Does anything really get ingrained stains off a grey?

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Having done much searching on similar threads, it seems that:
1) Skewbald/piebald/coloured horse white patches are easier to clean than true grey horses
2) If you don't wash the poo/wee out instantly and allow the stain to become ingrained, it will never leave.

So, my mare is grey, slightly flea-bitten. She went through a stage of lying in a certain position on her mess every night and although I tried to wash it off regularly, I failed and it is now an ingrained orange patch at the top of one hind. I have used blue horse shampoos and cowboy magic and it doesn't even make a dent. She has a massive stable with a generous straw bed on rubber matts. Even if she was rugged, this section of her wouldn't be adequately protected.

I will try fairy liquid because I haven't done yet. Would washing powder be a really bad idea?? What I really want to do is dip the whole mare in bleach but this isn't possible or advisable for various rasons ;)

Anything I can do? I've got a dressage test coming up in a few weeks and it looks like there will be no way in this world we will be free of the stain. The hair itself is very clean - just orange! I;m not sure it's all going to come out with the winter corat. Help!!! Is "flea-bitten grey skewbald" a plausible colour for a pure-bred arabian??!!!
 
if the washing doesn't work try covering it with Supreme products whitening powder, you can mix it into a paste and spread it on and when it dries wipe/brush off any excess.
 
I have this exact same issue with my loan mare :( didn't keep up on stain removal and now I have soft, clean, shiny orange back legs. I tried a clothing stain removal bar, dove soap, tomato sauce (?! Mad what you find on the internet), washing up liquid in all kinds of colours, proper deep blue shampoo and nothing worked :( so watching this with interest.

The dettol suggestion, would that not be harmful?
 
The thing that worked on my cobs stained tail was sterodent denture cleaning tablets. I soaked his tail in them though (10 in half a bucket of warm water), not sure if they would work as well for washing but might be worth a try. Was a tip from a showing enthusiast friend.
 
I have had greys for the last 20 years, and used to show on the county circuit, I never had a stain that wouldn't shampoo out.

I used the gallop extra strength, followed by their blue shampoo.
 
I swear by Veredus Easy White spray. It has a mild peroxide in it and when you spray it on a stain you can see the dirt lifting off. If washing, I use it as a pre wash stain treatment and give the end of his tail a good drenching and leave it in for 10 mins before shampooing. You can use it on a sponge to dab out stains in winter without wetting them. Having said that, he always comes up clean after a full bath, either with fairy liquid or Absorbine Superpoo (love that as well) ��
 
Warm water is a must but this is our go to for stains (and I mean serious not been scrubbee in 4 years and now needs to be advertised)

Mix a cup of bicarbonate soda in a bucket of warm water and apply this to stains. Leave for a bit then rinse off.

Then apply a mixture of half white vinegar and half water to where the bicarbonate soda went. Leave for a bit then wash off.

Shampoo over the stain then if the hair is dry from the soda then condition the area too. I tend to use fairy liquid instead of shampoo then herbal essences conditioner as it smells nice :)
 
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