have you considered you might be one of the cats?

I’m not sure how to use water because the structure is composed of hardboard with fabric glued onto it. Not sure if hardboard is a universal term, here is a picture of what I mean:

A closer zoom of the bottom picture showing construction:

The porous, adsorbent side of the board has had the canvas glued to it. How to rinse that?

(Filesize limits on lemmy prevent posting larger photos.)

hmmm I don’t recall. Would be worth trying. Maybe a shop vac or something really strong would be able to suck off some dirt. If I had access to one. I’ll try the one I have.