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Best way to remove caked on mud?
« on: January 13, 2017, 11:48:24 am »
We've had LOTS of water over the last few weeks and our lambs are MUDDY. I need to get some washed and I was wondering if anyone has used any kinds of soaps, magic potions, etc. to breakdown mud from the wool? Thanks in advance for the help!
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Re: Best way to remove caked on mud?
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2017, 01:35:57 pm »
I asked this last year, trying to get legs clean of cakes in mud and manure for the online sales. Best advice was to soak them. I filled up a shallow water trough with soapy water and stood them in it for about 20 minutes and then started gently scrubbing. It took forever, but I managed to save most of the leg wool. Thankfully we finally bought a tractor this last spring, which has allowed us to keep the pens much cleaner, even with all this rain.
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