Plugging stud holes? Suggestions needed!

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EmmaChal

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OK, I have sworn to myself I will not spend another season battling with the whole 'will clean out my stud holes the night before an event' thing and then spend hours swearing and cursing because the cotton wool is wedged in with tiny bits of gravel and dirt, making it rock solid and impossible to remove.
I usually plug straight after I have removed studs with either cotton wool and baby oil or vasaline, then pack it in tight but being incredibly lazy don't regualry replace as I do have a real hatred of studs and stud holes...so what do you use to plug or are Supastuds taking over the world?
 
Mud works for me
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I hate doing studs.
The rubber plugs work ok, you need a spiky thing to spear them with to get them out and sometimes they can be a bit fiddly.
Supastuds are good but you still have to clean the hole out.
Night before I always put in the screw in sleeper stud things, theyre fab as on the day you just unscrew them and screw the stud straight in.
 
I like a combination of mud , and then a couple of days/the night before use the cotton sleepers and baby oil..
Or, you could just leave the dummy studs in , for your farriers to take out for you because theyve rusted in!
 
It is a nightmare, and I'd love to know if there's an easier way, but I haven't found it yet!

Some people use little cotton plug things or cigarette tips, but I find they pack down to much or fall out, so I still use good old cotton wool.

After an event, I replug them with cottom wool, but I don't bother oiling it, perhaps I should try that.

then, the night before an event, I get a small scrubbing brush and scrub the stud holes with water. This gets the dirt out and loosens up the stones, which then seem to come out more easily.

I then retap the holes (if necessary, usually is) and put in 'blank' studs. You might need to hunt a bit to find these, they are not always easily available. They are brill though, virtually flat, and will do no harm to your horse to wear them overnight (I did check with my farrier, and he said absolutely fine)

Then the next day, it's a 5 minute job at the event to take out the blank studs and put the proper ones in.

I also use Supastuds which I do find easier, but I still find I often have to retap the holes. They do screw in more easily though.

The other thing is, I only have one stud hole in each foot. I have always done this, and I find it absolutely fine, and it means half the work!
 
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rambo - love your answer.......................


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vasinline and cotton wool plugs works for me

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I'm deadly serious
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I NEVER plug the holes and i never clean them out until i get to the show. The only time they have cotton wool in them is after the farrier has been until before i first use them
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I've never had a problem...and a sharp bradle (sp) is all you ever need to scrape the mud out of the hole then run down once with a tap to sharpen the thread
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your defo right about have the correct tool for job, i also used something called copperslip when inserting studs and i find that improves quailty of threading....

but i just couldn't leave bear, as our mud in thick estuary mud and set like concrete!
 
sponge does work quite well you need a bigger bit than you think and sometimes it requires a bit of manhandling to make it stay in initially but as someone has brought hte subject up has anyone tried one of those rubber type sealants? i have been told it is brilliant just pulls out in one piece when spiked with a nail. Not had presence of mind to go to homebase and buy some to try though!!
 
I use the liveryman stud hole plugs. I couldn't clean ours out at the event, I would be squished!

I HATE doing stud holes- I have had a horse snatch foot away, stamp down and snap the tap in the stud hole before-grrrrrr
 
My farrier has a cotton wool phobia and I am always forgetting to plug straight away. Usually remember a couple of days later when they are packed solid. I find cigarette type plugs dipped in vasilene work well.
 
Cotton Wool with Effol - as much as you can get in there!!

Did use to use the 'Rambo and Thistle method' but once got a tiny stone stuck in the stud hole and couldnt shift the damn thing!!
 
Night before event i clean them out, tap them, screw a stud in and out and spray with WD40 or babyoil before filling with cotton wool. Fill them after the event too and they tend to work v well
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Have you never got a nasty little stone in there, and been too tightly wedged to get it levered out???? That's what happened to us the last time we decided not to sort out the stud holes in advance, luckily just about maanged to get a supastud (because of concave top) screwed in on top of stone.

Normally use the rubber bungs ,with horseshoe nail to flick them out again, and seems to work well for us.

Fiona
 
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