Tips for getting white horses white...

[MooreAcres]

Rosa is a bay pinto mare with LOTS of white. She has a bad habit of laying in her wet spot and therefore creating nasty yellow/green spots on her body.

What are your CHEAP tips on getting white horses white? I've heard of starch...is there a special kind? Anything would be extremely useful at this point.

Thanks, Erin

 

[littlearab]

I have had a white AKA grey arab gelding for 21 years. The best thing to clean a white horse is Quicksilver whiting shampoo. Or any shampoo with bluinging it. There are lots of brands. I just like Quicksilver as it seems to clean better and you end up using less.

Wash the horse is your normal shampoo first, to get the dirt off. Then the whiting shampoo,to get the green or yellow out.. Leave it on for a little while, but not too long or the horse will have a purple undertone. Not good LOL. Do not use bleach like some say it will burn the horses skin and will give it a yellow tone.

I have never used any kind of whiting startch or chauk. Never needed to the spray on spot removers work OK. But seem to just spead it around more then remove it. I keep a small pail od the whiting shampoo in the trailer and do a quick spot washs if needed.

 

[nootka]

I showed a palomino/white filly a few years ago and what worked for us was the Quick Silver shampoo (I have a lot of it, we had a friend give us a couple cases, will bring some Sat.) and Cowboy Magic Green Spot Remover as well as some of the spray whitener for the tough stuff.

We really had little problem with stubborn stains.

Good luck!

Liz

 

[MooreAcres]

bump...

 

[Matt73]

Ditto on the Quicksilver (it's great stuff for greys/whites).

 

[MooreAcres]

Right now I can't get my hands on any Quicksilver.

I was hoping that you all might have some other secrets that you've discovered over the years that help...

Thanks, Erin

 

[Ms THE]

I had a grey Jr hunter when I did the hunters and he was a piggy in his stall

: We used to use the LaFrance bluing powder for laundry. I haven't been able to locate it lately, so I started using Whisk. Just the plain old regular Whisk laundry detergant. It works great on my white horses and it is MUCH cheaper than Quicksilver (or any horse whitening shampoo for that matter). It also won't stain you horse purple if you leave it on too long. Also once your horse is clean, keep a good coat of Show Sheen or another silicone based conditioner on the white to help repel the stains.

 

[shane]

ive used everything, and to be honest the pet shop where i bought my whitning shampoo ran out the day before a show, and the best thing ive used, eben better than horse shampoo is, the shampoo for white dogs, its unbelievable,everyobne comments on how white my horse is, then cover him in show sheen as it protects the white and doesnt let the dirt penatrate quite so deep, heres my white horse, well i know hes not white but you know what i mean lol

 

[disneyhorse]

There is plenty of things that can help brighten up a white horse. Quicksilver is the safest and obviously meant for such tasks and I would highly recommend that first.

Betadine scrub can get some stains out but is drying to the skin.

Oxyclean is decent to use on mares' stained tails.

Sometimes we make a mixture at work... Dawn dish soap and liquid bluing.

The key is really to wash the horse as often as possible to prevent the stains from setting in the hair shaft. If possible spray the horse down well with a silicone product like Showsheen or Lasersheen after bathing the horse and make sure the horse is dry to prevent the stains.

If showing, sometimes letting the hair grow really long and then clipping close works well... and after clipping the dirty hair off, protect the horse with a light sheet and/or tailbag.

Those bright, white horses you see in the show ring is someones very hard work keeping them that way all the time!!! Unfortnately if you don't keep up on it you can not get all the stain out.

Andrea