Favourite coat shine?

[tikkitti]

As in title, what's your favourite coat shine? Need to get my lot nice and clean and sparkly now the nicer weather is hopefully round the corner. x

 

[Lemme]

a splash of Dettol in warm water and wipe over , lifts dust, grease and leaves a shine. If we resort to a retail product then we use Canter.

 

[Kite_Rider]

Micronised linseed and a good brush , I've never used any kind of coat shine on Belle but then I don't show - she always looks glossy, unless of course she's covered in mud.

 

[KP nut]

Elbow grease!!!

 

[Bodshi]

a splash of Dettol in warm water and wipe over , lifts dust, grease and leaves a shine.

Never thought about using this on a horse - I give our big fluffy white pyrepoo dog a hot towel bath with dettol (following a tip from a Chow breeder) and it works wonders. Will have to try it on Raf.

 

[joellie]

Micronised linseed and a good brush , I've never used any kind of coat shine on Belle but then I don't show - she always looks glossy, unless of course she's covered in mud.

Mine gets linseed oil and his coat is always glossy

 

[SmallHunter]

Absorbine showsheen for shows but at home 30 minutes grooming and strapping everyday and hot clothing twice a week

 

[Trewsers]

Bah two greys never look shiny!

 

[newforest]

Nothing.
She is slippery already.

 

[Cortrasna]

What I put on the inside.....and plus a huge amount of elbow grease - especially right now with winter coat shedding.

 

[Kite_Rider]

What I put on the inside.....and plus a huge amount of elbow grease - especially right now with winter coat shedding.

Elbow grease is just the best, plus it's free

 

[Jessey]

I just feed linseed, I rarely do more than flick mine over as I just dont need to as they are already gleaming, I did put more effort in when I was showing, I found microfibre cloths really good for polishing coats.
Jess ungroomed in the field on 9th March

 

[tikkitti]

Mine are shedding like mad! Every time I think I've got somewhere more hair falls out I went to a RC event loading he looked pristine then unloading there was bits of hair all over, TBH think his shedding more my issue but he just didn't look his shiny self :-( x

 

[SmallHunter]

Mine are shedding like mad! Every time I think I've got somewhere more hair falls out I went to a RC event loading he looked pristine then unloading there was bits of hair all over, TBH think his shedding more my issue but he just didn't look his shiny self :-( x

Take a clean body brush with you to remove the hair that has shed then spray some showsheen onto a sponge and wipe down the whole body, this will wick away any lose hairs and encourage the rest to lie flat.

 

[newforest]

I think some just shine and some need work.
I am the same as @Jessey I just flick a brush over.
She lives out unrugged so I just clean where the tack goes.

If anything I spent an hour on her feathers once a week.