Re: washing pads

["Susan Evans Garlinghouse" <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>]

Ummmm....I'm not sure if using horse shampoo would leave a whole lot less
residue in your pads (depending on what you refer to as "residue").  My
family manufactures about a dozen lines of animal grooming products, and
almost all of them contain detergent, some more than others.  For example,
Orvus is almost straight detergent, *very* harsh.  The ones that contain
very little are the puppy/no tears shampoos.  Also, the animal shampoos
often contain waxes which make hair feel tangle-free/silky and all that, but
would still be a residue in the pads.

If you want to wash your pads with a soap that rinses clean, you might try
Woolite.  About the only shampoos on the market that would be equivalent are
Neutrogena or the #1 All Systems line of dog shampoo---but I don't think I'd
want to spend the money on either of those to wash pads.

Susan G

-----Original Message-----
From: Mickie Newnam <akelakhan@earthlink.net>
To: Ride Camp <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Friday, June 04, 1999 9:26 PM
Subject: RC: washing pads


>Since this subject has come up in a couple of posts, I wanted to pass on
>a tip that I read somewhere a few years ago ("Equus", maybe?). If you
>don't want to use soap to clean machine-washable tack, use horse
>shampoo.  That way if there is an unintentional bit of residue, it will
>be something gentler to the horse's skin than a harsh detergent.  Akela
>never had any problems but I started doing that to be safe and it works
>well.  I use it on pads, bridle, breastplate and girth (still don't care
>for biothane; it's nylon and fleece for me).
>Mickie
>
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