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Getting stains off a white cow!
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<blockquote data-quote="DLD" data-source="post: 1143540" data-attributes="member: 19707"><p>If you have access to a blower (livestock blow dryer) blow out all of the loose dirt - if not use a brush and brush it out. Wash her thoroughly with soap and water - you can use specialized animal shampoos, human shampoos, or my preference - dishwashing soap (something like Joy - it's meant for people to have their hands in, it's not too harsh for cattle). Soak her with water, squirt some soap in your hand and spread on your heifer. Repeat 'til you have her soaped from head to tail, then use a brush (preferably a plastic scrub brush) and scrub all over - especially those stained areas. Do it every day, if you still have stains after 3 or 4 days, get some bluing (wherever you get laundry detergent). After you wash her, while she's still wet, put a capful in a couple gallons of water, and scrub it into the stains (actually, I'd use it on all her white, it'll make it much brighter), then rinse it out immediately so it won't stain. If you use too much it can stain, too - won't harm your heifer, will just take lots of soap and scrubbing to get out the blue tint. You can skip a step and put a capful of bluing in 12 -16 oz of soap if you prefer, but separate steps work better on stubborn stains.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DLD, post: 1143540, member: 19707"] If you have access to a blower (livestock blow dryer) blow out all of the loose dirt - if not use a brush and brush it out. Wash her thoroughly with soap and water - you can use specialized animal shampoos, human shampoos, or my preference - dishwashing soap (something like Joy - it's meant for people to have their hands in, it's not too harsh for cattle). Soak her with water, squirt some soap in your hand and spread on your heifer. Repeat 'til you have her soaped from head to tail, then use a brush (preferably a plastic scrub brush) and scrub all over - especially those stained areas. Do it every day, if you still have stains after 3 or 4 days, get some bluing (wherever you get laundry detergent). After you wash her, while she's still wet, put a capful in a couple gallons of water, and scrub it into the stains (actually, I'd use it on all her white, it'll make it much brighter), then rinse it out immediately so it won't stain. If you use too much it can stain, too - won't harm your heifer, will just take lots of soap and scrubbing to get out the blue tint. You can skip a step and put a capful of bluing in 12 -16 oz of soap if you prefer, but separate steps work better on stubborn stains. [/QUOTE]
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