so far so good.. I put it on the corner of my leather sofa, the adhesive on the back sticks without the pins. and I haven't noticed any horrible residue from it. for me, I'd rather work with that then the claws shredding the sofa. what was priceless was the look on her face when she put her 1st paw claws out and it just slide down, she immediately tried with the 2nd paw, same thing. She's not clawing.. oh, and I do have scratch pads as well, she uses the sofa because I am sitting there.