What's your favorite hoof polish?

SportPonyCrayzi · 11-28-2005, 09:21 PM

I'm intending to show this year, so I wanted to find out what you guys all did to make their feet shiny. Do you use Rio Vista? Absorbine? Bacon grease? Etc., etc.?

arabgirl15 · 11-29-2005, 04:09 AM

Ohhhhh good idea for a thread

I'm sorry I don't know of any good ones

*Psylocke* · 11-29-2005, 04:10 AM

Ultra

Psy

Cavalier · 11-30-2005, 12:19 PM

I use linseed oil...its cheap, it works and it doesn't block out moisture like alot of the commercial brands do.

SportPonyCrayzi · 11-30-2005, 05:31 PM

Thanks you guys (and lol it's ok, arabgirl)!

Cavalier, does linseed oil attract dust??? Where do you get it???

Anyone else?

Mama Mia621 · 11-30-2005, 06:48 PM

I always wet my horses hooves w/ a sponge or rag before applying hoof polish, so the hoof polish doesnt block all moisture. This allows it to absorb the moisture. I usually use olive oil for hoof polish, but i've been recently usuing Absorbine and I like it.

Sandra-A1 · 11-30-2005, 08:13 PM

I will use any brand of hoof black/clear polish.
What ever is on sale, or the cheapest, is fine with me.
I think it is what I do to prep the hoof before I put on the polish and what I put on after the polish that makes the BIG difference!
After the hoof polish always comes.....
Ultra Hoof Polish Enhancer.
It is GREAT stuff and looks good on a just a clean, unpolished hoof too!!!

Serendipity Zip · 11-30-2005, 08:47 PM

I use clear Absorbine and scrub Sara's feet before putting it on.

AMYoung · 12-03-2005, 01:00 PM

I use Absorbine. Black because my horses have dark hooves.

cassidy · 12-03-2005, 01:05 PM

umm i find hoof oil o.k clear is better imo

but generally i dont use it

11-28-2005, 09:21 PM	#1
SportPonyCrayzi Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: ..~Arizona~.. Posts: 788 Images: 21	What's your favorite hoof polish? I'm intending to show this year, so I wanted to find out what you guys all did to make their feet shiny. Do you use Rio Vista? Absorbine? Bacon grease? Etc., etc.? __________________ "We will restore chaos to the country! And we will!" -Ignoramus George Bush This is a sad time in America--a country that I have loved and cherished so much . Please take care of Her and vote without ignorance. [}~~{]SPC[}~~{]

11-29-2005, 04:09 AM	#2
arabgirl15 Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: SW Minnesota Posts: 3,224 Images: 69 Blog Entries: 16	Ohhhhh good idea for a thread I'm sorry I don't know of any good ones __________________ Monica To be believed, make the truth unbelievable. Napoleon Bonaparte

11-29-2005, 04:10 AM	#3
Psylocke Senior Member+ Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: I.....AM....CANADIAN! Posts: 5,094 Images: 62 Blog Entries: 32	Ultra Psy __________________ You just have to consider the possibility that everyone else may be wrong -- Sean Penn

11-30-2005, 05:31 PM	#5
SportPonyCrayzi Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: ..~Arizona~.. Posts: 788 Images: 21	Thanks you guys (and lol it's ok, arabgirl)! Cavalier, does linseed oil attract dust??? Where do you get it??? Anyone else? __________________ "We will restore chaos to the country! And we will!" -Ignoramus George Bush This is a sad time in America--a country that I have loved and cherished so much . Please take care of Her and vote without ignorance. [}~~{]SPC[}~~{]

11-30-2005, 08:13 PM	#7
Sandra-A1 Senior Member+ Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Alabama Posts: 8,419 Images: 225	I will use any brand of hoof black/clear polish. What ever is on sale, or the cheapest, is fine with me. I think it is what I do to prep the hoof before I put on the polish and what I put on after the polish that makes the BIG difference! After the hoof polish always comes..... Ultra Hoof Polish Enhancer. It is GREAT stuff and looks good on a just a clean, unpolished hoof too!!! __________________ "It is our choices Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." ~Dumbledore

11-30-2005, 12:19 PM	#4
Cavalier Banned Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 3,698 Images: 236 Blog Entries: 18	I use linseed oil...its cheap, it works and it doesn't block out moisture like alot of the commercial brands do.

11-30-2005, 06:48 PM	#6
Mama Mia621 Full Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: New Jersey Posts: 138 Images: 18	I always wet my horses hooves w/ a sponge or rag before applying hoof polish, so the hoof polish doesnt block all moisture. This allows it to absorb the moisture. I usually use olive oil for hoof polish, but i've been recently usuing Absorbine and I like it.

11-30-2005, 08:47 PM	#8
Serendipity Zip Senior Member+ Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: California Posts: 3,526 Images: 11 Blog Entries: 11	I use clear Absorbine and scrub Sara's feet before putting it on.

12-03-2005, 01:00 PM	#9
AMYoung Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 11	I use Absorbine. Black because my horses have dark hooves.

12-03-2005, 01:05 PM	#10
cassidy Senior Member+ Join Date: May 2004 Location: england - its sunny sometimes honest! Posts: 21,501 Images: 816	umm i find hoof oil o.k clear is better imo but generally i dont use it __________________ May your life be like toilet paper - Long and useful A horse doesn't care how much you know until he knows how much you care. - Pat Parelli http://www.freewebs.com/linz88055/myprofile.htm

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