Hot Clothing

I like to put my jumper on the radiator for 5mins in the morning - toasty treat. ;)

I know what you mean though :rolleyes: - It's getting a rag or tea towel into Boiling water - ringing it out to almost dry (we dont want wet 3rd degree burns) - and wiping it in circles over a freshly groomed horse.
Some put vinegar or meths in the water. (teaspoons not buckets)

Most think it brings out a fabbie shine and the last of the grease!
But i wouldnt be using it in this cold weather - unless you have a good wicking rug and warm warm stable!

:)

Please correct me if wrong! :)
 
Now i would do it in this weather you see, well, perhaps not the -17 we are forecast tonight, but certainly winter.
I generally use it after a clip to get rid of traces of hair and clipper oil and any grease to leave B shiny & comfy after his clip.

Method as above - as hot as your hands can stand. Quickly as possible, then a cosy wicking cooler over the top (like a fleece or thermatex), then as soon as they are dry & cool, damp rug off and cosy rug on. They shouldn't actually be that wet if you have rung out the cloth enough., think shammying a car.
 
I think most people use hot water with a bit of cider vinegar in it. Or a more suitable option for winter would be a damp wet hot cloth and put a bit of cider vinegar onto the cloth, saves you getting the horse so wet.
Good to use in winter to get some of the grease out of their coats without giving a bath.
 
I give both of ours a hot cloth after clipping.
Water as hot as you can stand, with a little glug of oil and vinegar in (prob about a desert spoon of each to a bucket of hot water). Then squeeze the cloth right out before rubbing over the coat. Makes them absolutly gleaming after a clip and removes all the itchy little bits of cut hair. Then rug up in a thermatex till they are dried off.
I don't do it at this time of year unless we have a show as although it is just a little bit of water, there seems no reason to get them wet if there is no smart outing in the offing!!
 
hello, just noticing that this is mentioned after clipping but what about before?

I am faced with partly clipping a very hairy and scurfy cushings pony as she is overheating at night in the stable. The vet says to clip her belly and neck, I have never clipped before and she is very dirty. I got her in the summer and so this is the first winter she has been rugged. She hasnt been bathed in the last at least 5 years either.

Should I hot cloth her before I try to clip as its clearly too cold for a full bath at the moment?
any help appreciated!!
claire:-}
 
I would, then give her enough time to dry totally then clip (if yoru cloth really is hot and you wring it right out then she should be totally dry in no time). If mine gets v wooly before I get around to clipping her then I sometimes hot cloth first (she just loves to roll and I just can't get all the deep mud out of her super thick coat!). No probs so far!
 
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