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Post by manes&muzzles on Mar 3, 2010 19:15:35 GMT
Dont know if anyone could help but..I have a friend her horse has a beutiful mad to measure saddle as he has a crazy shape the only problem is hes Black and the saddle is tan..now she wants to start showing and its not ideal is there anyway you can change the leather or dye it instead of forking out a small fortune for a new saddle.. xx
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Post by Julie(luke3) on Mar 3, 2010 19:19:14 GMT
Is it Havana? If so I would always show in that anyway, whatever colour of the horse  |
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Post by manes&muzzles on Mar 3, 2010 19:23:24 GMT
me to but absolutely orange looks rediculous(sp)...  |
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Post by Julie(luke3) on Mar 3, 2010 19:26:40 GMT
Eww yuck!! I see what you mean! Maybe a shoe shop could help as far as dying it?
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Post by kickon on Mar 3, 2010 19:49:38 GMT
Don't do it!!
It will wear off and to change the colour of the leather is not going to work!!!
The colour is done in the tanning while it is being drummed Its not like a pair of shoes!
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Post by hollycane on Mar 3, 2010 20:11:50 GMT
m&m don't try and dye it, the colour will change over time and anyway the judge is looking at the horse not the saddle.
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Post by manes&muzzles on Mar 3, 2010 20:31:27 GMT
would not show in tan on a black horse..it looks bright orange, but thatnks for the help..wonder if you can have the leather changed at a saddlery?? x
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Post by Milliesmum on Mar 3, 2010 21:07:28 GMT
Keep oiling it, the leather will gradually darken.
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Post by sallyw on Mar 4, 2010 12:09:41 GMT
Exactly whast I was thinking of saying. You need a rider with am ample posterior to cover the saddle up perhaps!!
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Post by stephjw1 on May 2, 2010 17:21:44 GMT
Lots of neatsfoot oil
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Post by welshbyname on May 3, 2010 14:56:46 GMT
Isn't there a product called something like kaoline (sp?) it comes in an old fashioned tin with some driving horses on the front(stupid the things you remember int it!) a riding school I used to work at once bought a bright orange saddle for a black cob, and her loaner used to rub that Kaoline stuff in and it darkened in no time.
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