Best whitening shampoo for stains?

[GeorgieLee]

My new horse has dark stains on his hocks and feathers, what whitening shampoos do you use for poo/urine stains?

 

[Nicnac]

Do a search on here - this topic was covered in great detail 3 weeks or so ago (fwiw - I use Gallop shampoo for greys and stain remover - could be NAF..) but there were loads of really good suggestions on previous thread

 

[PuzzlePiece]

For whitening I like the gallop colour blue shampoo but i find whitening doesnt always cover the stains. Id recommend getting a stain remover then using a whitener or if necessary normal shampoo then whitener. Hope that helps

 

[nikCscott]

Fairy Platinum cheap and the blue in it does a fab job even on the brown/yellowist of tails

 

[GeorgieLee]

Thanks - will look for the other thread

 

[lisa_lou]

Any washing up liquid that is blue, loads cheaper than proper horse shampoo and brings my boys white socks up gleaming.

 

[muddygreymare]

Dirty Beastie shampoo is brilliant too as well as the gallop shampoo

 

[emma.is]

I just use warm water and fairy liquid then gallop whitening shampoo

 

[Four Seasons]

Cowboy Magic shampoo for greys works wonders my not so grey mare!

 

[Floofball]

Veredus Easy White Spray - I use it all the time on stains and, if bathing, on his tail before shampooing (any shampoo will do but I do love Absorbine Superpoo)

 

[DressageCob]

I think the cowboy magic yellow out shine in shampoo is a good stain remover. I think that's what it's called.

 

[Nosey]

......& apply wiv one of those shower scrunchies..really easy way to give stains a good scrub plus makes the shampoo last longer.

 

[tinap]

Johnsons baby bath is they only thing that's get rid of ours yellow hocks & grufty feathers! I've tried every horsey shampoo known to man & never had results as good as the baby stuff

 

[GeorgieLee]

will definately give some of these a try - especially the fairy and johnsons baby for general bathing, as gallop/cowboy magic will get very expensive! maybe I will just use them for shows!, I will experiment and let you know the outcome!!
thanks

 

[m1stify]

Another vote for baby bath!

 

[grandmaweloveyou]

ive just bought the absorbine show clean again. loved it. i have also ended up adding alot more onto my shopping basket though oops totally about £50 in shampoos alone!!!!

 

[grandmaweloveyou]

I just use warm water and fairy liquid then gallop whitening shampoo

i have thought about doing this but my oh is a vet nurse and warned me about the skin problems / harshness / wrong ph balance etc?

and no i dont buy my shampoo's from their vet practice so nothing untoward like marketing for sales going on

 

[wench]

Tesco's value shampoo is far better than any horse shampoo. Finish off with chalk block, and your horse will be sparkling.

 

[GeorgieLee]

I thought about skin issues etc but so many people seem to use fairy, I think its just a case of trial and error, we have always used fairy on our other horses, exept before a show when we use an equine shampoo - dont know why! but have never had a grey (well partially) Cant wait to get him home now and give him a good bath!