How do you get a white tail clean?

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FinellaGlen

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Anyone got any brilliant tips for getting a horrible yellow tail back to white again? I have been shampooing Nelly's tail twice a week but it is still horrible and yellow at the bottom. Her mane is looking loads better but her tail is still yuckky.
 
I looked for that in tack shop today but they don't stock it. I have bought Lynn Russell White Tails Shampoo so I will see if that helps at all. I am tempted to cut the bottom few inches of tail off but I don't think it is the done thing with Highlands so I'm not going to.
 
Yeah - washing powder works a treat for this. Make a little powder into a paste and apply to a wet tail. (obviosly don't get it on their skin.) If you leave it in for a few minutes and then rinse it should bring the tail up nice and white. Also, works better if washes in warm / hot water.
 
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Yeah - washing powder works a treat for this. Make a little powder into a paste and apply to a wet tail. (obviosly don't get it on their skin.) If you leave it in for a few minutes and then rinse it should bring the tail up nice and white. Also, works better if washes in warm / hot water.

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Much better description than mine!
 
I did try Daz once but I didn't leave it on long or put much in the water. I'll try making up a proper paste with it next week and leave it on for longer.
 
You would get away with a little trimming, especially as we are at the end of the showing season now, and you have all winter to grow it back. Just don't take too much off and don't cut the tail across straight, feather the ends to give a more natural look
 
I was hoping someone would say that watcher! It is down to the floor so it will have plenty of time to grow for next year so I may just take a little off the end. I will try and do the hairdresser feathering thing too but I can't promise anything as I always cut my own fringe in a terrible wonky manner.
 
I find that cheap baby shampoo is much better than many expensive equine shampoos I've tried.
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It's not a great photo, but it shows how clean I got his tail after two decent washes with baby shampoo (I did two washes as his tail was very grubby!).
 
Your horse's tail looks brilliant Castlemouse. Mine looks like it has nicotine stains on it! My pony had been living out for years and I think that the stains have got very "ground in".
 
I use human shampoo - Sainsbury's own brand, the pink one, is about 58p & smells fab - & then I wash it in Vanish. It comes up pretty well, even tho my grey lives out & is a real mudlark.
 
aerial handwash...works wonders...and i also use it on the coat and it makes it very soft...and cos it is for hand washing it doesnt give them a rash!
 
Hmm net curtain whitener - how long do you leave it on for and how do you make it up? I've not got a lot of experience of washing net curtains I'm afraid.
 
Usually I give him a bath normally, with horse shampoo, then I use one sachet of NC whitener and a little Persil (the gentle liquid stuff) in a standard water bucket with cold water, leave on his whole body, mane and tail too (not face though) for five mins then rinse. He comes out glistening!!

Suggest doing a test patch first though.

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The brown blobs are because he's very fleabitten!
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