Washing white horses

I use Natural Equine WhiteWash...and / or Tresemme clarifying shampoo for those stubborn stains.

And, Red Rum Stain remover spray - tried 'em all and that's whatt really works.
 
I've heard (on here so likely to be reliable) that hibiscrub is great for very grubby grey horses
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I use Wahl purple personally and find it to be okay but not 'amazing'
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For competing our greys we wash head to toe the night before with diluted Wahl Diamond White shampoo, and undiluted on the tail and any revolting stains on the legs. Then rinse and sponge all over with warm water with a cube of Reckitts Blue dissolved into it, this is perfectly safe and is AMAZING for getting greys super shiny and really really clean. Then spray with Canter Coat Shine, body brush all over, and spray mane and tail with Canter Mane and Tail Conditioner and brush through. Finally we rug up, and plait the tail (not a proper plait, just a three strand plait from bottom of dock to end of tail) to keep it clean over night.
Just before you set off, dissolve another cube of Reckitts Blue into warm water, and sponge off any stable stains.
Having 5 greys to get ready for competing is a nightmare, but we find this is the best way to get them sparkling!
 
I use Gallop whitening shampoo, I think it's made by Carr & Day & Martin. Mix a fair dollop with a bucket of warm water and use a wash brush to scrub at stains works fine and gets pony gleaming. And marks left after get scrubbed again with some plain shampoo. Usually have to do her tail twice though as the end gets quite yellow.
 
Dunno if it works on horses (as SWA is an arse to bath!) but we used to bath the goats & cattle in baby shampoo, then apply a double diluted blue rinse followed by a second light wash of baby shampoo.
makes them shine, Pop used to say just like persil (dazzling bright & a price thats right)
 
I use the Whal Diamond white stuff all over and Equine America Blue shampoo on tail and legs.
Then bandage tail all the way down, never plait as one of mine as a tail that looks as if i have taken the straighteners to it.
I then make a paste of chalk and water, and using a brush paint it on, all the way up to her elbows and stifles.
Then once dried bandage her legs. and hood!!
Usually in the morning we are clean!!! If not I have some carr day and martin spray just for the stains!!
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Have tried lots but have found that Hilton Herbs Ocean Blue is by far the best. It lasts forever as you only need a small amount, it brings all the dirt to the surface to brush off and leaves them really white and shiny, but it doesn't strip out the oils.

I bought a litre bottle as last years Your Horse event for about £10, but you don't see it in the shops much.
 
I would not use washing up liquid or washing powder, they are too strong and they cause me to have dry cracked skin, let alone my poor horse.

I recommend ocean blue shampoo and coal tar and neem shampoo both from hilton herbs. They are brilliant and excellent for horses and people with sensitive skin.

I have also found bloom shampoo fantastic.
 
Reckitt's Blue is normally on sale for 50p a cube in good hardware stores, I tend to get ten at a time and keep them in an airtight box to use as I need them.
Hope this helps get your grey shining!
 
Thank you all very much for your in-put I will indeed try Reckitts Blue, my grey horse is actually a few spot appaloosa and he is just filthy no matter how clean his bed is he will find the worse patch to lie down on and when he gets turned out he is covered from head to foot quite litteraly in mud!!
Thank you all very much.
 
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