Bleach on horses?

ok, so yesterday I askded a simular question but now I have another one...my grey TB has black main and a half black tail..the other half is white but it is stained yellow really bad and I dont like it...I think it would be prettier if I just dyed it all black. then again that sound kinda funny and I love his natural look its just the white really looks aweful and I cant wash it out. should I die it all black to match his main or should I bleach it and would that be safe?

Bleach on horses?
If i were you i'd keep the tail the two different colors that it is. Two-toned tails are very pretty and it may even look a bit weird with it all one color. To keep the white as white as can be try using Purple Lightening Type Horse Shampoo, Rio Vista Hi Hoe Silver, Quicksilver, and of course the cheapest (but often said the best way) to get white clean is to use a laundry detergent WITHOUT BLEACH (bleach is very bad for skin), my best suggestion is Tide with Bleach Alternative. I always get good results from it. These are all meant for the whole body AND tail :]
Reply:dont ever use bleach to wash your horse. there is a special soap that is used to clean white spots. ask your vet what you should do about the yellow spot.
Reply:I think that horse looks pretty cool the way it is! has its on character!
Reply:Don't use bleach on a horse! Would you use it on yourself??


There are special shampoos and sprays for that:





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Reply:Im just here to put my 'two cents' in on bleaching the white part. Im a hairdresser and I do realize horses tails and peoples hair are nothing alike but with that said I am still fairly certain you would end up making the end of the tail look worse with bleach and this is why....If there are some dark hairs mixed in with the white at the bottom (Im assuming there are) then the bleach will start to pull some color out of them as well to where they are either brassy or dull and it wont be strong enough to make the dark ones white. You would probably have the same problem where the dark and white meet. Im not saying I ever attempted this or know for sure what the result would be, just wanted to toss that info out there for you to ponder.
Reply:I would not use bleach. There is a shampoo called Glo (made by formula 707. This contains a powerful whitening agent in it. The only place I am able to buy this is on their website.





Checkout www.buy707.com, type in Glo in the search bar. it will bring it right up. I am sure this will make a huge difference and whiten the tail and the rest of the body will be shiny and beautiful.
Reply:Please do not use bleach (and I think you are refering not to Clorox, but hair bleach). Horse hair is extremely coarse and will break off or fry when you bleach it. I tried to lighten a false tail once this way, and totally trashed it. And dying will do the same thing. The tail will dry out and break off. I show paints, so I know how hard it is to keep a white tail clean. It take a lot of washing, and I have used to Roux Ultra White Minx temp hair rinse to help lighten up the yellow. Putting them in a tail bag if you can will also help keep it cleaner. Good Luck
Reply:Try Hi Ho Silver shampoo for white horses. Or you can go the Wal Mart or your local drug store and buy the shampoo that old ladies use to whiten their hair. It's the same. They both have a blueing agent in them that helps whiten the hair. I will caution you that it is purple, but it won't stain the tail. Just follow the directions on the bottle. The blueing agent helps the white really catch the light.
Reply:Cowboy Magic also makes a whitener and their dry grass stain remover is awesome on light colored horses.





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Reply:Just use a whitening shampoo. Bleach will not work, and if you dye your horses tail then ever want to show, you are in trouble. I know someone that got banned for like from a show circuit for dyeing there white horses mane and tail black. Before you dye your horses tail, check with where ever you are showing to make sure it is legal.. and if you dont plan on showing, does it really matter... leave your horses tail as it is, you said in a nother post that your horse is four, well he will be almost white in a few years anyway (gray horses get lighter as they get older, he most likely wont stay his current color.)
Reply:I use hydrogen peroxide to get my horses tail really white. Works well and doesn't hurt him. If you use it, make sure you rinse it out really well...but its just like using it in your own hair. And I don't think it would do anything to the darker hair. Hope this helps!
Reply:wash it with blueing, it will sparkle when u'r done.
Reply:buy a whitening shampoo or wisk laundry soap. both work great. make sure you rinse it really good though.
Reply:Don't ever use bleach on your horse or yourself. I would presume you know this but just in case... The chlorine will turn the lighter hairs green and golden hairs brassy. That aside it will really irritate the skin and can kill good tissue, another reason not to use it for thrush treatment.





By bleach, I presume you mean with hydrogen peroxide? When we say bleach, as in hair, thats the active ingredient that bleaches things, again I presume you know this. Hydrogen peroxide is fine to use on horses. It also works as an antiseptic, obviously. Vinegar works equally well and will keep flies at bay. Vinegar also helps to shine and give a rinse to get rid of excess soap. Just to be clear, hydrogen peroxide will actually change the hair color, drawing the pigment out while vinegar will just clean off the yellowing substance stuck on the hair.





A lot of people seem to use laundry detergent or dish detergent on horses. I don't do this because it is hard to rinse out, can really irritate senstive horse skin, dry the skin and I've seen horses have an allergic reaction to these severe soaps. Try using baby shampoo, tearless formulas that are very gentle on the skin, i.e. the sensitive skin variety. They are very effective without the risk.





I've got a grey TB with the same tail/mane set up and when his white half of the tail gets yellow, I use a horse blueing shampoo and vinegar to get it back. You can also use that Cowboy Magic green spot stuff which I use on his body.





I have heard of people dying horse tails, you can do it as long as you are very careful not to dye his body and use an all natural hair dye. As someone above mentioned, beware if you are in breed shows as they may frown upon such things.
Reply:I groom horses and a cheap and very effective product is called "blueing". You find it in your local grocery store in the detergent/bleach isle. It is a product that is used on clothing. It is however very safe to use on horses. Not only their bodies, but their fragile hair. One word of caution is do NOT leave it in too long, or it will turn blue/purple. Shampoo, and then put the blueing in and leave it sit for only a couple of minutes and wash out. Repeat till desire whiteness.
Reply:I have not tried it but people at our barn use the shampoo for people with Grey hair that helps get it white. It is in the shampoo section of a drug store or where ever you get your shampoo. The horse they use this on has the nicest tail and it always looks shimmery white/silver. I would say it works.
Reply:Do not use bleach on the tail as it may make it even more yellow!!! Ive tried it and it is awful!!!


Have you tried fairy liquid? Im being serious. My old pony was a white grey and it worked miracles.


Good Luck. xx
Reply:I have a light grey Connemara/TB gelding, and I have been battling "ol yeller" on the tail since as long as I've owned him. I have a friend who owns horses suggest that I use a diluted bleach solution. But I've been afraid to try it. I can get the tail a very light yellow, but there's still discoloration. I also wondered if peroxide would do anything, but I've been chicken to try it. I asked my trainer, and his response was to find that "old people" hair dye, you know that they use after their hair has turned grey. It keeps their hair sufficiently old-person-looking, I guess. I've looked for it in drugstores, but haven't found it.
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use this i love it. i have a grey horse whose coat is white and this is the only thing that makes him white. i trie peroxide but it didn't get all the yellow out and it made the tail hard and dry.





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Reply:Your horse's tail looks fine. He's really pretty, in fact. If you really don't like it go to your tack store or jeffersequine.com and find some white enhancing shampoo.
Reply:Don't use bleach horses are really sensitive also i think the tail would look better black
Reply:Just a word of advice on using hair bleaching products on horses...I had a friend with a National/World champion western pleasure mare that was chestnut with a flaxen mane and tail. It was very light, but as she aged it darkened. She decided to bleach it out with something she bought at a beauty supply. I don't really know anything else to compare the texture of the hair afterwards to other than spaghetti noodles.


I do know some people that have had dapple grays that have faded as they get older that have dyed manes and tails black (and sprayed their legs black) to get a more striking, dramatic look. And it does look good.
Reply:bleach will not change the color.i have used bleach mixed in water to cure rain rot on horses.1 gallon water,1/2 cup bleach,mix well put in spray bottle,just spray on back once a day.i used to let people put there horses on my paster,some people just forget they are there and would not take care of them.so i had to,if you know horses you know what rain rot is.my vet told me about bleach.it works very well,but it want change the color.to me a horse with weird color patterns is special.around here they cost more.i would not try to change that.good luck.
Reply:My mom has a pal. paint and has used chlorox bleach and blonde hair dye on her tail (not my idea) and I know neither of them did much for the stains etc. There is a whitening shampoo, there's also a green spot remover spray that also works great on yellow stains. I use Oster Shampoo and that stuff was awesome on my palomino stallions tail and mane and brought every stain out. I use the orange sherbert fragrance but that oster stuff is great! I go tmy at Tractor supply.
Reply:I have used bleach on a white/ black tail before and it works. Just make sure it is washed out well and try to used a strong conditioner after because it will dry out the hair. and I have dyed a black tail, mane and forelock that were all sun bleached and it looked great. I don't think it would look bad if you dyed it. you might want to do the mane and forelock also so they will match. hope this helped. :-)
Reply:Oxyclean is great on white tails!


Also, I stringly recommend wonder blue shampoo for white.

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