Don’t worry, it won’t smell

[Tiddlypom]

After several days of the horses being in each night during the big freeze and making full use of their cosy shavings beds to stretch out on, their stable rugs were in sore need of a good wash and de-stink.

Today’s forecast was for it to be mostly dry, so I got the filthiest rug, which at 6’9” and 200g is as big as my washing machine will take, and crammed it into the machine while OH was out walking the dog. He had no need to see the colour of the water in the drum, did he ?

After a wash and another full rinse, the rug comes out looking not too bad. But alas, now it’s raining, so I have to drape it out in the kitchen to dry. That wasn’t in the plan.




‘Oh, it‘s fine, it wasn’t very dirty, I only popped it in the machine for a freshen up’ I assure him, not entirely truthfully.

Luckily, the stink HAS gone, and if you don’t look at it too closely, it’s fairly clean.

Got away with it, I think .

 

[cauda equina]

Your washing machine must be a sturdy thing to cope with 6'9sworth of 200g!
Mine just about manages to do fly rugs and coolers

 

[Polos Mum]

Just beware of stray hairs, my OH washed his cycling stuff after some numnah's once and I have NOT been forgiven for him for the little hairs getting stuck where they shouldn't in his lycra.

 

[Ample Prosecco]

Just beware of stray hairs, my OH washed his cycling stuff after some numnah's once and I have NOT been forgiven for him for the little hairs getting stuck where they shouldn't in his lycra.

Ditto! I was banned from using the machine at home for exactly this reason!

 

[Tiddlypom]

Ah, I did deploy the giant sized horseware orange wash bag, which keeps errant horse hairs confined.

As a cyclist myself, I would not appreciate horse hair in my padded cycling knickers!

cauda equine, when we were shopping for a new washing machine, a decent load capacity was top of my list for horsey purposes . Think it takes a 9kg or maybe a 10kg load.

I only put 0g turnout rugs in it, though, not ones any with any filling. Stable rugs seem to be easier to wash.

 

[Quigleyandme]

The Tesco I shop at has a few washers and dryers outside. I suppose the idea is you do your shopping and laundry at the same time. One machine washes 18kg of washing for €8 - perfect for my stable rugs.

 

[little_critter]

I did one better, left a pony treat in my pocket and washed it. Spiky bits of pony treat stuck to OHs cycling shorts. Not a happy bunny ?

 

[Rowreach]

The Tesco I shop at has a few washers and dryers outside. I suppose the idea is you do your shopping and laundry at the same time. One machine washes 18kg of washing for €8 - perfect for my stable rugs.

We have these at the village petrol station, and then the rugs come home and go on my rug drier. Little rugs go through the washing machine at home and then get draped over the radiator in the downstairs loo, where the smell of drying horse rug competes with the smell of slurry covered wellies and boiler suits

 

[poiuytrewq]

My OH is a reverse washing machine freak.
I bought my own horsey machine so there could be no arguments about what I washed. Mine has a bigger drum, so he now uses it constantly for normal washing ?‍ All of a sudden hairy clothes seem not to bother him!

 

[FFAQ]

Ha ha, I always wait for the OH to go out before I cram all my horsey washing in to the machine. I swear he has a 6th sense for horsey washing though because he has come home unexpectedly several times and caught me out!

 

[oldie48]

Machine in the stables has a smaller drum than the house one so if I want to wash big horsey stuff I wait until OH is out, but he always knows and drying stuff on the Aga is a bit of a give away! So pleased Rose's new yard now does all that for me. Luxury!

 

[Shysmum]

Ah, I did deploy the giant sized horseware orange wash bag, which keeps errant horse hairs confined.

As a cyclist myself, I would not appreciate horse hair in my padded cycling knickers!

cauda equine, when we were shopping for a new washing machine, a decent load capacity was top of my list for horsey purposes . Think it takes a 9kg or maybe a 10kg load.

I only put 0g turnout rugs in it, though, not ones any with any filling. Stable rugs seem to be easier to wash.

Using that orange bag is the only way I can get away with washing mine ?

 

[Spotherisk]

I bought my washing machine before I met my OH in 2004 and it’s still going strong, it’s seen a lot of rug, numnahs etc in its life and still going strong.

 

[Winters100]

Luckily OH has 24 hour shifts a couple of times a week. These are my horse laundry times. He has a couple of times questioned the chestnut hairs on his socks, but so far I have persuaded him that they came from one of the dogs

 

[Floofball]

I made the fatal error of trying to tumble dry a stable rug once, omg the stench!!! ???
Only once, you live and learn ???

 

[ArklePig]

Those orange bags are the bees knees... I use them to wash my guinea pigs blankets ?

 

[SatansLittleHelper]

I live on my own and have a 9kg drum machine as I can cram all the dog beds in there....and the odd horse rug. I just hoover and wipe the drum out once done ?

 

[Tiddlypom]

The Tesco I shop at has a few washers and dryers outside. I suppose the idea is you do your shopping and laundry at the same time. One machine washes 18kg of washing for €8 - perfect for my stable rugs.

That’s a good idea. You’re in Ireland, aren’t you?

Over here, where I am, the large capacity launderette washers tend to have stern notices attached to them. ‘No animal bedding’. Spoil sports .

I made the fatal error of trying to tumble dry a stable rug once, omg the stench!!! ???
Only once, you live and learn ???

Ah, I did wonder whether I could tumble dry the rug, thanks for the heads up ?

 

[tda]

I would still check the filter

 

[FinnishLapphund]

Does anyone else use washballs/dryer balls? Around 10 years ago I bought some hair removal washballs, which when I bought them said was for the washing machine + dryer, nowadays they more seems to be said to be for the dryer, but I don't have that, so mine is still in my washing machine. Even though I wouldn't say that they get all the hair off, I think they do make a difference, because the filter in my washing machine is less clogged up with hairs.

 

[Baccara]

I wash rugs, dog beds, numnahs, boots in my washing machine. Have done this for many years, and have never had any problems with hairs in my under wear. Is it something you become immune to

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

Ha ha, I always wait for the OH to go out before I cram all my horsey washing in to the machine. I swear he has a 6th sense for horsey washing though because he has come home unexpectedly several times and caught me out!

That's what I do as the noise is horrendous

 

[Bernster]

Loan mare is pretty smelly and her rugs don’t half pong! I would not be bringing those anywhere near my house!!

 

[zandp]

I've never broken a washing machine door by panicking he was coming home earlier than planned and needing to get the rug out before he got home.

I've also never flooded the kitchen twice by forgetting to clean the filter and the drum - and it definitely never flooded the kitchen while he was washing his work clothes (white shirts).

 

[Dasher66]

OH complained that his black socks were covered in white hairs. Luckily the dog is white as well as bits of the horse so I managed to convince him that the dog had slept on the laundry basket. Didn't reveal that a recent numnah wash may have left the machine a little hairy.
Hair removing balls sound useful. *wanders off to laundry websites*

 

[Dasher66]

DON"T google "hair removal balls", use "pet hair removal balls".

 

[Birker2020]

You made me smile, I have to 'sneak' my horses Bioflow boots and stable bandages into the washing machine and then I dry them on the radiator but unfortunately the smell of horse urine never disappears whatever wash cycle I put them on so its a dead giveaway. She is just a horse with a very strong smell, I assume she wees on her bed and then lies on it with her boots.

In fact the whole house ends up smelling really strongly of wee once the heating comes on. OH is definitely not impressed! It was great when I took furlough and he was working, the smell was gone by the time he got home but its not so easy now.

 

[Pollyfilla]

DON"T google "hair removal balls", use "pet hair removal balls".

Ha ha!

 

[9tails]

My latest washing machine purchase is 10kg. I live alone so my colleagues asked why I needed such a large machine. My yard mates asked if, for a fee, I would wash their rugs for them. I make a few bob every winter.

 

[Tiddlypom]

OH has the kitchen back. The outside clothes airer is now chokka full with horse rugs and dog towels .