Getting a white horses yellow bits white? Was it bicarb?

[MagicMelon]

I remember someone mentioned using something like bicarb of soda on yellowing white bits like the tail. Was it bicarb? And would it work on the legs as well? Horse is basically pure white and I struggled to get her legs properly white the other day, Fairy worked quite well on her tail but feel too harsh to use on her legs especially as she lives out.

 

[AdorableAlice]

Blue bags, no idea if you can still buy them though.

 

[MagicMelon]

Umm... what on earth are those?

 

[MagicMelon]

Is it like like this?

http://www.starchsupplies.co.uk/laundry-products/reckitts-crown-blue-whitening.html

 

[Meowy Catkin]

I did an initial wash of the bottom of the tail (below the dock) with bio washing powder, then washed the whole tail with blue/purple rinse shampoo (from Boots). It did whiten it a lot, but next time I'll leave the blue/purple rinse on for longer before washing it off.

 

[Queenbee]

Steradent.


However, is anyone else having a serious battle with getting the stains out this year? No matter how much scrubbing I do the hock and knee stains simply aren't shifting at all and I'm doing nothing different to last year, same shampoo, same technique.... I'm at a loss

 

[lisa_dundee]

I'm having this problem too, was even thinking of clipping our section A who is clinging on to her winter coat and yellow stains lol

 

[mil1212]

Ketchup! That gets the yellow stains out, smother it on and leave for a short time and rinse and shampoo. Bit of a gippy smell at 6am though

 

[PolarSkye]

Steradent.


However, is anyone else having a serious battle with getting the stains out this year? No matter how much scrubbing I do the hock and knee stains simply aren't shifting at all and I'm doing nothing different to last year, same shampoo, same technique.... I'm at a loss

Kali is looking rather more "cream" than he ought to, despite having a warm water wash once a week . . . is it because we had all that mud?

@

 

[Feival]

The bottom half of CC's tail is so stained it's making me want to chop it off!! does Bicarb really work and how do I do it. Scrub it in or soak in a bucket?

 

[Nugget La Poneh]

If you get a pot of Bicarb, bung it in about 5L (half a feed trug) of as hot water as you can tolerate, dunk the tail in and massage through and then leave for about 5ish minutes. While leaving, pour a litre of white vinegar in hand hot water (about a feed trug worth - 10L?). Wash/dunk the tail through with the vinegar until it feels 'clean'. Then cover with a decent conditioner, I personally use about 1/2 a bottle of pound shop Argan oil hair treatment (little brown bottle, with greeny writing, Tesco seem to be selling it in their bargain bit too) which doubles up as a silicone free detangler and makes the tail all sparkly.

However, this will only get rid of stains, it won't make sun stained hair go white so this will either need to be masked by chalk, or a coloured shampoo (friend on yard uses frosting silver shampoo), or bleached.

 

[Peregrine Falcon]

Is it like like this?

http://www.starchsupplies.co.uk/laundry-products/reckitts-crown-blue-whitening.html

I used to help my friend with her palaminos and she always used to use bue bags. Yep, these are them!

 

[Queenbee]

I'm having this problem too, was even thinking of clipping our section A who is clinging on to her winter coat and yellow stains lol

Kali is looking rather more "cream" than he ought to, despite having a warm water wash once a week . . . is it because we had all that mud?

@

How odd, no idea but it does seem to be rather permanent!

Ketchup! That gets the yellow stains out, smother it on and leave for a short time and rinse and shampoo. Bit of a gippy smell at 6am though

Thank you, will give this a try