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Discussion on Blanket care
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Member:
maggienm
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Posted on Tuesday, Dec 23, 2008 - 10:51 am:
Has anyone used any of the blanket wash product?
Do they help retain the waterproofing?
thank you
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Member:
huf5
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Posted on Tuesday, Dec 23, 2008 - 12:09 pm:
Hi Lori, a friend of mine used a product called Nik-wax - works great BUT you have to buy a lot of it ($$) and use an industrial washing mashine....sorry all I know 
PS: I believe you also have to wash the blanket before hand with a product from Nik-Wax to prepare the material, but water-proof it (snow) for the whole season (unless there is too much rain). I use it on the snow-suits for my kids per season and it works great.
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Member:
kriseyc
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Posted on Tuesday, Dec 23, 2008 - 1:07 pm:
Hi Lori,
I used the "Rambo" blanket wash one time, most other times I use a good quality detergent like "Wisk" or "Tide", not too much, 2 tablespoons at the most for a heavy blanket and also use a big commercial washer (50# - 75#). I didn't really notice a big difference in the cleaning between the soaps, they both did an excellent job. I always air dry mine...I have heard many times that drying the blankets is what destroys the waterproofing.
The one time I sent them out to be professionally done, was the only time i had trouble (they dried them). I have used "Micro-tek" spray on waterproofing one time a few months ago and it seemed to work very well, sprayed on a very clean blanket.
Again...I have had some rainsheets, mid weights, heavy weight blankets for 3-4 years that I wash about 3 times per year and line dry with no other treatment and they are still very waterproof.
Good Luck,
Ike
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Member:
leslie1
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Posted on Tuesday, Dec 23, 2008 - 6:06 pm:
I washed and then dried Punky's blanket a month ago and it lost its waterproofing. I used the Micro-Tek blanket wash (for rain-rot) Then I used a whole can of Camp Dry on it and it still didnt re-proof it completely. So I decided Phooey on that blanket! From the above posts it sounds like the dryer was the culprit.
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Member:
maggienm
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Posted on Tuesday, Dec 23, 2008 - 8:53 pm:
Thanks for the tips.
No dryer and I will stick to ordinary soap.
I have used a waterproofing product I purchased from a camping store.
It appears to work very well. Hehe, I didn't even preclean the blanket, just sprayed it on while on the horse.
I figured that was the easiest way to spray it on evenly.
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Member:
kriseyc
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Posted on Tuesday, Dec 23, 2008 - 10:31 pm:
Hi Lori,
What was the product you used? Glad to hear it worked...and spraying while on the horse sounds quite productive and if a little got on the neck & legs..they will be waterproof too!
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Member:
maggienm
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Posted on Sunday, Dec 28, 2008 - 8:24 am:
Sorry it has taken me so long to get back to you.
The brand is Atsko, fluoropolymer, water guard. Permanent water and stain guard.
The instructions state that putting the garment into the dryer after application enhances its performance and that the article should be clean. I didn't do either step.
I had patched the blanket with denim so after I had sprayed the entire blanket I checked those specific areas, they repelled the rain quite nicely.
There is nothing on the can about what happens if you wash the item.
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Member:
kriseyc
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Posted on Monday, Dec 29, 2008 - 11:17 am:
Thanks,
Ike
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Member:
sherryw
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Posted on Monday, Nov 16, 2009 - 2:09 pm:
Has there been any new information on products used to re-waterproof horse blankets? I see these were from a year ago..... Any info would be greatly appreciated!
Thanx,
Sherry
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