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I think it makes the hair a bit nasty, so you have to give it extra-special cleaning afterwards (probably involving a lot of conditioner). To my knowledge, it doesn't cause irreversible damage to the hair, but perhaps someone can say if they had a particularly bad run-in with oxiclean and manes. Removing the tail is advised because it isn't hard to replace with the original or a new tail, and it allows for the oxiclean to get in and clean out all the gunk.I'd try just soap and maybe magic eraser first, what are the flaws that you notice on her?
I have never had oxy ruin a pony mane. I have had soaking in oxy change symbol colors, remove glitter and even slightly change eye color. The problem was probably I used too much oxyclean. The key really is not to soak long and check/recheck. I used conditioner and shampoo on the hair to get the stiff oxyclean out of the hair. It dries out a pony's hair but doesn't ruin it. Now when it comes to neon yellow it will pull out the color of the hair some. Do not ever put a flocked pony in Oxyclean. I actually quit soaking and dipped my magic eraser in warm oxy and cleaned the pony by hand due to some of the issues I have found happened to me. Oxyclean will most likely not remove any marker stains that have had a long time to soak into the vinyl. It really is best for cleaning dirty ponies that have clogged pores. Hot water opens the pores and oxy on a magic clean eraser will get in there and remove the ground in dirt. It is not really good at other types of stains.
Quote from: tulagirl on August 29, 2018, 11:06:47 AMI have never had oxy ruin a pony mane. I have had soaking in oxy change symbol colors, remove glitter and even slightly change eye color. The problem was probably I used too much oxyclean. The key really is not to soak long and check/recheck. I used conditioner and shampoo on the hair to get the stiff oxyclean out of the hair. It dries out a pony's hair but doesn't ruin it. Now when it comes to neon yellow it will pull out the color of the hair some. Do not ever put a flocked pony in Oxyclean. I actually quit soaking and dipped my magic eraser in warm oxy and cleaned the pony by hand due to some of the issues I have found happened to me. Oxyclean will most likely not remove any marker stains that have had a long time to soak into the vinyl. It really is best for cleaning dirty ponies that have clogged pores. Hot water opens the pores and oxy on a magic clean eraser will get in there and remove the ground in dirt. It is not really good at other types of stains.All of my so-softs have received oxiclean baths and they turned out so so much nicer. Cleaner looking and way softer!Have you personally had issues in regards to flocking? Or is this more of a better-safe-than-sorry warning?
SO glad Lemondrop emerged from her bath sparkling clean! After your experience with Lemondrop, do you feel Oxiclean is an all or nothing soak-it-in kind of approach to cleaning ponies? Or can you lightly surface-clean with Oxiclean without a soak?I've had a ton of success with Dawn, Magic Eraser, and all-natural shampoos and conditioners. No experience with Oxiclean tho.—mari
OxyClean is overkill for 99.9% of ponies. It happily ruins glitter, iridescence, metallics, most of the neon hair colours (charteruse, red, orange), weak flocking, certain paint colours, magic message symbols, glues, and can further damage nylon hair. Unless your pony has a serious fungal problem or other biological contaminant that requires sterilization or is already 'bait' quality to begin with, I wouldn't go near OxyClean. There are plenty of other cleaning products that are safer for you and your ponies.It also does NOT fix ink, stains, or yellowing. Safest to start with the easiest and mildest treatments before moving to more aggressive ones. Even soap and water can damage certain types of ponies; there's a risk with any efforts, but minimizing them will save you a lot of potential grief.
I've only used Oxiclean once (to clean up a WigWam that was filled with rust). I didn't soak him though. I had to behead him to remove the remains of tail washer anyway, so I sprinkled a small amount of the powder into his body, poured some hot water inside and watched all the rust and gunk fizz out (which admittedly was kinda cool).He is much better now and I haven't seen any ill effects from his treatment.
I wouldn't use Oxiclean on every pony that I would get. I made sure that Lemondrop didn't have any glitter or other paint issues like that before giving her a soak. I always give my ponies surface cleanings first. I mostly wanted to experiment with this and see how much it would clean her. But I wouldn't give her one again, just because it might be harsh on ponies. I only used a little amount of Oxiclean. I just like knowing that a pony has been really cleaned and rid of germs. Post Merge: August 30, 2018, 07:07:31 AMQuote from: Baby Sugarberry on August 29, 2018, 10:17:16 PMOxyClean is overkill for 99.9% of ponies. It happily ruins glitter, iridescence, metallics, most of the neon hair colours (charteruse, red, orange), weak flocking, certain paint colours, magic message symbols, glues, and can further damage nylon hair. Unless your pony has a serious fungal problem or other biological contaminant that requires sterilization or is already 'bait' quality to begin with, I wouldn't go near OxyClean. There are plenty of other cleaning products that are safer for you and your ponies.It also does NOT fix ink, stains, or yellowing. Safest to start with the easiest and mildest treatments before moving to more aggressive ones. Even soap and water can damage certain types of ponies; there's a risk with any efforts, but minimizing them will save you a lot of potential grief.I don't think I would use Oxiclean again on any future ponies, this was more of a 'test' I suppose. Even though Lemondrop came out good and no damage that I could see I might get a different result with another pony and it could turn out damaged.