Washing white calves

[JayY]

My daughter talked me into a solid white shorthorn this year. We wash on a regular basis but he has some spots that don't seem to get bright white like he was. Does anyone have any recommendations on a hair product that can brighten those dingy spots?

 

[smo]

yes sir go get your self some black dye and make them brown spots black spots haha
jk but id try blueing shampoo

 

[cpubarn]

liquid oxi clean works well for the white spots also.

Mark

 

[RidinHeifer]

Sullivans bright lights...scrub it in until the purple tint is gone and let it set for a couple minutes before rinsing.  I've used the oxiclean laundry spray with much luck too!  You also may want to try listerine or some good ole white touch up

 

[DCC show cattle]

Hertz dog shampoo the whiting variety no the puppy shampoo it can be bought at walmart and a lot cheaper than most bluing shampoos and wont turn them purple like some of the shampoos...

 

[Bradenh]

Hertz dog shampoo the whiting variety no the puppy shampoo it can be bought at walmart and a lot cheaper than most bluing shampoos and wont turn them purple like some of the shampoos...

X2  ;D

 

[blinggirl]

we used bright and white or bright lights ..if using the bright and white just dont leave the purple streak scrub it in the area ..a dingy spot is better than a purple lol (speaking from experience )

 

[JayY]

Thanks for your suggestions.  Hope you guys all have a great year showing.

 

[wonderchic]

Thanks for your suggestions.  Hope you guys all have a great year showing.

I will say in our experience with my nephews shortie heifer, she had some spots on her that were blondfish colored hair...not possible to get white.  When we fIrst got her, we thought we just couldn't get her clean, but that turned out not to be the case...she had some blotches of darker (for lack of a better term) white hair.  I wish we would have figured that out before we practically scrubbed the hair off of her and used every whitening shampoo known to man! But I will say we used a product called "Cowboy Magic Shine In, Yellow Out" and while expensive, works great...on areas that are actually white! Lol. Good luck

 

[ruhtram]

The liquid oxy clean worked on some spots..Haven't tried it myself but I've heard of people using proxide and or clorox bleach and letting that bleach the hair white.. Hopefully others have insight on the clorox