Hairy numnahs?

Sprig said:
I would have said that having to washa t 90 degrees will put many people off. Cotton numnah's would have accelerated fading and I am pretty sure it would not be a good idea to wash fleeces at that temp.
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I can see why you have mentioned that, but the company is developing compatible products to a certain specification ie: colour dyed to a different higher specification (that would not fade/degrade etc - these guys are professional fabric specialists!) than most products currently on the market. I mentioned previously that the company are developing a range of products like this, although there may be a small premium on products such as numnahs.

So the next question has to be if this was the case, how much premium would you be prepared to pay?
 
I wouldn't. I would not wash my stuff at 90 and would not buy all nee numnahs and rugs just to use this product. Most hairs can be brushed off using a slicker brush and those sticky rollers. It's only going to go back on the horse & get hairy again anyway. The tumble dryer removes most of them. I wouldn't want to put it on my horse either, yes it should be safe but horses can react to washing powder key alone lose their hair from a hair remover wash!

I work in veterinary and wash hairy vet beds, fleeces, towels and drapes all day. Again we wouldn't use it as a tumble dry, shake and sticky roll is all that's needed.
 
I've spent the day washing 7 stable rugs and fleeces today. I de-haired them with a rubber curry comb before they went in the wash, and all were washed individually and I cleared the trap of hair after each one.

I tend to wash horse items in a batch like this, then run a rinse cycle with nothing in it, then vacuum out any excess hair the next day when the drum is dry.

I wouldn't use any chemical strong enough to dissolve hair at 90 degrees, and I wouldn't wash my rugs at 90 degrees, so the product wouldn't interest me as a rug wash.

I would however use it as a washing machine cleaner after a batch of hairy horse washing, to clear out the stray hairs and any other gunk I don't want in my laundry.

I would pay probably around £5 per cycle if it did a good job.
 
I'd probably pay about three or four pounds per load - so about £1.50 per numnah per wash? My numnahs are all cheap, paying several pounds each per wash is not attractive.
 
brightmount said:
I've spent the day washing 7 stable rugs and fleeces today. I de-haired them with a rubber curry comb before they went in the wash, and all were washed individually and I cleared the trap of hair after each one.

I tend to wash horse items in a batch like this, then run a rinse cycle with nothing in it, then vacuum out any excess hair the next day when the drum is dry.

I wouldn't use any chemical strong enough to dissolve hair at 90 degrees, and I wouldn't wash my rugs at 90 degrees, so the product wouldn't interest me as a rug wash.

I would however use it as a washing machine cleaner after a batch of hairy horse washing, to clear out the stray hairs and any other gunk I don't want in my laundry.

I would pay probably around £5 per cycle if it did a good job.
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Nice idea!! Thank you!
 
Ella19 said:
I wouldn't. I would not wash my stuff at 90 and would not buy all nee numnahs and rugs just to use this product. Most hairs can be brushed off using a slicker brush and those sticky rollers. It's only going to go back on the horse & get hairy again anyway. The tumble dryer removes most of them. I wouldn't want to put it on my horse either, yes it should be safe but horses can react to washing powder key alone lose their hair from a hair remover wash!

I work in veterinary and wash hairy vet beds, fleeces, towels and drapes all day. Again we wouldn't use it as a tumble dry, shake and sticky roll is all that's needed.
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Is that not very time consuming?? Just wondering as I know it takes me an age just to do one of my horses numnah's never mind lots of items each day!
 
Having been a guinea pig for this product I can only say it is utterly amazing. Can't see any issue at washing at 90 degrees, and the cloths come out as good as new. Lets face it, we all happily send our rugs off for cleaning/reproofing without asking about the chemical cleaning process...

I tend to buy new saddle cloths rather than attempting to defuzz and all that crap, this way it is so much easier.

Big thumbs up from me!
 
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