Random question of the day: can I dye horse feather!?

[SadKen]

Pony has super mega thick feather, it's 'white' on 3 legs. She's solid black otherwise. They just don't look clean, I've washed them, chalked them, sprayed them... 5 minutes into our dressage warm up and they were filthy.

She will look 75% less majestic without them. It would solve the problem if I dyed them black with some sort of horse dye. Can I?

This is mostly in jest, because I don't think I can.

I can't.

Can I?

 

[ycbm]

You can, I once did a 1/4 sock on a black horse. He looked so much better! But I didn't repeat it, too much bother, and doing the full feathers ...... well, good luck ?

 

[SadKen]

You can, I once did a 1/4 sock on a black horse. He looked so much better! But I didn't repeat it, too much bother, and doing the full feathers ...... well, good luck ?

Ok this is good! I don't even care if I have to spend 6 billion quid on dye... what brand did you use?

 

[AdorableAlice]

I used human hair dye to disguise some white scarring on a show hunters legs and ended up with a vet bill.

 

[SadKen]

I used human hair dye to disguise some white scarring on a show hunters legs and ended up with a vet bill.

Yeah I'm very wary of this happening. Prime concern followed by them going green or something.

 

[AdorableAlice]

Yeah I'm very wary of this happening. Prime concern followed by them going green or something.

I used a hypo allergenic one and the amount was tiny, I only needed to cover a few MM's of white hair. The reaction was spectacular in not a good way to say the least.

Lesson learnt and I had the desired effect by using waterproof mascara blending browns and blacks to hide the offending white hairs.

The OP needs to use wood flour to keep the feathers white. Have a look at how the Shire showing folks turn their horses out.

 

[ycbm]

Ok this is good! I don't even care if I have to spend 6 billion quid on dye... what brand did you use?

Really, you don't want to do it ? It would be extremely expensive for three white feathers and make one hell of a mess!

 

[dorsetladette]

Well back in the 70s when registration papers were just that. My dad had a lovely chestnut and white cob. To show him he would dye him chestnut and enter him as a Welsh cob. He did really well, but could only show him on a good day. The story goes that one day it started raining so dad ran him straight back to the lorry, up the ramp and drove home before anyone saw the dye run. ??

I'm not sure how accurate this story is but it has been told by a few members of the family who were around at the time (not me) even his wife at the time (since divorced) has told the story so I think there is some truth in it. ?‍

No idea what dye he would of used, but it was obviously water based ?

 

[SadKen]

Well back in the 70s when registration papers were just that. My dad had a lovely chestnut and white cob. To show him he would dye him chestnut and enter him as a Welsh cob. He did really well, but could only show him on a good day. The story goes that one day it started raining so dad ran him straight back to the lorry, up the ramp and drove home before anyone saw the dye run. ??

I'm not sure how accurate this story is but it has been told by a few members of the family who were around at the time (not me) even his wife at the time (since divorced) has told the story so I think there is some truth in it. ?‍

No idea what dye he would of used, but it was obviously water based ?

??? quality!

Maybe charcoal might do it... the black sand in the arena has a good go!

I'll look at wood flour. I think it was worse as the feather was wet. I'll be oiling them constantly over winter so she's going to look dreadful most of the time anyway.

 

[Elf On A Shelf]

Strictly speaking you can not alter a ponies appearance so it is different from it's passlort to compete.

 

[OrangeAndLemon]

Look up Henny Show Supplies on Facebook.

 

[SadKen]

Strictly speaking you can not alter a ponies appearance so it is different from it's passlort to compete.

Yep, also valid. Altho we only do unaffiliated it is a consideration.

 

[Winters100]

You could use liquid chalk, as long as you are sure that it won't rain!