Best hot clothing recipe for greasy coat please!

[Spyda]

Pre-clipping clean needed for greasy, scurfy coat.

What is everyone's opinion on the most effective recipe for efficiently doing the job, but gentle on the skin at the same time?

Many thanks

 

[TarwinBate]

I use a kettle full of boiling water, tipped into a bucket (make sure that this bucket is only used for hot-clothing!) I then add a squirt of baby oil and cap full of dettol (so that the liquid turns white in the bucket), then top up with cold water so that you could put your hand in with out it burning, however it does need to be warm!
I then rub it all over the body/wherever you want to be cleaned/sweaty patches with a micro fibre cloth (slightly rinsed out so you don't end up soaking the horse)

I find aswell as warming them up and keeping them clean, gives a lovely shine to the coat!!!

 

[Tiffany]

I do same as TarwinBate but without the baby oil although might give it a try next time

 

[mainpower]

Hot water and soda crystals. I can understand baby oil giving a shine, but can't see how oil can lift grease.

 

[Spyda]

Well, I've dug out some soda crystals. Not sure if I've got any Detol kicking about. How much soda crystals to how much hot water is ideal? I don't want to end up with a soapy residue if I'm not rinsing but I want to add enough that it'll work

 

[Maesfen]

I give a full bath in the evening, dry off with a Thermatex then clip the next morning as with a thick heavy coat you have an awful job to actually get down to the skin otherwise with hot clothing; different if with a fine haired horse and you need as much grease out as possible to avoid damage to the blades and over heating clippers.
You can use either soda crystals (cheap and cheerful, do a fab job) dash of vinegar or a dash of washing up liquid; I personally prefer the soda crystals.

ETA: bucket of hot water, handful of crystals.

 

[Angelbones]

I use dettol and lavender wash (as it doesn't need to be rinsed). Bucket of hot water - as hot as my hands will cope with - good slosh of dettol, good slosh of lavender wash, microfibre cloth and get rubbing. Mine love the hot cloth to be placed right over their faces and left, like a steam facial I don't use soda crystals as they are slightly corrosive and can be an irritant to skin, and you certainly don't want them near eyes or nose, but I accept they would be very dilute to use for hot clothing - they just don't suit me.