Stained tail - white vinegar?

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In my local freebie horse mag, there is an article about getting white tails white again now that winter is over (allegedly! :rolleyes:) It says to shampoo and condition and then to soak in vinegar in a bucket. Can anyone tell me - does the vinegar have to be neat or diluted and if diluted, at what dilution rate?

Thanks.

(PS If it isn't diluted, can anyone advise me where I can buy white vinegar in bulk??? :confused::p)
 
I use hibiscrub, hot water and quiksilver shampoo. I've also used net cutain whitener in the past and lots of conditioner.
 
Coblover63 said:
In my local freebie horse mag, there is an article about getting white tails white again now that winter is over (allegedly! :rolleyes:) It says to shampoo and condition and then to soak in vinegar in a bucket. Can anyone tell me - does the vinegar have to be neat or diluted and if diluted, at what dilution rate?

Thanks.

(PS If it isn't diluted, can anyone advise me where I can buy white vinegar in bulk??? :confused::p)
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When one of my aviaries became infested with red mite, I was advised to use white vinegar. I got a couple of gallons from the local catering suppliers (Bookers) quite cheaply (£5/gallon? I forget) -- but had to tell a porky about running a hotel to get it!:eek:
 
Dry Rot said:
When one of my aviaries became infested with red mite, I was advised to use white vinegar. I got a couple of gallons from the local catering suppliers (Bookers) quite cheaply (£5/gallon? I forget) -- but had to tell a porky about running a hotel to get it!:eek:
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Did it kill the redmite?
Sorry to hijack the thread.
For white tails i just tend to wash it a few times and it eventually comes back white.
 
Vinegar is quite often used for household cleaning - shifts grease pretty well, but personally I would use Daz but ALWAYS test a small patch of skin first.
 
On the back of cowboy magic yellow out shampoo it says to mix 50-50 white vinegar and warm-hot water then soak the tail in it for 2-5 mins. If the stain remains its permanent. I can't quite work out why they're giving out household remedies on the back of their bottles!! But at least this gives a proper method for doing it!!
 
Wash, soak in half a bucket of water with 8 denture tablets in it, rinse, condition.

T x (Owner of a grey & 2 paddocks with orange soil...)
 
Buy one of these. http://www.tailgator.co.uk/tg/pages/tailbagorder.html
Amazing things.

For 10+ years my share horse has had a mud fever like rash on the top 2/3 of his legs from around the end of Jan to April when he's moulting. We've treated it but never got to the bottom of the reason for it, but this year, while brushing his tail, I suddenly realised the rash stopped where his tail does and that it must be his tail causing it. Bought a tail bag and the rash went in 10 days. An added bonus is how spotless his white tail has remained since we got one - I thought it would still get greasy if not muddy but it hasn't at all.
 
I used bleach.:eek: One splosh in half a bucket of water and only dip the hair -not the dock. Have a bucket of clean water ready to rinse. You dip the tail in a few times until it looks clean enough and then swap to the other bucket.
Quick and easy - though I only did it a couple of times a year, not every week.

Ps Use rubber gloves.
 
i just put a good splosh (prob 1/8 bottle of vinegar) in to 2/3 bucket hot hot water and soak for 5mins or as long as i can be assed to hold bucket up then rinse, shampoo with blue or purple shampoo, rinse, and condition well.
 
micki said:
Did it kill the redmite?
Sorry to hijack the thread.
For white tails i just tend to wash it a few times and it eventually comes back white.
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Yes, it did kill the mites. Th aviary housed some rather valuable breeding goshawks so I needed something safe. I just soaked everything in vinegar with a knapsack sprayer as they hide in cracks and crevices during the day.
 
Shampoo (i use dermoline but baby will do) with a decent slug of purple spray... Wash and rinse twice, leaving in for a few mins each time... Ta da...

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I use a shampoo called a touch of silver. Its purple but neutrilizes the yellow tones in the hair :)
Brings my cobs tail and legs up a treat :)
 
hot water, (cold is no good) fairy liquid, wash and rinse a few times then diamond white shampoo if your after dazzling white. I've also used vanish in the past. I don't leave it to get really minging in the first place though I swish his tail in a bucket of hot water every week all through the year
 
Horlicks said:
What if you've got a black/white tail? will any of these affect the black hair?
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sterilizing tablets are a form of very mild bleach, I don't know for sure but they may take some colour out of black hair, I wouldn't risk it anyway. I use fairy on my black tail, with no colour change
 
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