Cleaning off dried on mud (fast) ?

[kit279]

Both my horses live out all year round in full neck rugs but they still manage to completely encrust themselves with really nasty clay type mud. Even when I've groomed them really thoroughly (read hard!), they're often still a bit muddy and the fur stands up when the mud was! I can't at the moment stable overnight before hunting but I want them to be clean and smart. I haven't got the facilities to dry them properly if I give them a full-on bath and they stay wet for ages with their winter coats.

Is there a fast way of getting mud off them so they look sleek and shiny instead of like they fell through a hedge?!

 

[monkeybum13]

Use one of the scrapers designed for taking winter coat off. If there's lots of mud it'll take the mud off and not the coat.

 

[emmaln]

I haven't tried it but i think i heard a whisper that a furminator is good for getting out loose hair and dried mud but guess that you would need to get the worst off first??

 

[Sarah Sum1]

The coloured plastic pan scourers work well. They are not really rough but get the mud off easily.

 

[Wobblywibble]

Mud brush (like a cross between a body and a dandy brush) excellent present a few years ago. Cactus cloth for the ticklish bits.

 

[nic83]

I use '7 day mud away' - its sort of coats the hair a bit but the mud just brushes off really easily.

 

[legaldancer]

I second 7 Day Mud Away. Also the cactus cloth mitt. I also have a loofah mit thing that came with some toiletries from Boots or somewhere. Its just as good as the cactus cloth & quite gentle.

 

[Shazzababs]

OK, this is really un BHS.... but a metal curry comb works great (avoiding boney bits) if they have a nice thick coat.

Also I have heard that those full lycra body suits are good. Not used one myself. You'd still have the legs to do, but I presume thay are going to be wet mud and need washing anyway.

 

[Jane_Lou]

I love those old fashioned rubber mits with pimples on, I find they really get mud off clipped and unclipped coats really well and are easy to get into all those awkward places.
http://www.geoff-dean.com/addtocart.asp?...&itemid=253

 

[Kenzo]

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I use '7 day mud away' - its sort of coats the hair a bit but the mud just brushes off really easily.

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^^^this

good stuff

 

[Slinkyunicorn]

Cactus cloths are great

Can you give them a hot clothing after you have groomed?

That way you will take off the surface dirt and mud and help their coats lie properly without getting them soaking wet.

 

[JustKickOn]

I use a rubber curry comby, then dandy brush/flick brush and then use the cactus cloth. Seems to work well. Pony is now clipped though so is a lot easier to get the mud off.

 

[ester]

shazza, we always used to use metal cc at RS, nothing else was going to work on those ruggless hairy monsters.

used with care of course.

 

[Jericho]

was having the same problem (and with a grey!) and was in fact debating what to do about it yesterday. I confess I clipped her neck off (worse offending area) as just felt washing it all the time would do more harm than good. Now there isnt enough hair for mud to stick to and I can hot cloth / stain remove the brown bits. She is then turned out in a snuggy hood. Her tail lives in a tail bag to keep it clean but still wash lower legs.

And I have to say that with a 9.30 dressage test this morning I didnt need to spend hours cleaning her, just washed her legs, put travel boots over and by the time we were there she was dry and reasonably clean and presentable!

 

[AmyMay]

Cactus Cloth. Mine never leaves my stable.

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