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Lori
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Username: Maggienm
Post Number: 124
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, Mar 25, 2006 - 12:37 pm: |   |
I have a wool blanket liner that has done a wonderful job of removing winter hair from my mare. Now, any suggestions on how to get the hair off the blanket?
Thanks. |
Corinne Meadows
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Username: Corinne
Post Number: 254
Registered: 9-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, Mar 25, 2006 - 4:12 pm: | |
Lori,
Ahhhhh the age old question.
May I suggest putting the blanket close to your body when you remove it from the horse. Anywhere near your breeches, or gloves should do or just wear regular old black pants.
If that doesn't work....the car seats do a nice job of trapping hair as well! LOL. And if all else fails and your husband is at work...you can throw them in the family washer and dryer on cold. Of course it can be your little secret....until the rest of your clothes look like your blanket.
No seriously. I have the same problem and have no idea what to do. I think I might scotch guard them next year.
If you find a trick that works for you or if anyone else has any tips for Lori...please let us know!
Take care,
Corinne |
Liliana Velasco Ariza
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Username: Liliana5
Post Number: 58
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, Mar 25, 2006 - 4:28 pm: | |
Well you could try the drier on low heat, it does a pretty good job. I have an LG washer the one with the two little filter bags on the sides?! I wash the blanket on cold and then in the drier on low or mid heat. I works, with light horse, dogs or cats blankets. Heavy newzelands, you just will have to suffer like the rest of us  |
ilona armoni
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Username: Ilona
Post Number: 25
Registered: 4-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, Mar 25, 2006 - 5:06 pm: | |
this is one of the reasons I love this site...just when I think my day has been shot to hell in a hand-basket I get to laugh after-all!!...thanx Corinne. Bye the way...no...I have no suggestions that are practical...however I would save my washer and dryer and rather got to a public Laundromat to do the dasterdly hair removal. |
Ann
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Username: Dres
Post Number: 734
Registered: 10-2000
| | Posted on Saturday, Mar 25, 2006 - 5:06 pm: | |
Try a rubber curry brush.. it works pretty well.. at least it loosens the hair so you can ''pick'' it off..
On the first day God created horses, on the second day he painted them with spots.. |
Sara Wolff
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Username: Mrose
Post Number: 1238
Registered: 1-2000
| | Posted on Saturday, Mar 25, 2006 - 6:22 pm: | |
Corrine's method is the guaranteed method.
However, if you have naughty children that you need to punish, you can hand them a roll of either duct tape or masking tape and have them use the tape to remove the hair.
I kept an old washing machine that was really ugly but still more or less worked, and I use it to clean light weight sheets, blankets, etc. With the wool, wash it in cold water and use a softner in the rinse, then dry either on low heat or air, with a dryer sheet. Don't let the liner get all the way dry as you don't want it to shrink. I haven't tried just putting them in the dryer. You might want to put a damp towel in with it if you try just the dryer.
I have tried the curry comb method on both fleece and wool liners, and imo it ranks right up there with the tape method. |
Chris Doyle
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Username: Christel
Post Number: 71
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, Mar 25, 2006 - 6:49 pm: | |
Corinne, very funny!!!
Would a shop vac work? I couldn't live without mine, but I don't blanket and have never had that problem.
Chris |
Cheryl Kallenbach
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Username: Cheryl
Post Number: 76
Registered: 2-2000
| | Posted on Sunday, Mar 26, 2006 - 7:27 am: | |
There are places that clean and repair blankets - I used one in the Olympia, WA area to clean and repair two blankets I was donating to a horse rescue. They did a really fine job. They had a sign up in the feed store I used. If you ask around horsey type places you might be able to find one. |
Sherri L. Hueser
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Username: Tangoh
Post Number: 722
Registered: 3-2000
| | Posted on Monday, Mar 27, 2006 - 9:48 am: | |
I have a 5 Star Equine Saddle Pad and it is a wool pad. They sent with it kind of a rubbing sponge that works awesome. You just rib it in a circular motion and the hair sticks to the sponge really well and then you just pull the hair off the sponge. I don't know if you can get one without buying the pad though.
I have used one of those sticky clothes lint rollers too. It works pretty good, but it takes a while, and a lot of the lint roller sheets. I've also use a shop vac, but you really need to run a rubber curry over the blanket first to break up the imbedded hair and dirt.
These are the actual cleaning instructions I got with the wool pad.
Care & Cleaning
•Equipment: 5 Star Cleaning Sponge, Rubber Fingered Curry, Flat Rubber Curry
•Prevent dirt and hair build-up on the under side of pad by brushing occasionally.
This keeps old hair from trapping dirt & sweat, and embedding deep into the pad.
•To remove embedded hair and dirt, rotate a dry 5 Star Cleaning Sponge in circular
motion on dry pad. Wipe hair off sponge surface with your hand while cleaning pad.
• For pads with heavy crusted sweat and dirt, break up areas with rubber fingered
curry or scrape gently with a dull edged object being careful not to cut the felt. Use
a vacuum to remove excess grime and loose material. A brush or a swift slap with
your hand may also be used to sweep away dirt and hair.
Washing
• Washing is only necessary after 100+ hours of use or when pad is beginning to feel
hard in pressure point zones (shoulder points & loin areas). Avoid using soap, as
you will risk leaving soap residue that might irritate the animal.
•When washing, make every effort to wash pad from the center to outer edges in all
directions. Simply hang or hold pad by gullet hole and begin rinsing from the center
to outer edges of the pad. Rotate the pad as you rinse so that the dirty water flows
outward to all the edges rather than just moving toward the back of the pad.
NEVER LAY PAD FLAT AND RINSE, as it only drives dirt and sweat salts into the pad.
This is true with any type of pad.
•Use only enough water to dissolve sweat salts and dirt residue so that they will be
carried away in rinse water. Then hang by gullet hole or lay naturally over a rail.
DO NOT LAY PAD ON IT’S BACK TO DRY as it will stretch the leather and pull out the
inner lacing. After pad is dry, flex pad in the areas that have not softened. This will
fluff and loosen the felt which restores optimum compression protection. |
Sara Wolff
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Username: Mrose
Post Number: 1247
Registered: 1-2000
| | Posted on Monday, Mar 27, 2006 - 12:47 pm: | |
Great idea! I didn't even think about those sponges. Infact, you can get them in house-wares department, or cleaning supply department at hardware stores and at Walmart. They are for removing pet hair from upholstery. They also sell one, (I think it's sold by the company that has "Mr. Clean" as their logo) for removing marks from walls. |
Angie
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Username: Ajudson1
Post Number: 386
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Monday, Mar 27, 2006 - 4:04 pm: | |
A few times in the summer what I do is fill a small Rubbermaid tank with warm water, and horse shampoo. I have my daughter stomp around in it on the blankets, then I hang them on the wood fence and hose the heck outa them. I use a rubber curry comb, the little massage kind, and rub them too. I dump the tank a few times before I hang them on the fence to rinse them and put Downy in the water the last time before the hose job. I think the Downy really helps to loosen the hair after the dirt has been "stomped" out by my little "agitator"!
They aren't completely hair free when I am done, but they are pretty close. I have an assortment of pads, and canvas blankets that I do this to. |
Sara Wolff
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Username: Mrose
Post Number: 1251
Registered: 1-2000
| | Posted on Monday, Mar 27, 2006 - 6:53 pm: | |
Angie, do you rent out your daughter? With 12 horses of my own plus a couple of boarders, I could use her!! |
Angie
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Username: Ajudson1
Post Number: 387
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, Mar 28, 2006 - 8:46 am: | |
Sara,
I just asked Kaylee and I told her I thought you lived out west and I knew you raised Arabs...She said "SURE"!! After basketball camps she will be free, so say August? LOL!!! She is going to be 12 on Easter. You may have to shoot hoops with her while she's there!! Of course you could wash the blankets yourself, and pretend you are stamping on grapes for wine.
Smiles....across the miles! |
Sara Wolff
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Username: Mrose
Post Number: 1254
Registered: 1-2000
| | Posted on Tuesday, Mar 28, 2006 - 9:43 am: | |
Angie, I always did want a daughter! :>)
I wonder if I couldn't just put them in a big tub and get the horses to tramp on them. They do a pretty good job of it when they manage to get them off in their stalls! |
Corinne Meadows
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Username: Corinne
Post Number: 256
Registered: 9-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, Mar 28, 2006 - 9:47 am: | |
Sara...can you email me a brand name of this sponge I must get one. LtSassy1@aol.com.
Is the Mr Clean one that Magic Eraser?
Angie...there is nothing like making chores fun. I almost want to join her! LOL. |
Sara Wolff
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Username: Mrose
Post Number: 1255
Registered: 1-2000
| | Posted on Tuesday, Mar 28, 2006 - 10:05 am: | |
Corinne, yes, that's the one. |
Susan Bilsky
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Username: Suzeb
Post Number: 563
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, Mar 28, 2006 - 10:30 am: | |
Here is the link for Sherri's pad and sponge http://www.5starequineproducts.com/index.html.
It is my understanding that the Mr.Clean Magic Eraser is full of formaldehyde, so use with caution  .
I too have seen those pet hair remover sponges. I will try and find out who makes them or where to buy. |
Nancy S. Kaplan
Member
Username: Redalert
Post Number: 326
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, Mar 28, 2006 - 10:41 am: | |
... yes, Sara, daughters ARE fantastic! I was not as creative with mine as Angie, though. What a fabulous idea, Angie. It sounds like you are a great Mom, as well as horse person ... wish I had thought of that when mine were young. It sounds like you are making many precious memories of the horses AND your daughter. I just have such a picture in my mind's eye of you little "agitator" stomping around ... makes me smile! I easily "wax sentimental" these days, as mine are all older and out of the house! Sorry, Lori,for straying from the original post ... wool blankets are a messy must!
Nancy |
Susan Bilsky
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Username: Suzeb
Post Number: 564
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, Mar 28, 2006 - 11:10 am: | |
The sponge is called The Gonzo Pet Hair Lifter. Have a look here http://www.gonzocorp.com/pet.htm
Hope this helps. |
Corinne Meadows
Member
Username: Corinne
Post Number: 257
Registered: 9-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, Mar 28, 2006 - 1:08 pm: | |
Fomadaldehyde? Who would have even thought that?
They claim this is safe for people to use in their houses and on children's toys (as shown in the commercial?) Interesting!
Heading to the commissary in a bit will check it out....
Thanks for the Gonzo Pet Hair Lifter....can you use it on furniture? |
Susan Bilsky
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Username: Suzeb
Post Number: 565
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, Mar 28, 2006 - 2:13 pm: | |
You could run a "Google" search on the Magic Eraser and Formaldehyde and see what you yield. Here is one such site for you to read http://si-listserv.si.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0511&L=texcons&T=0&F=&S=&P=1592
As for the Gonzo, I do believe it is safe for furniture. |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
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Username: Dro
Post Number: 15190
Registered: 1-1997
| | Posted on Tuesday, Mar 28, 2006 - 5:23 pm: | |
Hmm I too would be careful with anything containing formaldehyde. What is the concentration and instructions for use?
DrO |
Judy Hohmann
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Username: Judyh
Post Number: 29
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, Mar 28, 2006 - 5:50 pm: | |
Lacking a willing 12 yr. old, or any 12 yr. old, I use a large muck bucket and a plumber's helper. I like to layer my horses and try to buy stuff that will fit in my rather small front loading washer. First I lay the hairy item out on the ground and then use a stiff brush to loosen and get as much hair off as possible. Then I take it inside, when my husband is not there to see it, lay it on the floor and vacuum it. (First I have to chase the cats away as there is nothing as appealing to the cats as dirty horse clothing, unless it's leather tack been brought home to clean.) After the brushing, vacuuming and pre-wash in the bucket, I am willing to put it in my washer for at least two washing cycles and then an extra rinse. |
Sara Wolff
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Username: Mrose
Post Number: 1256
Registered: 1-2000
| | Posted on Tuesday, Mar 28, 2006 - 8:04 pm: | |
I notice that a lot of you wait until your husband isn't around before you bring horse clothing inside! I assume you all operate on the theory what they don't know won't hurt them? |
Corinne Meadows
Member
Username: Corinne
Post Number: 258
Registered: 9-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, Mar 28, 2006 - 8:47 pm: | |
Sara...it's even more complex than that....My husband knows on some level I am washing dirty blankets in our washer and dryer because he knows I have no other place to wash them and they don't get clean by the horse blanket fairy....but it grosses him out if he seems me do it...so I respect that and just make sure he isn't here to watch me wash them. Then he can live in denial thinking that nothing dirty ever goes in the washer...and I can give Demetrius some nice downy fresh blankets.
It's kinda like sometimes letting the dogs lick my plate....we don't do that in front of him either and yet he knows I sometimes can't resist the big brown puppy eyes!
It's a perfect relationship. |
Susan Bilsky
Member
Username: Suzeb
Post Number: 566
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, Mar 28, 2006 - 9:07 pm: | |
Dr.O
Mr. Clean Magic Eraser is a do all kind of cleaning sponge. Here is a safety data sheet that I was able to obtain off of the Net.
http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:uytaRdfdXzwJ:www.pgbrands.com/pages/
Another to look at is this: http://www.homemadesimple.com/sites/en_US/mrclean/images/products/eraser/truth_h eader.gif |
Angie
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Username: Ajudson1
Post Number: 388
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, Mar 29, 2006 - 6:43 am: | |
Shame on you ladies for being so sneaky. I bet ya all buy horsey things too without telling your husbands. Tsk, Tsk.....Now I wouldn't do that!! Or would I??
(actually I do, and my husband buys hunting stuff that I don't want to know about either...alls fair in Love) |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
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Username: Dro
Post Number: 15193
Registered: 1-1997
| | Posted on Wednesday, Mar 29, 2006 - 7:10 am: | |
Thanks Susan, I see it is not straight formaldehyde but has it complexed as a polymer with other chemicals. This apparently stabilizes it enough to be safe when used as directed or at least the company thinks so. It certainly should be less volatile so that it does not vaporize easily, a real problem with plain old formaldehyde. I would be sure to follow label instructions carefully however.
DrO |
Dede
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Username: Aewheele
Post Number: 53
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, Mar 29, 2006 - 9:16 am: | |
"Real Simple" magazine suggests using a damp rubber glove to remove cat & dog hair. I haven't tried it yet so I can't confirm that it will work on horse blankets, but "Real Simple" magazine is a great source for all kinds of helpful tips so I will probably try it. |
LL
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Username: Frances
Post Number: 227
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, Mar 29, 2006 - 10:16 am: | |
The damp rubber glove is what I use - but one of those rubber mitts with little raised pimples all over, which are actually for grooming horses. I spread the blanket out flat, hold my rubber-gloved hand under the tap briefly, and scrape lots of lovely hair away. After that, it's the secret trip to the washing machine, like the rest of us.
Lynn |
Sue G
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Username: Warwick
Post Number: 308
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, Mar 29, 2006 - 12:10 pm: | |
An enthusiastic "third" for the rubber glove suggestion. It works very well on blankets and saddle pads and I also use it on furniture to remove cat hair. We have a very fluffy house cat who sleeps on every piece of furniture we own. I give everything a quick "rubber gloving" before we have company arrive - or else when they leave their behinds look as furry as his! |
Angie
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Username: Ajudson1
Post Number: 392
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, Mar 30, 2006 - 9:48 am: | |
I've bought those grooming gloves at our dollar store and never thought of them being good at getting hair off the blankets. I have a more expensive kind that has 2 sides that I use when bathing the horses; I bet that would work too. Looks like I need one just for the furniture in the house for the dog hair.
I got a black brush at Wal Mart, it's for removing pet hair from furniture. It has soft rubber bristles and like squeegee side also. I am thinking that may work too.
Great ideas for when it's too cold for my daughter to stomp on my blankets with her bare feet, lol! |
Debra Dove
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Username: 9193
Post Number: 163
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, Mar 30, 2006 - 4:14 pm: | |
Great Suggestions ladies!
Lynn, I have one of those red rubber gloves and I will try it at the barn AND at home...We have three cats and now I know why it is called "fur" niture!
Angie, your daughter sounds like a gem!
Smiles,
Debra |
