Ideas for marking a clipping line

[peanut]

Does anyone have any ideas as to what I could use to mark a clipping line on a dark brown horse please?

 

[Heidi1]

Chalk

 

[Lippyx]

TBH, I just run my finger again the direction of the hair.
I don't think they is a really 100% works everytime way of marking where you are going to clip, as the horse moves, you brush the hair away etc!!

Lippy x

 

[jesterfaerie]

I second chalk.

 

[Baileyhoss]

I use magic marker, would you see a black line or is your horse too dark?

 

[peanut]

Living in a chalky area, at least I wouldn't have to go out a buy it

 

[peanut]

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I use magic marker, would you see a black line or is your horse too dark?

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I'll give it a try. Thanks

 

[Maesfen]

Damp solid bar soap! It leaves a sticky line so do it a fraction higher than necessary so it doesn't clog up your clippers.

 

[Kenzo]

Or you could use a lippy, one of those horrendously bright pink ones that was an unwanted Christmas prezzie that has been lurking in the bottom of your makecup bag for that last couple of years!

 

[Enfys]

You are meant to mark a line?!

whoops!

Follow the muscle line on legs.

For fussy clients I used to mark with soap, and use my hand to get the distances level. Now I just whip it off a bit lower than intended to give myself room to tidy up. Saddle patches, just go round the saddle.

 

[kellyeaton]

chalk! and if grey then soap!

 

[ColouredFan]

I use my finger for a rough guide just below where i want it to be then tidy it up by eye after.

 

[Cahill]

i have always clipped by eye.

 

[Persephone]

I used to use a concealer stick. Whichever was in the bargain bin!

 

[Daisychain]

Bar saddle soap is the best.

 

[dieseldog]

Doesn't matter what you use I bet you end up doing a full clip

 

[maddielove]

I am going to give a go marking out with vaseline or fly cream - too lazy to own saddle soap

 

[sugarnspice]

Last year I think I just stuck my finger under the hose and then ran it along his fur! It worked

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[Steeleydan]

I do the leg lines by freehand just by my eye, but when i do a full saddle patch i put the saddle on girth it up and draw round it with a old lipskick works perfectly every time, this way it doesnt matter if the horse twists round cos youve still got the mark, and you re not trying to hold a numnah with one hand and the clippers in the other. Weve all got some scarey coloured lipsticks lurking in the deepest depths of our make up bag!

 

[GinaGem]

Highlighter pen's are great on light coloured horses