I cleaned my mares tail with QuickSilver and it's still yellow!! Help!

Horsebrat20 · 03-20-2004, 12:38 PM

How do i ge the yellow out of it? I'm starting to think it's never gonna be white. I cleaned with QuickSilver for light hair, and it's still yellow, am i going to have to wash it a zillion times? I just don't know what to do, i keep a tail bag on her now. Thanks for any help.

CJ · 03-20-2004, 01:27 PM

Have you tried Laundry bluing? That used to be magical stuff for light colored horses & palomino manes. Used it on a flaxen chestnut mane once before a show and she looked Great! A friend used it on her dapple grey Arab's tail. I don't have these problems, I own a bay, LOL! Good luck.

whoaboy · 03-20-2004, 02:16 PM

From the "Horse Journal", Wash the tail with human shampoo to remove dirt, rinse thouroughly. Pour white vinegar right from the bottle onto the tail below the dock where all the staining is evident. Saturate the yellow hair and let the vinegar sit in the tail for 10 minutes. Use a fly mask on the horse face so no vinegar will get in the eye if they swish the tail. Wash the vinegar completely out of the tail. Apply QuicSilver shampoo full strength to the entire tail and work in well. Leave in 10 minutes and then rinse. If still stained, put a capful of liquid bluing in a half-cup of gentle human shampoo and work that into the tail. Leave this on for no more than 5 minutes. Rinse the tail with cold water. Apply conditioner for 5 minutes and rinse. For maintenance us Quic Silver once a week.

Horsebrat20 · 03-20-2004, 04:53 PM

Thanks, i completly forgot about that article! My mom just reminded me today about it! Thanks though i appreciate it! One thing, whats this bluing laundry stuff anyway? Never heard of it. THanks!

whoaboy · 03-21-2004, 04:23 AM

Personally I couldn't find it at the grocery store in the laundry section. Years ago, women used it but I sure couldn't find any .

CANDYGIRL · 03-21-2004, 04:49 AM

They used to be called Blue Bag. It's the stuff you would use to get white cotton linen or Net Curtains white.

I use it on Pic, but only on the very end of his tail, like you said the bit that gets yellow.

Try using a washing bar soap - Like F a i r y- the green bar that you would rub shirt collers with, this works great as well.

<small>[ March 21, 2004, 05:49 AM: Message edited by: CANDYGIRL ]</small>

hay burner · 03-21-2004, 07:31 AM

I know that in a magizine I have read scrub all horses white markings and tales u use vinegar not all that fancy stuff if you already have quicksilver put on that rinse and pour vinegar at the dock and massage it in and blow dry (not too much or her tail will be fluffy!!!

probarrelracer · 03-23-2004, 07:04 AM

Wisk laundry detergent (powder) or Borax laundry detergent (powder) After use, condition profusely.

03-20-2004, 12:38 PM	#1
Horsebrat20 Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: RI Posts: 1,629 Images: 43	I cleaned my mares tail with QuickSilver and it's still yellow!! Help! How do i ge the yellow out of it? I'm starting to think it's never gonna be white. I cleaned with QuickSilver for light hair, and it's still yellow, am i going to have to wash it a zillion times? I just don't know what to do, i keep a tail bag on her now. Thanks for any help. __________________ "The biggest enemy to the partnership of dressage is impatience and the human nature to dominate other creatures." Walter Zettl

03-20-2004, 01:27 PM	#2
CJ Senior Member+ Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 5,638 Images: 48	Have you tried Laundry bluing? That used to be magical stuff for light colored horses & palomino manes. Used it on a flaxen chestnut mane once before a show and she looked Great! A friend used it on her dapple grey Arab's tail. I don't have these problems, I own a bay, LOL! Good luck. __________________ One Mare Can Make a Difference Pinky Ribbon

03-20-2004, 04:53 PM	#4
Horsebrat20 Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: RI Posts: 1,629 Images: 43	Thanks, i completly forgot about that article! My mom just reminded me today about it! Thanks though i appreciate it! One thing, whats this bluing laundry stuff anyway? Never heard of it. THanks! __________________ "The biggest enemy to the partnership of dressage is impatience and the human nature to dominate other creatures." Walter Zettl

03-23-2004, 07:04 AM	#8
probarrelracer Senior Member+ Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Louisiana Posts: 2,267 Images: 603	Wisk laundry detergent (powder) or Borax laundry detergent (powder) After use, condition profusely. __________________ Help a friend to turn his frown upside down. Just rip his head off, and flip it over! He who says that you only have yourself to blame never learned to blame other people!

03-20-2004, 02:16 PM	#3
whoaboy Full Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: IL Posts: 76	From the "Horse Journal", Wash the tail with human shampoo to remove dirt, rinse thouroughly. Pour white vinegar right from the bottle onto the tail below the dock where all the staining is evident. Saturate the yellow hair and let the vinegar sit in the tail for 10 minutes. Use a fly mask on the horse face so no vinegar will get in the eye if they swish the tail. Wash the vinegar completely out of the tail. Apply QuicSilver shampoo full strength to the entire tail and work in well. Leave in 10 minutes and then rinse. If still stained, put a capful of liquid bluing in a half-cup of gentle human shampoo and work that into the tail. Leave this on for no more than 5 minutes. Rinse the tail with cold water. Apply conditioner for 5 minutes and rinse. For maintenance us Quic Silver once a week.

03-21-2004, 04:23 AM	#5
whoaboy Full Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: IL Posts: 76	Personally I couldn't find it at the grocery store in the laundry section. Years ago, women used it but I sure couldn't find any .

03-21-2004, 04:49 AM	#6
CANDYGIRL Senior Member+ Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: England Posts: 2,754	They used to be called Blue Bag. It's the stuff you would use to get white cotton linen or Net Curtains white. I use it on Pic, but only on the very end of his tail, like you said the bit that gets yellow. Try using a washing bar soap - Like F a i r y- the green bar that you would rub shirt collers with, this works great as well. <small>[ March 21, 2004, 05:49 AM: Message edited by: CANDYGIRL ]</small>

03-21-2004, 07:31 AM	#7
hay burner Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Kamloops Posts: 927	I know that in a magizine I have read scrub all horses white markings and tales u use vinegar not all that fancy stuff if you already have quicksilver put on that rinse and pour vinegar at the dock and massage it in and blow dry (not too much or her tail will be fluffy!!!