I have a Spotted Draft x TB who has the grungiest looki mg stockings!! I have trided multipul whitening shampoos to no avail! I have a show comimg up and need beautiful white socks!! I am wary of Hydrogen Peroxide since he has black spots on his socks will it turn them orange? All suggestions welcome.
Is it the white socks you plan on dying black??? I wouldn't suggest dying anything at all.
I only recently came upon the problem of keeping a horse with lots of white clean, so I'm no expert yet, but you will probably hear many people suggest Orvus. It is amazing. My mini tends to get a little poop down her back legs, which of course are all white. Orvus cleans it right out! And if I'm keeping them clean for shows I put knee high socks I bought at the dollar store on her legs and then... well I'm kind of a cheaty cheaterton but I Baby Powder any white just to get that extra bright white look or cover up any spots I may have missed.
Ps, shaving white legs helps keep them looking and staying cleaner as well.
I was in no way being serious about dyeing him even though black horses are much easier to keep clean. A barnmate lent me her orvus and they still came out grungy afterwards and even with a second scrub. Its more of a yellow brown stain mostly right above his cornet band. He has a pretty significant scar on his front lef and shavi mg would accentuated that.
In a perfect world, you would use a 10 blade to clip the hair on the legs to "boot" the leg. Then wash well. I prefer quikcolor, luckybraids shampoo or the like. Scrub well. I have used dawn dish soap to take down a greasy, red clay but that can be hard to deal with some times and is harsh on hair.
This is what I am talking about in the yellow brown stain and I am afraid to clip because of his big ugly scar. I want to try and avoid wrappimg if possible.
Judges understand scars, but don't tolerate dirt. Clipping the hair will get the stained hair off and give you a shorter medium to work with. You can dust with cornstarch if needed afterwards, but honestly I have never needed to. And I have groomed for class A through nationals.
With the shire horses we would soak their legs in pig oil, a mineral oil but baby oil can be used. This is worked well into the legs and feather and left for an hour. Best to keep them out of the sin as it can blister in strong sun.
Once it has soaked in was with HOT water and a good shampoo, rinse well amd dry off.
Some horses, although theor legs are 'white' have a yellowish pigment to theor haor and this is just the way they are.
I had a good heavyweight cob that had a definite yellowing of his mane and tail. The mane was easy as they are hogged (roached) for shows but nothing got his tail whited except peroxide.
Smilie has four white socks. When I showed her, I clipped them. After washing, I sprayed them with show sheen , which repels dirt. Very easy to then clean any spots from over night, using Cowboy Magic
The scar is going to be evident anyway, and will look better clipped then just a dirty lump
Smilie knows the drill, only way to keep socks reasonably white out in pasture, is clip them and soak them in showsheen. Any muck or stains will brush right out. If you are not showing, why worry? What we do for showing, is clip the lower white to knee if the white extends beyond, wash with any shampoo, I do use Orvus with bluing added, and while still wet, rub in copious amounts of showsheen. Before I enter the ring, I spray on Shapley white spray, but white chalk, cornstarch, baby powder work okay too.
Horse spray paint! My grey has a lot of scarring and is never really clean. Plus, he has gunk on the front of his cannon bone that never really goes away. The day before a show I spray paint his legs. And a few spots on his body where he has serious scars. Just do it the day before so it blends it a bit. https://www.shapleys.com/index.php/Products/Show-touch-ups
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