its gonna be time to clean my horse’s winter blanket in a few weeks, but i dont know how. The last couple years, we paid someone to clean them but they left. and my mom wont let me bring it in the house!
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its gonna be time to clean my horse’s winter blanket in a few weeks, but i dont know how. The last couple years, we paid someone to clean them but they left. and my mom wont let me bring it in the house!
Asked by:-~*~-HorseCrazy-~*~-
the washing machine- or the dry cleaners…
I use horse shampoo(you can buy blanket washing shampoo as well), and mix it with a big bucket of water. Then I use a hard bristled brush to scrub the blanket. On the underside, I just spray it with water. Then I spray off all the soap(this can take some time) and hang it up to dry on a clothesline with the outside facing out. After the blanket has dried, I flip it over so that the inside is facing out, and this just lets it air out some. To wash it, I normally hang it over a fence, and make sure you have a nozzle that allows you to get a strong stream of water.
Stick it on the fence, spray the underside and topside with a good strong stream from the hose to get off caked on poopies and mud (you can also take one of your horse’s stiff brushes and scrub it). Then take it to your local laundromat and put in it the largest washing machine there (they are usually called “triple loaders” and the door of the washing machine is on the side, not on top). Horse blankets are made to be washing machine and dryer safe.
get a good shedding shear or curry and completely go over it (remember to clean them with some detergent before using on your horse again) then a dandy brush (remember to clean it same as curry and sheading shear) if its real bad, you might wanna soak the back leg buckles and some soapy water first, but after wards find a cheaper laundry matt that allows horse blankets and put it in a work clothes, or heavy duty washer. they sell alot of blanket cleaning detergent in agway, tracker suppy co, etc. or online. i use regular detergent but its up to you.
You load them up into your pick up then sneak them into the laundromat and into the heavy duty washers and do ‘em there. You can either dry them in their dryers or take them home and line dry them.
I generally take them to the local tack shop if they are really grotty – they have a contract with an equine laundry and they take them clean, reproof, repair etc.
If they aren’t too bad I throw them over the wall and go at them with the jetwash.
Smaller rugs and coolers I put in my washing machine after I’ve given them a brushing ( hubby goes mad if it gets bunged up with hair)
Rosi – I used to have a mate who worked at the laundrette’s – got a lot of rugs washed for free !