How do you clean your brushes?

[tallyho!]

dishwasher for bits is a game changer

definitely for bits. they come up like new!

 

[Keith_Beef]

Bang them on the wall

I drag the stiffer brushes through the softer brushes, then drag the hoof pick through the stiff brushes and bang them on the wall.

But then where I live the ground is very sandy and in any case we rarely go out for a hack these days, so the horses are usually very clean.

And bay horses, unlike greys, don't seem to have the same magical power of being able to find mud and clay in a desert.

 

[SussexbytheXmasTree]

I haven’t cleaned mine in forever. On a day to day basis I only really use a jelly rubber curry comb to loosen grease and hair and to massage and a flick over with a dandy to remove anything loosened up. I’ve a set of Haas brushes for show preparation and special occasions but as I don’t do many then they don’t get a lot of use.

 

[gryff]

Washing machine or dishwasher for me, too. My Haas and Oster brushes have always come up like new after doing this.

 

[AFB]

which brushes do you put in the washing machine? I really want to do this but worried it will kill my haas ones

Haas ones come up a treat in the machine

 

[mini_b]

Haas ones come up a treat in the machine

....which settings and tablets/detergent do you use?

 

[Reacher]

I did this, they came out lovely but i nearly got divorced!!!!

Quite , i was trying to picture Mr Reacher’s face if i put them in dish washer ?

 

[Reacher]

I use bowl of warm soapy water or washing machine

 

[AFB]

....which settings and tablets/detergent do you use?

Just a normal 30 cycle with non bio powder, no softener (just that I haven’t tried with, not that it definitely damaged them)

 

[BSL2]

Curry comb dirt and hair out first. Then a bucket of hot water. Fairy liquid and a scoop of soda crystals. Rinse well leave in sun or hot room over night to dry.