Also make sure you get the blades of the device sharpened on time. Usually this is after 3-5 shaves. Note that not all blades of shavers can be sharpened! Have your blades become blunt? At Maddelin you can have them sharpened! We will sharpen the blades for you so that they are like new again! What does it cost? Price per set (lower and upper blade) is €12.

Store your razor in a warm and, more importantly, dry place in its storage box. Ideally, even inside the house. Is there no storage box included? Then buy a toolbox. Here you can store the parts well.
Put the knives clean and greased in the box. To prevent rusting, apply an extra layer of oil to the blades. The head of the machine is best kept in a greasy cloth separate from the machine.

It is recommended to maintain not only your blades regularly, but also the shaver itself once a year. This is because the hairs should also be removed from the shaver head behind the blades and from the filter at cord level.

OTHER SHAVING TIPS

How to
Before you start clipping, make sure your horse is thoroughly clean and dry! Wet hair, sand and other debris are not done for your clipper. It is best to wash your horse a day beforehand. It is also important that the blades of the razor are sharpened and the battery is charged. Then start shaving carefully at the shoulders. Always shave against the hairs and make long strokes. For best results, shave in overlapping strokes to minimise streaks. Let the razor do its job and don’t press or push too hard. Make sure the razor glides flat through the coat and tighten any skin folds with your hand. On the legs, always shave along the outside and pull the back legs forward.

Do tufts of hair stick around? Or are the blades chewing on your horse’s fur? Then there is probably wrong tension on the blade. So always make sure the shaving head is not too loose, but also not too tightly adjusted. If the screw is too loose, the blade cannot grip the hair and if it is too tight, there is too much friction on the blade and the motor has to work too hard to move the blade.
Therefore, check this tension regularly while shaving so you don’t strain the motor. This is because blades can shrink and expand during shaving.

1. Before cleaning, take your entire bridle or halter apart by undoing the all buckles and remove the coarse dirt with a cloth or brush.
   Clean all parts and straps with a specially designed saddle soap (liquid or in block form) or cleaning spray. Saddle soap thoroughly cleans the leather and removes sweat, dirt and grease. Do not use too much water, this will make the leather stiff. Therefore, wring out your sponge well before use. Too wet a sponge will create foam between the seams and buckles, which can cause stitching to come loose.
2. Make sure the leather is clean and dry before treating it. Leather dries best at room temperature. Be careful not to place the leather right next to a central heating or other heat source, this will dry out the leather.
3. When all leather parts of your bridle or halter are clean and dry, you can treat them with leather balm, leather grease, leather oil or a conditioner. As oil makes the leather enormously supple, leather oil is highly recommended for your bridle. Note that oil absorbs faster than grease and therefore needs to be applied more often.

Rub the leather grease, leather balm or conditioner well with a soft cloth or sponge and the leather oil with a brush. Good rubbing in has a better result than thick rubbing in. Let it soak in well and then spread it out with a clean dry cloth. Make sure it does not fluff. Before use, you can wipe the leather with a cloth to remove excess grease.

Once the care product is well absorbed into the leather, you can reassemble the bridle.

Tips:

• Store your bridle or halter in a dry, well-ventilated room. Be careful with the smell of ammonia, as it affects the leather. In freezing temperatures, nothing harmful happens to the leather.
• Clean the bit well every time after use. This prevents bacteria from damaging the leather. A special stainless steel cleaning agent is available for thoroughly cleaning your bit.
  Preferably treat your bridle one day before use to allow the maintenance product to penetrate properly.
• Do not treat artificial leather, leather with a synthetic layer or patent leather with a leather care product.
• Do you have a halter or bridle with rhinestones? Treat this part with a damp cloth only. Please note: loss of or damage to rhinestones or other delicate sparkles are not covered by the guarantee.

Washing
When washing, always follow the washing instructions. When clothes are washed too hot, you risk them shrinking or discolouring unnecessarily. Washing too cold, on the other hand, often does not remove stains well enough. It is often a conservation to wash clothes inside out and close Velcro and zips. Do not use fabric softener and as little detergent as possible to keep clothes beautiful. Wash coloured clothes separately or with the same colour the first few times, as the colour may rub off. Never wash garments containing stretch (elasthan) (e.g. jodhpurs) hotter than 30 degrees.

Fine shirts
Even though the washing label of fine shirts such as show shirts states that the shirt can be washed at 30 degrees, we strongly advise against it. Fine shirts are best washed by hand. This way colours like white, black, grey and dark blue will keep their colour the longest.

Drying
Refer to the care label for drying as well. Check carefully on the care label whether tumble-drying is allowed. If the garment is suitable for tumble drying, the care label will show a square with a circle inside. The higher the drying temperature, the higher the shrinkage. Silk, wool and polyester should never be tumble dried. Cotton and jersey should preferably be dried hanging on a hanger. Do not tumble dry your jodhpurs, always lay them down to dry.

Ironing
Iron a garment on the inside as much as possible. This prevents shine and crush marks and damage to prints, trims and wax coatings. Iron cotton clothes while they are still slightly damp. Ironing well makes a significant difference to shrinkage. Take care when ironing with a steam iron. Steam is always 100°. Only items with 3 dots in the iron symbol on the care label may be ironed with steam.

Bling bling
Bling bling is all the rage. Many jodhpurs nowadays have rhinestones, sequins or other kinds of sparkles as prints. Very nice, but also very vulnerable. We therefore advise you to wash breeches with this kind of print inside out at 30 degrees. Also avoid the dryer. This way, your breeches have a long-lasting shine. Please note: we cannot guarantee rhinestones, sequins and other glitter prints.

Tips:

• Natural Detergent Concentrate is great for washing jodhpurs, blankets, saddlecloths and bandages.
• Do not tumble dry your jodhpurs. Always lie down to dry breeches with a leather seat.
• To keep your white jodhpurs extra white, you can occasionally use green soap, Vanish or another stain remover.

Washing instructions for saddlecloths
It is always recommended to wash saddle pads at 30 degrees in a wash bag.

Nylon is known as an elastic, smooth and durable fabric. This fabric is lighter in weight and slightly stronger than polyester. Polypropylene is a softened plastic, super strong and water-repellent.

The strength of a blanket is often expressed in Denier (D).
The higher the fibre denier, the stronger the blanket.
A blanket up to 450D has moderate abrasion resistance.
600D has good abrasion resistance and blankets from 2000D onwards are extremely strong blankets.

• Up to 1000mm/m2 a blanket is water-repellent, meaning the blanket protects against light drizzle and small showers.
• 1000 to 3000mm/m2 a blanket is waterproof. Despite the fabric being well waterproof, the seams are often stitched through. In heavy or prolonged rain, the rug may leak at the seams.
• From 3000mm/m2 or more, the rug is guaranteed to be waterproof. The rug is stitched to minimise the risk of leakage.

When the humidity outside is high, blankets with low breathability can become clammy on the inside. This is because excess heat cannot be dissipated quickly enough. Thus, condensation forms on the inside of the blanket.
This often occurs with 0-gram rain rugs because the inner lining lies directly against the waterproof outer fabric so there is hardly any air circulation between the two layers. With a thicker issue, this problem will occur less often.

• Nylon lining
  Nylon is known as an elastic, smooth and durable fabric. Nylon is the most common inner lining in blankets, as this fabric is less likely to cause abrasions.
• Cotton lining
  Cotton is a natural fabric and its main characteristic is that it is soft and lightweight. It is also breathable and optimally absorbent.
• Fleece lining
  The main advantage of a fleece lining is that it breathes well and absorbs and releases body moisture. In addition, fleece is highly insulating, soft, warm, comfortable and lightweight. In terms of warmth insulation, fleece lining is comparable to 50gr padding.
  Bucas also has the Stay Dray fabric, which is antibacterial and has even more warm insulation.
  At Kentucky we have the artificial rabbit fur which is also optimal for horses with a sensitive skin or abrasions.

Once you have found the test product you want, you can place it in your shopping basket and complete the order. The 14-day trial period starts from when the product is delivered to you or the date of collection from the shop.

If you prefer some advice or extra information on which item to test, you can always contact us or drop by the shop.