I just finished restoring our dining table which had been a bit shakey for years. It repaired so well I decided to invest more time in it and French Polish it. I laboriously grain filled it and French polished it, brought it back inside after a couple of days and put a cotton table cloth on it.

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Well the cat decided after never showing any interest in being on any benches or this table before that it quite liked the table cloth as a bed. So I put a couple of sheets of alum foil on the table which video evidence shows is very good at deterring them, for example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV3O6QoV4tc

I can confirm it really works, unfortunately the cat engaged traction control right through the table cloth and I'm left with deep scratch marks in the FP.

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My question is, can I use cat hide as a rubber for French polish?