10/22/2025
‼️IMPORTANT READ and VIDEO‼️
‼️‼️talking about waterproofing‼️‼️
We are in the cold rainy season where blankets are starting to come out of their packages and being used
What I do and other companies too is, we add a water repellent to the outside of the blanket. It is meant to help enhance the waterproof layer that is part of the blanket. Normally when a horse gets wet is because the waterproof layer within the blanket is starting to fail. It could be because it is completely gone, or there could be spots within the blanket that aren’t fully protected, and then those areas become a sponge and then the entire horse gets wet. This layer breaks down from a number of things: age, sunlight, being put in a dryer with heat, and detergent. There are even some blanket manufacturers that won’t even guarantee their blankets to be waterproof. From looking at the outside of a blanket, you can’t always determine if that waterproof layer is failing.
It is also possible that the blanket is perfectly fine, but with the weather we’ve been having, and the way horses are you never know how they’re standing out in the weather and it’s possible it just becomes saturated and can no longer repel. It’s kinda like a bath towel, it does its job well, but if you were to hold it under the shower head for an hour it’s going to become completely saturated and can no longer absorb any more water.
Please feel free to reach out to me with questions
