a question for those who wash their numnahs in the washing machine

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Everytime I wash my numnahs at home, they don't turn out very well in comparison to my local-ish rug-washing service.

I don't know whether to just pay the money to get them done properly as some of them were £££ - the only downside is that it takes about two weeks.

It's not expensive to send them away but I'm a bit skint at the moment and it's £20 that could go towards running my car or the lorry fund.

Does anyone have any tips?
 
depends on the type of numnah but those with wool on I was at 30 and put lots of fabric conditioner in, and dry naturally. Never had a problem TBH and would hate to pay for them to done.
 
Ive found that too, ive ruined a couple of good numnahs washing them at home, but since i've had a bigger washing machine (10KG) if I put it in on it's own and on a very mild, low temp wash they are not so bad but still seem to fade very quickly.
 
hmm.. I've got three nuumed half-wool ones which weren't cheap but two have lasted 5 years now and I've had one for at least 8 (first horse who was pts in 2006 so numnah is from 2004-ish). I'd like to keep them for a few more :rolleyes:
I'll try them at 30 and hang them outside.

It's all the blasted hair - I try to bush it all off and wash the numnahs in a washing bag but it still gets everywhere :o
 
those are the ones I use too :D
Ah tip don't brush the wool to get the hair off. Pull it off with your fingers if it gets that bad. Try to wash every couple of uses so the hair and dirt doens't build up. Just wash the numnah on its own don't use a bag. I use a non bio washing liquid. And I dry inside so it doesn't go hard in the sun :D
 
:eek: in your defence though it is difficult to get all the hair out ;):D
Not as bad as a numnah that came when a friend bought her last horse, it was shiny and black on the underside, the numnah was supposed to be a gold colour. don't think it had ever been washed! Needless to say it went in the bin
 
oh yuck :eek:

we washed our numnahs minimum once a week when I lived in dubai - obviously it was a lot warmer and the horses sweated.

Now we're in glasgow, he rarely sweats so I switch them once every 3-4 weeks - more often if he does sweat.

Anyways, I'll have a go at getting as much hair out as possibly and chuck them in the washing machine while the OH is out so I don't get moaned at :p

Hoping my other saddlecloths turn out ok too :rolleyes:
 
Buy some Nuumed Nuwash from your Saddlery, costs about £4.99 for a litre and it will last you ages. Its soap based and doesnt damage your wool numnahs, its made for them and has no harmful ingredients to bleach the material. Get as much hair off as possible, I use a stiff brush e.g dandy type brush. It works wonders and trust me, I do Rugwashing so know its good.
 
I have found the following advice works for me everytime!!!

Take one well hunted/Cross country'd/dressaged upon numnah
Let sweat dry naturally
Hoover most of the hair off.
Take one large 99p economy hair conditioner bottle.
Rub about half a cup per half pad of conditioner all over woll with light fingertip massage.
Pop in machine wooly side curled into the machine on its own on Woll 30Degree wash.
Use Comfort wool detergent at half to 2/3rd strength. - NO FABRIC conditioner!!!! - its evillllllll to wool ;)
dry nautrally on flat surface - I have a clothes dryer in the garage.

Enjoy! :D
 
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Lucinda_x said:
They all go in the washing machine and dry naturally :) Never had a problem with it :)
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This!

I do a load every week as don't use them more than once or twice before washing and this helps my washing machine as well as being more hygienic for the horses.

I spray a bit of diluted fabric softner on the wool ones and rub it in, before throwing in on delicate cycle at 30 degrees and they come out good as new, even the funky coloured sheepskins.
 
The other way to get hair off a numnah is to wear a pair of marigold rubber gloves. Have them wet/damp and wipe over the hair you want to get off. The hair will then come off in balls. Works well!
 
I wash ours in the washing machine after hoovering them - mind you have to do it when the OH is out and always make sure I do an 'empty' wash befoe putting our washing in as previously some of his shirts have come out with horse hair on them - he was NOT happy.
 
I put mine on a delicate wash then rinse the washing machine afterwards - then I make sure my oh work clothes go in the washing macxhing next (Dont tell him)
 
I think I'm going to invest in a new washing machine once we move house and the current one can go in the workshop and be used specifically for Jerry's stuff.

The nuumeds are in on a wool wash at the moment - hopefully they'll be done before the OH gets in :rolleyes:

I took so much hair off of them with the hoover :eek: - who knew my wimpy wb could have so much hair :D
 
I get excess hair off and pop in the bag into the washing machine and use woolite (special wool wash) as I always have it for my delicates and use the wool cycle (this is for the wooly numnahs). So far so good!
 
I wash all my saddle cloths (in fact all the horses stuff) on a 30 degree wash with a normal powder, they get washed after every few uses, i have some of the nuumed half lined saddle cloths (and other makes too) and with them i add some human hair conditioner to them before putting them in the machine which keeps them "fluffy"- i just use the cheapo supermarket own conditioner for the saddle cloths!
 
I've found the best thing for getting hair off numnahs and particuarly polypads is using a plastic sweat scraper - works a treat and very little hair in the machine :)
 
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