getting bits all sparkly again?

[PapaFrita]

You know how bits can get a bit 'scummy' where horsie dribbles a bit and they get a bit dull. Anyone got any tips for getting them really really clean and shiny again?
Thanks

 

[KatB]

Dishwasher?!!

 

[PapaFrita]

LOL! Good idea... BUT wouldn't the ladies of How Clean Is Your House be horrified?!!

 

[druid]

Sprenger diamond paste

 

[PapaFrita]

D'oh, I should've NOT asked this question the day I'm leaving (nowhere to buy that stuff) I'm a daft PF!

 

[druid]

Do you want me to post you out a tube?

 

[riotgirl]

Dishwasher is cheap and cheerful. Just make sure that your dad is nowhere in the vicinity while you do it. Especially when he has made his porridge in the jug you made your speedibeet in and didn't wash properly

 

[Loupride]

Leave in the sink and pour over a kettle of boiling water

Cheap and cheerful and you wont believe the shine

 

[KatB]

Lol!! Not as horrified as if they saw our dogs cleaning the baking tin before it gos in the washer....

 

[PapaFrita]

Really? No soap/detergent/other??

 

[PapaFrita]

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Lol!! Not as horrified as if they saw our dogs cleaning the baking tin before it gos in the washer....

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That's what happens to all non-porous cutlery/tableware at our house!

 

[PapaFrita]

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Do you want me to post you out a tube?

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I think I'll try the dishwasher option first

Thanks for offering though

 

[Loupride]

Nope nothing just boling water

by the time the water is cool enough to take the bit out anything that was stuck to it ect will simply wipe off and you are just left with a lovely shiney bit!
Works for me anyway

 

[Bosworth]

and the best way to clean a copper bit is to leave it in coke overnight - diet, full fat whichever you prefer. Lemonade doesn't work so well.

 

[Sooty]

Dishwasher. Along with stirrups and dog bowls...

 

[merlinsquest]

here here for the good old dishwasher!!!!

 

[JustKickOn]

<font color="purple"> bucket of warm water, leave it to soak for about 5-10 minutes and with a sponge scrub all the grime off it (it should come off really easily) and dry it with a tea towel, and with a clean soft cloth gently buff the bit, and it should become nice and shiny!

home i helped.

Lizzie xx

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[SueAllen]

Oooh stirrups in the dishwasher too - grand idea thanks. I guess without the rubber bits?

 

[LauraBR]

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Dishwasher. Along with stirrups and dog bowls...

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totally agree! Our dogs can see their faces in their water bowl after it has been in the dishwasher... great for bits and irons too- anything metal really lol!

 

[jemima]

Dishwasher is used for bits, stirrups, plastic and rubber curry combs, mane and pulling combs and on a cooler wash for some brushes (NOT my best ones!) as well as the grooming kit box!

 

[spritzer]

i agree with the dishwasher lol
stirrups, bits, dog bowls but grooming things i didn't think of that one i have go to try that lol thanks

 

[merlinsquest]

Shame you cant put all your tack and the horse in there!!!

 

[Sal_E]

...or the horse