This morning i found a few cat paw prints in the surface at one end. They are less than a 1/4" deep so not too bad but still irritating.

It was covered it with a tarp so i assume one of the local moggies must have wondered what what under there and gone investigating.

Its probably too late (16 hours after pour) to do anything about it now isn't it?

I just had some trenches concreted on my site and local scumbags tagged it up with sticks, about 16hrs after the pour, scrubbed it with soapy water and cement dust then let it cure for rest of day and it was fine. The soap just helps the water spread.

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[Matt The Hammer]

There are numerous concrete repair products available. Use a latex modified patching compound (Quikcrete sells one) and use it per the specs.

I work for PennDOT - it happens. There is a section of I-95 in Philly that a contractor vehicle drove onto while still 'green'. We were grinding the roadway anyway, so we assumed the tracks would be ground out. You can still see it in the center lane on SB I-95 in Philly under the Ashburner Avenue overpass.

 

[porschedude996TT]

The book "100 uses for a Dead Cat" comes to mind.

 

[In The Doghouse]

I believe I would carefully fill them flush with JB Weld and leave the footie prints there.
When I poured some concrete at the entrance to the dog pen I forced our pooch to walk through it. We no longer have that pooch but we still have his tracks.

 

[tcianci]

Those are so small, normal traffic will blend them in. Forget about it.

 

[rshadd]

Leave 'em. It gives the place character and gives you with a good story to tell.

 

[KRB52]

Be happy the cat didn't leave something else in the concrete. I say leave them and not worry about it.

 

[SMKS]

Leave 'em. It gives the place character and gives you with a good story to tell.

This.

I'd be pissed at first, but after a while they'll just be character marks.

 

[Rich720]

Looks like racoon to me?

Rich

 

[Slednut]

People with cats should be made to have chicken wire domes built over their property.

 

[Jim_No_Garage]

When we bought our house there were kids footprints in the concrete slab at the bottom of the basement stairs. The next door neighbor later told us that she told her kids "Don't go next door - they poured the concrete this morning". Kid's being kids - that's exactly what they did.

When we had our front stoop done one of our cats stepped out, planted a Graumann's Chinese Restaurant quality pair of footprints in the slab and turned around and ran back inside. We actually cut the concrete as a stepping stone when we had the stoop redone last year.

Character!

Cheers

Jim

 

[jabberwoki]

If you are going to paint it you could fill in the indentations with an epoxy then just paint over them.

 

[dkjwall]

Finished my 10 x 20ft garage slab at about 7pm last night.
Checked it a few hours later and it was looking good.

This morning i found a few cat paw prints in the surface at one end. They are less than a 1/4" deep so not too bad but still irritating.

It was covered it with a tarp so i assume one of the local moggies must have wondered what what under there and gone investigating.

Its probably too late (16 hours after pour) to do anything about it now isn't it?

Were the paw prints missed while you were finishing the floor? If a cat made prints after you've finished trowelling, you weren't actually finished...

You could possibly fill them with some fine concrete mix or some sort or repair compound.. It would probably be more obvious and ugly once the repair was done... I don't know, I've never had to fix imperfections, because my floors are always purrrfect. Do you get it?!?!?



haha...

 

[denis4x4]

Had a doe and fawn walk across the slab in my pole barn. Great conversation starter!

 

[BFBOB]

Don't think those are cat prints. Note the claw marks, how thick they are. Cats don't usually leave claw marks when walking, and if so, tiny. Small dog is my guess.

...and if that changes your attitude, you're a bigot

 

[ChevyEFI]

When we bought our house there were kids footprints in the concrete slab at the bottom of the basement stairs. The next door neighbor later told us that she told her kids "Don't go next door - they poured the concrete this morning". Kid's being kids - that's exactly what they did.

When we had our front stoop done one of our cats stepped out, planted a Graumann's Chinese Restaurant quality pair of footprints in the slab and turned around and ran back inside. We actually cut the concrete as a stepping stone when we had the stoop redone last year.

Character!

Cheers

Jim

My footprint is in the sidewalk in front of my parent's house. The city replaced it one day. I made sure to foot and date it; late 80s. I was at the time, wearing shoes two sizes smaller than now.

 

[yuk]

look like racoon paws to me.
as for cats its always best to tie them to rebar BEFORE pouring the concrete.

 

[kenfath]

Get some good quality black paint and a small ~1/4-inch paint brush and letter one of these three words by the prints: "KITTY" or "RACCOON" or "ZEBEDEEWESTY" (your choice) followed by "10-15-2013" then get on with the building of your garage.

 

[ZRX61]

I say leave them. Wherever they end, pour some red paint on the floor and wait for people to ask you about them.

Winner!

 

[ren71]

on the bright side, it could've been worse

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/sully/policewoman2-size.jpg

 

[ATC]

Fill it in with epoxy and call it done. It's what they do in millions of warehouses around the world...

 

[Justanoldguy]

I'm curious as to where people are seeing pics of the OP cat paws.
Been through this thread twice and still can't see them.
What am I missing.

Post 22 ?
Post 26 ?
Post 32 ?
Post 34 ?



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[Lippyp]

Some of the concrete in one of our outbuildings has cat footprints in it. When I cast a threshold for an outside door under the steps up to the front over at my place in France I got the kids to stick their hands in the concrete and leave handprints. Now a couple of years on they love comparing their hands to the prints to see how they've grown.

As to sheep, theres a lot of sheep in Cumbria and they all wear very loose wellies up there.................