The thought of tack cleaning never really fills me with excitement but once I’m actually doing it I really enjoy the process. Luckily Endurance tack is the easiest tack to clean ever! Firstly you can just dunk it in a bucket and run a quick sponge over it after every ride and secondly for a deeper clean I just put it in the washing machine, easy peasy.
I keep a cloth and tack cleaning spray next to my saddle in the tack room so if they’ve ever had a tough grity, dirty, wet ride then I quickly spray them and give them a wipe. Once they’re dry I run my waterproofing treatment impregnated cloth over the top. Which keeps everything looking ok for about 2-3 months.
But every few months I have to do a ‘deeper’ more thorough clean. I bring everything home to the warm and spend some time methodically cleaning and treating everything. I wash my hi-viz/riding jackets, my gloves, hat liners, chaps, boots, tack, anything that I use often but it’s not properly cleaned often basically.
These are my favourite tack cleaning essentials:
- Belvoir tack cleaning spray
- Belvoir conditioning soap
- Belvoir intensive conditioning balsam
- G-wax (Waterproofing) which sadly I can’t seem to find a link for….so I have no idea what I’m going to replace it with when it runs out! Suggestiong anyone? Though it could be this stuff packaged differently?
It would be cool to hear if anyone has a ‘maintenance cleaning’ and ‘deep cleaning’ routine for their tack and gear? Top tips or favourite products?
Beth Endurance 