I need some help!

mymaxx · 08-25-2008, 01:23 PM

I hope this goes here if not please move.
Does anyone know how to get Venis turpintine out of Maxx's coat and mane?

I still don't know how he did this but he got the jar and somehow got it in his mane, forlock, neck, face and all over his ear.
Will this hurt him in anyway?

kanoo32 · 08-25-2008, 01:32 PM

WD-40, or Goof Off!

Stormy's Human · 08-25-2008, 01:32 PM

Sorry can't help Mymaxx - don't even know what Venus Terpentine is

mymaxx · 08-25-2008, 01:33 PM

Thank you. He is a sticky mess.

mymaxx · 08-25-2008, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Stormy's Human

Sorry can't help Mymaxx - don't even know what Venus Terpentine is

It is used to harden hooves. It is thick like pine tar that comes out of the pine trees.

Carri · 08-25-2008, 02:28 PM

Oh, no! I spilled it in my tack trunk once, I still get sticky stuff all over me when I reach in there. That is nasty stuff! And you know, I could never get it to come off of the brush and actually stick to the horse's hooves!

Try vegetable oil or peanut butter, alcohol cuts it but I wouldn't want to cover him in it.

horselady · 08-25-2008, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by kanoo32

WD-40, or Goof Off!

Than shampoo bath
I guess he was trying to help you put it on his hooves.

jyates · 08-25-2008, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by kanoo32

WD-40, or Goof Off!

I would watch the Goof Off! I used some of it on some pine sap on Bam Bam's rear end and I think it burns....so I took some shampoo and washed the area really quickly after getting the sap off.

mymaxx · 08-25-2008, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by horselady

Than shampoo bath
I guess he was trying to help you put it on his hooves.

I guess but it looks like he tried to use his ear for the brush.

**gbarmranch** · 08-25-2008, 02:52 PM

Pictures of the mess would be so helpful in allowing us to tell you what might work..

Baby oil or WD-40 is the best two I know of..

mymaxx · 08-25-2008, 03:12 PM

Ask and you shall receive.
They arn't the best.

The front of the ear is a lot worse. It runs under his eye. and on his front shoulder.

**seerfarm** · 08-25-2008, 03:13 PM

Bad Maxx....but with all the rain I guess he figured he was gonna need it!

Peanut Butter would be the safest way I know off.

**gbarmranch** · 08-25-2008, 03:13 PM

He looks like he had a blast with that stuff..

Oh dear... it is going to take a lot of work to clean that up..

(I am not laughing at you - just with you..

)

Luvridn · 08-25-2008, 03:20 PM

I am no help but don't you HATE when they do stuff like that?!

Just curious as to how peanut butter will take that off???

GreyDot · 08-25-2008, 03:21 PM

You're talking about VENICE turpentine, I think. Try mineral oil or, possibly, baby oil. It's in a petroleum distillate base, so you need that kind of solvent to remove it. Saturate it and comb it out. Stuff like WD-40 would work, or Goo-Gone, but I'd be concerned about having it around the horse's eyes. You also do not want Venice Turp on the skin. If you can get the forelock BEHIND his ear, you could try nailpolish remover, too, but you'd have to be very, very careful that it doesn't flop into his eyes - but at least it evaporates quickly. I'd treat it the same way as getting chewing gum out of a child's hair.

Whatever you use, though, do get some NITRILE gloves (that's the blue kind, from the pharmacy). DO NOT use latex, because any organic solvent, such as any of this stuff, will go right through the gloves and to your skin - and the gloves will keep it from evaporating from your skin quickly enough. Petroleum distillates are absorbed through your skin, and are not good for you, so glove up with nitrile gloves.

Adding:

Peanut butter would probably work, too! That's the favourite chewing-gum remover...

**seerfarm** · 08-25-2008, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Luvridn

I am no help but don't you HATE when they do stuff like that?!

Just curious as to how peanut butter will take that off???

Peanut butter has alot of oil in it...Best thing for attatching to hair fibers blending with the sticky and it allows you to slide it off so to speak. Maybe GreyDot can give us that good scientific answer.

GreyDot · 08-25-2008, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by seerfarm

Peanut butter has alot of oil in it...Best thing for attatching to hair fibers blending with the sticky and it allows you to slide it off so to speak. Maybe GreyDot can give us that good scientific answer.

LOL Well, I can try

The reason peanut butter works on chewing gum is because chewing gum is made with organic oily substances. So, since "like dissolves like", something made with oils should dissolve chewing gum. Think of what happens to gum if you drop it into a cup of olive oil. Its texture will change dramatically. Peanut butter is REALLY oily, but also has the advantage of staying in place, because it's pasty instead of runny. You could try olive oil, but it would run - while peanut butter stays where you put it, and you can "work it through" the hair, working it into the chewing gum.

The reason I had suggested the other stuff before peanut butter is that Venice turp is made with petroleum distillates, mineral oil, not the kind of oil that goes into food. You could, therefore, theoretically, try something like vaseline, because it's made of similar stuff, and would act somewhat like peanut butter, but it's also horribly hard to get out of hair (unfortunate personal experience... don't ask... but never use it instead of hair gel

). Anyway, hence trying something like mineral oil first.

08-25-2008, 01:23 PM
mymaxx Started Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Hastings, FLA Posts: 2,285	I need some help! I hope this goes here if not please move. Does anyone know how to get Venis turpintine out of Maxx's coat and mane? I still don't know how he did this but he got the jar and somehow got it in his mane, forlock, neck, face and all over his ear. Will this hurt him in anyway? __________________ http://www.freewebs.com/rpmaxx/

08-25-2008, 01:32 PM
kanoo32 Started Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 2,362	WD-40, or Goof Off! __________________ Even if your on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there!

08-25-2008, 01:32 PM
Stormy's Human Long Yearling Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Seville, Florida Posts: 1,217	Sorry can't help Mymaxx - don't even know what Venus Terpentine is

08-25-2008, 01:33 PM
mymaxx Started Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Hastings, FLA Posts: 2,285	Thank you. He is a sticky mess. __________________ http://www.freewebs.com/rpmaxx/

08-25-2008, 02:28 PM
Carri Bombproof Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Alpharetta, Georgia Posts: 9,980	Oh, no! I spilled it in my tack trunk once, I still get sticky stuff all over me when I reach in there. That is nasty stuff! And you know, I could never get it to come off of the brush and actually stick to the horse's hooves! Try vegetable oil or peanut butter, alcohol cuts it but I wouldn't want to cover him in it. __________________

08-25-2008, 02:52 PM
gbarmranch Administrator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Tennessee Posts: 29,218	Pictures of the mess would be so helpful in allowing us to tell you what might work.. Baby oil or WD-40 is the best two I know of.. __________________ Quality FoundationQuarter Horses http://home.earthlink.net/~vpgann Minds are like parachutes – they only function when open – Thomas Dewar

08-25-2008, 03:12 PM
mymaxx Started Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Hastings, FLA Posts: 2,285	Ask and you shall receive. They arn't the best. The front of the ear is a lot worse. It runs under his eye. and on his front shoulder. __________________ http://www.freewebs.com/rpmaxx/

08-25-2008, 03:13 PM
seerfarm Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Portal, Ga Posts: 7,732	Bad Maxx....but with all the rain I guess he figured he was gonna need it! Peanut Butter would be the safest way I know off. __________________ "To know the road ahead, ask those coming back".

08-25-2008, 03:20 PM
Luvridn Long Yearling Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Mobile, Alabama Posts: 1,053	I am no help but don't you HATE when they do stuff like that?! Just curious as to how peanut butter will take that off??? __________________ If your horse wants to bolt, there is probably a nut loose in the saddle! PP

08-25-2008, 03:21 PM
GreyDot Started Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Between AZ and OH Posts: 2,272	You're talking about VENICE turpentine, I think. Try mineral oil or, possibly, baby oil. It's in a petroleum distillate base, so you need that kind of solvent to remove it. Saturate it and comb it out. Stuff like WD-40 would work, or Goo-Gone, but I'd be concerned about having it around the horse's eyes. You also do not want Venice Turp on the skin. If you can get the forelock BEHIND his ear, you could try nailpolish remover, too, but you'd have to be very, very careful that it doesn't flop into his eyes - but at least it evaporates quickly. I'd treat it the same way as getting chewing gum out of a child's hair. Whatever you use, though, do get some NITRILE gloves (that's the blue kind, from the pharmacy). DO NOT use latex, because any organic solvent, such as any of this stuff, will go right through the gloves and to your skin - and the gloves will keep it from evaporating from your skin quickly enough. Petroleum distillates are absorbed through your skin, and are not good for you, so glove up with nitrile gloves. Adding: Peanut butter would probably work, too! That's the favourite chewing-gum remover... __________________ ...There is nothing to be done till a horse's head is settled. ~William Cavendish Stuipid CAN be fixed... you just have to hit it hard enough! ~A rare moment of inspiration