Whitening tips!

[Jemayni]

So what are yours?

My horse has had 9 months off, so couldnt be bothered to wash his tail, I cant get it white now I have started washing again. Have tried alll my usuals to no avail!

So any ideas!

 

[piebaldsparkle]

Bloom by Hydrophane is fantastic for getting them really clean, I find it better (and cheaper) than most whitening shampoos.

 

[madhector]

blue rinse for curtains, is fantastic!

 

[stitch]

dont use chalk when i have helped use it on friends horse we become whiter than the horse

 

[bellgave]

Blue rinse is great, but only helps a clean horse. I use fairy liquid on tough, dirty stained tails and socks, put it on wet hair neat and really rub in with your fingers for a good few minutes then rinse and repeat if necessary. it really works, but leaves the hair a bit dry, so put some conditioner on afterwards and rinse again!!!

 

[sleepingdragon10]

Resorted to good old Fairy Liquid at the weekend on SWUO's disgusting tail and it worked a treat, but as you say did leave it abit dry. Nothing a bit of baby oil can't fix though

 

[polyphonic]

bio washing powder on bottom of tails! not on the dock area! its gritty so brings flints up a treat (no more yellow wee stains!)

 

[lillie]

wash with normal shampoo to get worse off, then hilton herbs ocean blue is brill for greys or coloureds

 

[jnb]

Tresemme Clarifying shampoo!
Lather up, leave on for a few minutes, rinse, repeat.
Then use Red Rum whitening spray...cheap, but does the job!

 

[Janette]

Yup - Beck's tail does indeed look snowy white there. A labour of love.

 

[Accy]

Purple spray a very samll amount in the bottom of a spray bottle fill with water, wash the tail in a normal shampoo i use pantene then spray the purple spray on leave for a couple of mins rinse then re shampoo and rinse. Works a treat....

 

[Thistle]

Ace bleach on the hair, not the dock, it's gentle enough for woollens.

 

[Toby_Zaphod]

For really stubborn grass/poo stains try 'Swarfega'. Rub it in & then wash off. It's good enough to get mechanics hands clean so it will clean up stable stains with ease.

 

[Gingernags]

For white socks we use trainer whitener instead of chalk. No where near as messy. Let it dry then brush in.

Ivy's Christmas present was the "Dirty Beastie" concentrated shampoo - designed for very mucky ponies. Will report back once we've tried it!

 

[josie_s]

Dirty Beastie is fantastic!

and smells lovely too.
There was a mechanic fixing our wagon one day and asked for some soap and water to wash his hands. They were Black. Got my hands on Dirty Beastie first so give him a squirt of that instead. He said it was much better than the stuff he normally uses.
Also it has a nice smell that you can smell on them when they've just been washed
Eric thinks it smells a bit girlie though and prefers to be a Muck Monster himself

 

[Jemayni]

Wow - that was a lot of tips, I will have to go up this weekend equipped with these and see what I can do *evil laugh inserted here*

 

[Janette]

Hand wash Daz (not on the dock), conditioner, then keep it in a tail bag between washes. The bags by 'tailgator' are excellent.
Also, a really gunky gel type shampoo called 'Brite White' - as endorsed by Lynn Russell. It's so gunky, that when the lid came off in the bag on the way home from Olympia, hardly any came out.