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Creativity => Customs => Topic started by: Mewtwofan1 on September 18, 2020, 04:04:38 PM

Title: Help cleaning dirt out of hooves
Post by: Mewtwofan1 on September 18, 2020, 04:04:38 PM: Greetings! I figured this would be the best place to put this, as people here are taking apart ponies all the time.
I recently acquired a lot of someone’s childhood ponies. Some of them were in really a state, so I’ve tried to restore them. It’s going great! Except for baby glory.
Baby glory was grey from all the dirt inside of her body. I have managed to clean most of it out, but am having difficulty cleaning out her (super tiny!!!) hooves. Does anybody have any tips or tricks for cleaning out the tiny parts?
Title: Re: Help cleaning dirt out of hooves
Post by: Leave a Whisper on September 18, 2020, 04:20:52 PM: Quote from: Mewtwofan1 on September 18, 2020, 04:04:38 PM
Greetings! I figured this would be the best place to put this, as people here are taking apart ponies all the time.
I recently acquired a lot of someone’s childhood ponies. Some of them were in really a state, so I’ve tried to restore them. It’s going great! Except for baby glory.
Baby glory was grey from all the dirt inside of her body. I have managed to clean most of it out, but am having difficulty cleaning out her (super tiny!!!) hooves. Does anybody have any tips or tricks for cleaning out the tiny parts?

Fill her up with warm water and soap. Let her set for a while, scrub with an eyelash brush.
Title: Re: Help cleaning dirt out of hooves
Post by: tailrustedtealeaf on September 18, 2020, 05:07:37 PM: I don't have any eyelash brushes but I've used a bottlebrush to reach in similarly tiny and tight areas. You can pour boiling water in there too.
Title: Re: Help cleaning dirt out of hooves
Post by: lovesbabysquirmy on September 18, 2020, 06:28:33 PM: the little brushes to clean baby bottles and straws. q-tips
Title: Re: Help cleaning dirt out of hooves
Post by: Griffin on September 19, 2020, 01:07:49 AM: Haha, I read the title and my first thought was a hoof pick :silly:

Great suggestions so far. I've heard some use pipe cleaners, especially on baby ponies since they are tricky with their tiny hooves.
Title: Re: Help cleaning dirt out of hooves
Post by: Mewtwofan1 on September 19, 2020, 08:01:50 AM: Quote from: Griffin on September 19, 2020, 01:07:49 AM
Haha, I read the title and my first thought was a hoof pick :silly:

Well, I can use one of those! Don’t think it would get me very far though! :P

Thanks for the suggestions everybody! I used q-tips and hot water. I think I got most of the gunk out. She is no longer grey! But has a tiny grey spot in her hooves because of staining I suppose.
Title: Re: Help cleaning dirt out of hooves
Post by: Roogna on September 25, 2020, 07:21:04 AM: pipe cleaners never worked as well as I wanted them to, but I've had luck with qtips, sometimes holding the end with needlenose pliers to reach
Title: Re: Help cleaning dirt out of hooves
Post by: rybett on September 25, 2020, 09:06:23 AM: Broken up denture tablet and hot water. Let it fizz and then scrub.
Title: Re: Help cleaning dirt out of hooves
Post by: glitterball on September 27, 2020, 12:16:21 AM: Quote from: rybett on September 25, 2020, 09:06:23 AM
Broken up denture tablet and hot water. Let it fizz and then scrub.

I second this!!

I also do the same when I pre-soak tea-stained spoons before washing them!! UK folks, supermarkets like Tesco sell really cheap tubes of these tablets, although they do have a minty odour.