polish as mane & tail conditioner....

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I've seen three people use household polish as a mane and tail conditioner....anyone else seen this? certainly save some pennies!!
 
Yes, I use it. Woodsilk beeswax polish. I only brush out mane and tail once every 6 months or so, but it stays looking nice for a good few weeks after a polish and brush.
 
I did buy a bottle of Pledge once to use instead of the usual Canter Mane & Tail, but the smell of it made me feel sick, so I only used it the once!
 
Auslander said:
But you're applying it to dead hair! I wouldn't use it on the coat, but it works a treat on the tail used from below the dock downwards.
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But horses use their tails to swat flies, I have an uber reactive mare to anything remotely harsh or chemical so my preference is not to use it.
 
I use it on my boys tail - makes it really easy to brush out and silky! Wouldn't use it on his mane personally, make it too slippery to plait probably.
With the tail you aren't spraying it directly on to coat or near eyes etc so it doesn't bother me - it's just a form of silicone spray!
 
It's silicone spray - and silicone sprays have a tendency to make the hair brittle and snap. personally i don't use any kind of silicone spray whether horse-branded or not - but I do have ponies with naturally glossy hair.....
 
I have to admit I once knew a woman who did working hunter (and got to HOYS 1999 or 2000 I forget which) and she used multi purpose furniture polish on her mitt for final rub down on horses coat then one spray in tail and it made her bay GLEAM!!
 
I've recently tried it when my normal spray ran out. Have to say I'm not that impressed,although stuff I normally use is 10 x the price I'll be going back to it!!!
 
It's used a lot in the showing world. I use Sainsbury's basic furniture polish off and on. It'a adequate but I do prefer the finish from Canter mane and tail conditioner.
 
I don't think I would. And I'd be annoyed if anybody else at my yard did- my boy is one of those that sticks his head in other horses tails to get the flies away.

All those chemicals would go in his eyes... it doesn't bear thinking about.

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dianchi said:
Personally I wouldn't be happy with all those chemicals on my horse.

Baby oil works just as well
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Baby Oil is actually Liquid PArafin a bi product of petroleum!

The best thing is to use conditioner for dry, rebeleous hair - I use Fructis Sleek & Shiine, shampoo and Conditioner. comb the conditioner through the tail and leave for about 20 mins before rinsing out. A tail bag worn 24/7 also helps to keep tail in good condition.

Furniture Polish such as Mr Sheen is OK for a show day but not for long term use, its too harsh.
 
Tnavas said:
Baby Oil is actually Liquid PArafin a bi product of petroleum!
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It has a base of food grade mineral oil certainly, but no baby products manufacturer would use liquid paraffin in its products. Baby oil has a high proportion of almond kernel oil in it - which i only know because it was used in a trial on wounds years ago, and very good results were achieved in skin healing and scar reduction. i used it on my mare who was hit by a car, and she healed amazing well.
 
Just checked because I thought I remembered checking a bottle a few years ago - From Johnson's website, its baby oil ingredients are:
[FPT1350] Paraffinum Liquidum, Isopropyl Palmitate, Parfum.

I hate it when they try to posh up basic ingredients! Why not say liquid paraffin for heavens sake? Same as when they say 'aqua' instead of water!
 
Auslander said:
It has a base of food grade mineral oil certainly, but no baby products manufacturer would use liquid paraffin in its products. Baby oil has a high proportion of almond kernel oil in it - which i only know because it was used in a trial on wounds years ago, and very good results were achieved in skin healing and scar reduction. i used it on my mare who was hit by a car, and she healed amazing well.
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http://skincare.about.com/od/productsforbabies/f/What-Is-Baby-Oil.htm

What are the Ingredients? Mineral Oil and Fragrance.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineral_oil

A mineral oil is any of various colorless, odorless, light mixtures of alkanes in the C15 to C40 range from a non-vegetable (mineral) source, particularly a distillate of petroleum.[1]
The name mineral oil by itself is imprecise, having been used to label many specific oils over the past few centuries. Other names, similarly imprecise, include white oil, liquid paraffin, pariffinum liquidum, and liquid petroleum. Baby oil refers to a perfumed mineral oil.

Most would certainly NOT contain any oil from a nut and marketed as baby oil because of the risk of nut allergy!

Certainly would not be food grade - eat baby oil and you'd spend plenty of time on the loo for the next few days.
 
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Tnavas said:
http://skincare.about.com/od/productsforbabies/f/What-Is-Baby-Oil.htm

What are the Ingredients? Mineral Oil and Fragrance.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineral_oil

A mineral oil is any of various colorless, odorless, light mixtures of alkanes in the C15 to C40 range from a non-vegetable (mineral) source, particularly a distillate of petroleum.[1]
The name mineral oil by itself is imprecise, having been used to label many specific oils over the past few centuries. Other names, similarly imprecise, include white oil, liquid paraffin, pariffinum liquidum, and liquid petroleum. Baby oil refers to a perfumed mineral oil.

Most would certainly NOT contain any oil from a nut and marketed as baby oil because of the risk of nut allergy!

Certainly would not be food grade - eat baby oil and you'd spend plenty of time on the loo for the next few days.
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i said it was mineral oil! It is not liquid paraffin though - really, it isn't! Admittedly - I wrote "almond", when it was actually apricot kernel, but I put my hands up to that one!

I really can't be bothered to discuss anything with you any more - I knew that I was going to get an outpouring of Google when i posted what I did. I think we just have to agree to disagree on pretty much everything. I will continue to learn from the opinions and experiences of others on here, and you can continue to know everything and ignore/rubbbish every opinion that doesn't match yours. i'm putting you on user ignore now, as I fundamentally disagree with pretty much everything you say, and it just makes me angry when I see your posts. You can respond to this if you like, but I won't be able to see it.
 
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It is. It's just another name for the same thing.

"Mineral oil", as sold widely and cheaply in the USA, is not sold as such in Britain. Instead British pharmacologists use the terms "Paraffinum perliquidum" for light mineral oil and "Paraffinum liquidum" or "Paraffinum subliquidum" for a somewhat thicker (more viscous) varieties. The term "Paraffinum Liquidum" is often seen on the ingredient lists of baby oil and cosmetics. British aromatherapists commonly use the term "white mineral oil".
 
Gloi said:
It is. It's just another name for the same thing.

"Mineral oil", as sold widely and cheaply in the USA, is not sold as such in Britain. Instead British pharmacologists use the terms "Paraffinum perliquidum" for light mineral oil and "Paraffinum liquidum" or "Paraffinum subliquidum" for a somewhat thicker (more viscous) varieties. The term "Paraffinum Liquidum" is often seen on the ingredient lists of baby oil and cosmetics. British aromatherapists commonly use the term "white mineral oil".
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Ok - hands up! I'm obviously wrong (happy to admit it - just object to the way that certain posters communicate stuff!) I'm pretty outraged, if that's the case. I really can't imagine why its ok to use liquid paraffin on baby skin!
 
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I don't understand why any-one uses perfumed products on their horse. I am allergic to perfume, so don't use perfumed products anyway but really prefer my horses to smell of horse and wouldn't want to risk a bad reaction.
I wouldn't use it on babies either - you're just setting them up for a skin reaction.
 
Liquid paraffin is a fantastic anti fungal/bacterial, I have used it on mudfever to excellent effect!! Personally wouldn't use furniture polish as I have TB's who are prone to being a bit sensitive.
 
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