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  • How to soften stiff halters???

    From watson.tl@live.com@21:1/5 to Hunter Hampton on Mon Sep 19 08:42:54 2016
    On Friday, May 28, 2010 at 11:48:39 AM UTC-4, Hunter Hampton wrote:
    On Fri, 28 May 2010 05:21:12 -0700 (PDT), redbranch
    <chocodawgs@hotmail.com> wrote:

    I cheat....I use good quality leather halters. They just get softer as
    they age. ;-)


    I do too, but if I had a stiff nylon one, I'd toss it and get a new
    one... they're really inexpensive.

    Hunter

    There is so much stuff in our landfills already. Tossing them does not seem like a good option. So for people that have stiff nylon halters and do not want to just discard them, we need a way to soften them. I also have some leather halters that are old
    and stiff. My former father-in-law just passed. He was a race horse trainer. I do not want to discard his things. I want to recondition them and then give away to those that may need or can use them.

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  • From Brian Whatcott@21:1/5 to watson.tl@live.com on Fri Dec 23 16:36:01 2016
    On 9/19/2016 10:42 AM, watson.tl@live.com wrote:
    On Friday, May 28, 2010 at 11:48:39 AM UTC-4, Hunter Hampton wrote:
    On Fri, 28 May 2010 05:21:12 -0700 (PDT), redbranch
    <chocodawgs@hotmail.com> wrote:

    I cheat....I use good quality leather halters. They just get softer as
    they age. ;-)


    I do too, but if I had a stiff nylon one, I'd toss it and get a new
    one... they're really inexpensive.

    Hunter

    There is so much stuff in our landfills already. Tossing them does not seem like a good option. So for people that have stiff nylon halters and do not want to just discard them, we need a way to soften them. I also have some leather halters that are
    old and stiff. My former father-in-law just passed. He was a race horse trainer. I do not want to discard his things. I want to recondition them and then give away to those that may need or can use them.


    Some nylon halters are stiff, and stay stiff. Others are soft to the
    hand. It would do no harm to throw a stiff halter in the washer. You
    might even use a fabric softener - though that's not something I have done.

    Brian W

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  • From dcsweary@hotmail.co.uk@21:1/5 to All on Tue May 26 07:36:56 2020
    Did you find out as I have a duelley like this and they are 45 pounds to replace

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  • From John Hasler@21:1/5 to All on Tue May 26 10:21:58 2020
    If they are leather you just need to clean them and oil them.
    --
    John Hasler
    john@dancinghorsehill.com Boarding
    Dancing Horse Hill
    Elmwood, WI USA

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