Pidge
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any ideas please as the sheepskin is getting increasingly grubby and thin?
Help in cleaning sheepskin on 5 point competition breastplate?
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don't buy such an expensive piece of kit?!
carthorse
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Can't help with thin but the new type of numnahs are washed by covering in hair conditioner then washing
Thistle
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I use a clean sponge, damp with warm water, keep rinsing the sponge and dabbing at the sheepskin, leave to dry away from heat and fluff it back up with fingers.
Pidge
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but I like having all the gear and no idea
Pidge
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thanks but can't get them off the breastplate so am a bit stuck!
Pidge
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Ah that sounds good thanks will try that from now on
I suppose now is not the time to admit to waiting till they were dry and then cleaning with my velcro cleaner
do you think a good saddler would be able to replace one of them as the one at the chest has gone a bit thin?
I suppose now is not the time to admit to waiting till they were dry and then cleaning with my velcro cleaner
do you think a good saddler would be able to replace one of them as the one at the chest has gone a bit thin?
KatB
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Cleaning with a velcro cleaner?!
Warm water, a bit of detergent in it after covering the wool in conditioner and dunking it and gently rubbing the grease off works the best. Mine is a bit grim and needs tlc too.
Pidge
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I know I know, but I am blonde in my defence
but if you cover the sheepskin in conditioner first how does the detergent work? would it not take forever to rinse out?
but if you cover the sheepskin in conditioner first how does the detergent work? would it not take forever to rinse out?
KatB
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No it keeps it soft and seperated, if it is warm water you shouldnt have a prob. That is how pads should be washed in the washing machine, covered in conditioner!!
Thistle
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I just use plain water, seems to work ok and no worries about shrinking.
Someone needs to event little elasticated washable pouches that slip over the pressure points, instead of fixed sheepskin. Maybe that's a good marketing opportunity, they could come in your XC colours.
Someone needs to event little elasticated washable pouches that slip over the pressure points, instead of fixed sheepskin. Maybe that's a good marketing opportunity, they could come in your XC colours.
H-J
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I just use plain water, seems to work ok and no worries about shrinking.
Someone needs to event little elasticated washable pouches that slip over the pressure points, instead of fixed sheepskin. Maybe that's a good marketing opportunity, they could come in your XC colours.
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That sounds like a good idea!!
I just use plain water, seems to work ok and no worries about shrinking.
Someone needs to event little elasticated washable pouches that slip over the pressure points, instead of fixed sheepskin. Maybe that's a good marketing opportunity, they could come in your XC colours.
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That sounds like a good idea!!
milliepops
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Pidge, if it makes you feel any better I brush mine with my velcro cleaner too - after they've had a bit of a wash - as it fluffs the sheepskin up again. I brush all my woolly numnahs with it too
zizz
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Shock horror at the all the velcro cleaners! A very small amount of fairy and some warm water on a sponge is what all my non machine washable sheepskin gets, then its fluffed up by the hoover!