What's the best product to get a tail snowy white?

K

karen65

Member
Joined
4 April 2006
Messages
19
Visit site
Have tried lots of different horse shampoo's including supreme whitening shampoo, also tried biological washing liquid on the bottom half of tail (tried all the purple shampoo's too). Tail comes up quite clean but not snowy clean like you might see in a show ring, it still has yellowy hues. Only wash tail about 2 x per month in summer and 2x in total over last few months as too cold. Neddy lives out. Has anyone used something that works well on the yellow?
 
you need to shampoo a white(?) tail at least once a week for a gelding and at least 2x a week for a mare. if you let the dirt ingrind it takes forever to get back white. i wash mine through 2 to 3 times a week with a tesco shampoo. only takes a couple of mins. dunk soap rub dunk squeeze dunk again!!! when i have time i do a proper wash with warm water, rinse and repeat. do you only wash your own hair 2 x per month in summer and once every 2to 3 months when cold and expect it to be bright and shiny???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
 
Supreme blue rinse!! give tail a good scrub in HOT water first then rinse and add the blue rinse powder to a bucket of warm water and dunk tail for a few mins....
 
invest in a tailgator tail bag...1) stops it gets minging in the 1st place and 2) means you can wash tail, bag it, and turn out on a chilly day without poor horse having a damp cold tail round its bum/legs!

to initially get rid of dirt,wash until water running clean with any cheapo shampoo, then add a generous splash of cider vinegar to a bucket of HOT water and soak lower part of tail for as long as you can hold bucket up. then generously rub in purple or blue shampoo until entire tail is foamed up, leave for 5 mins then rinse well. you will need to condition well afterwards with any cheap conditioner for dry hair as the vinegar will suck out the oils, as well as the dirt!

then spray with coat shine, and tail bag it! voila!
 
Thanks for replies, very useful :-) I wash my hair everyday, easy to do in a nice centrally heated house. This winter we have been lucky if the water has barely been much above freezing point and there is no hot water facility. Dont need to wash much in Summer as all fields well drained & no mud. Thanks Again.
 
I use Wahl Diamond White on Twizzy tail and you should see the state it is to beining with. I wash it with warm water to start with then shampoo it and scrub, leave it in her tail while i do her legs etc.... then rinse with the hose pipe :)
twizzy3.jpg

xx
 
Prince33Sp4rkle said:
to initially get rid of dirt,wash until water running clean with any cheapo shampoo, then add a generous splash of cider vinegar to a bucket of HOT water and soak lower part of tail for as long as you can hold bucket up. !
Click to expand...


ooh vinegar is an interesting idea - wonder if it works on general stable stains? My mare has a black tail but it is so thick that it gets pee stripes on which go white - esp when she is in season. I haven't found anything that can dissolve that, might give vinegar a go this summer :D
 
Sorry, but as the hairdresser to a 'wannabe' white tail, the only answer is elbow grease and maintenance.

The tail bags are brilliant, but I'm just waiting for the yellow ends to grow long enough to be cut off. :(
 
might do milliepops.......hot clothing mums grey with vinegar and hot water DEF pulls out more grease/dirt/stains than just hot water or hot water with a dash of shampoo etc and it seems to dissolve the greasy sheath crud that geldings sometimes get on their legs too, so may work with minging tail!!!!

its one of my miracle cure all/101 uses type things....baler twin+duct tape+vinegar+aloe vera=take over the world!!!!!
 
Mares are worse than geldings, because they pee 'backwards'. If you horse has a really thick tail, it just gets stained. After the tail has been washed and is squeaky clean, the hair remains tobacco yellow (or shades of.....). The only way to cure this is to stop the mare peeing in her tail. Either plait the tail, which minimises the problem, or keep it in a tail bag.

I tried soaking in Napisan, Ariel gel for cooler water, Cowboy magic yellow stain remover, Lynn Russell Stain remover, multiple purple shampoos, soaking in Milton, soaking in Soda crystals. A girl on our yard is a hairdresser and she's tried using hair bleach (peroxide) to shift it. All failed.

Just keep it clean, and wait for the stains to grow out. Sorry to be so negative.

I have a similar situation as you for washing, and I found that keeping it in plaits over winter kept it tidy, but it still stained. A tailbag is the best solution really. I will be keeping Star's tail in a tailbag next winter.
 
Last edited:
I agree with most of the above but I have found with our Highland - who lives out and can get tail bags off, damaging his tail & even managed to get full rug off, despite leg straps, neck, etc - that you need to put tons of conditioner on his tail, every day or even twice a day.
This stops dirt and stains from penetrating the hair shafts and it will then wash reasonably clean.
We use every sort of shampoo for white coats, plus conditioning rinses, Leovet "rider's magic" conditioning gell, spray on conditioners, every day.
Lots of Supreme Sparkle in the tail on show days - on top of conditioner - makes it look great even if you have slight yellowing.
I find the best shampoo system is one wash with Cowboy Magic "shine in, yellow out", then wash again with QuicSilver - this is less drying than vinegar, laundry products, etc and does work as part of a regular regime.
But we wash the end of his tail fairly regularly even in mid winter - just spin it around to get most of the water out and don't let the tail get so long that mud creeps up from the bottom by osmosis - this is even harder to get out than wee stains if left.
 
Gelding owners don't have the same problems as mares. Mares wee into their tails, and this is what causes the problem. Grey geldings/stallion tails are just dirty with every day life - wee is something quite different and causes mega problems!!! This is why the gelding people can use products that work for them that don't work for mares.

With regard to yellow hocks, generally, they dry better than they look when they are wet once you have washed them.
 
FMM said:
Gelding owners don't have the same problems as mares. Mares wee into their tails, and this is what causes the problem. Grey geldings/stallion tails are just dirty with every day life - wee is something quite different and causes mega problems!!! This is why the gelding people can use products that work for them that don't work for mares.

With regard to yellow hocks, generally, they dry better than they look when they are wet once you have washed them.
Click to expand...

Too true, sigh

Yellow hocks can be sorted with whitening powder. Dip a damp sponge in the powder and just dab it on. Fab invention. Need something similar for tails and feather. (yes, we have yellowed feather on the back legs (janette cries)
 
I use pig oil and sulphur on both mane and tail, as well as legs. The sulphur makes things look yellowish, but the oil prevents mud sticking and any staining. His tail does look stunning, and it's soo easy to brush out. Pig oil is a mineral oil btw,not unlike baby oil, I get mine on ebay. Fab stuff !! sm xx
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top