baby oil or pig oil????

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Don't know if I'm on the right part for this but..... what's best for keeping your horses mane and tail from drying out in winter baby oil or pig oil?
 
Baby oil and pig oil are both White mineral oil. White mineral oil has many uses from cooking to industry though it does come in different grades. It's really difficult to know exactly what grade the pig oil is as reliable information is hard to get hold of. Basically, there's very little, if any, difference. Just buy the cheapest.

Basically though, any oil you put on your skin or cook with will do the same job. Pig oil has no special advantages.
 
MerrySherryRider said:
Baby oil and pig oil are both White mineral oil. White mineral oil has many uses from cooking to industry though it does come in different grades. It's really difficult to know exactly what grade the pig oil is as reliable information is hard to get hold of. Basically, there's very little, if any, difference. Just buy the cheapest.

Basically though, any oil you put on your skin or cook with will do the same job. Pig oil has no special advantages.
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Thanks merrysherryrider. I'll get baby oil then, It's only for winter since I know the sun can burn them if you use it in summer with the sun. Thanks
 
Pig oil is far cheaper than baby oil. I buy 5 litres at a time for £16, and that lasts 2 (non hairy) horses all winter as a mud fever preventative
 
Auslander - you certainly DO NOT cook with mineral oil!

Pig oil and Baby oil are one and the same, it's also the same stuff that the vet will use to tube into a horse with impacted colic - often called Liquid Parrafin.

Being a mineral oil it can actually have a drying effect on the hair. You would be better off rubbing in human hair conditioner into the hair and leaving it in.

For tails, use a tail bag so the rail stays out of the wet and mud.
 
Tnavas said:
Not actually true, it's use is banned in Europe as it is on the carcinogenic list, but highly refined it is sometimes used to waterproof wooden cutting boards.
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Ah, if so that's good news but I thought the EFSA was reporting back this year? So if it's been banned for use in wax coating for fruit, coating tablets and confectionery, as an anti-dust agent, release agent and other uses, it would be good news.
Not all types of food grade mineral oil reportedly carcinogenic, but it isn't something you'd want in your food anyway.

There was a bit of a scandal about its use in food packaging where food has been contaminated with mineral oil and also it's use in the food manufacturing process as a lubricant.

Anyway, it's all a bit off topic but an interesting aside perhaps.
 
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