Chic Cheval Brush Store

Picking the right brush for your horse

The Brush Store has many brushes to choose from and sometimes it can get a bit confusing as to which brush to use and when
to use it.
As a rough guide line for the grooming process, you would generally start with the stiffest brush and end with the softest brush, starting by removing dried mud, sweat and loose hair. Many of you will have heard me use the expression "big dirt, medium dirt, small dirt, polish". Its the same as cleaning a car....you wouldn't polish the wheels before you had hosed the mud off!!
Based on your horses coat, whether they are sensitive, clipped, fine coated or have a thick, native type coat, along with your preferences, you can choose brushes to meet your needs.

Putting brushes in order

  • STEP 1: Removing dry mud, dried sweat and loose hair. Depending on your preferences you would use a 'Dandy Brush' which is a stiff brush, or a curry comb. These brushes have extra firm or firm bristles
  • STEP 2: Remove stains if applicable. The stain removing brushes have extra firm bristles.
  • STEP 3: Body Brush. These brushes clean through the coat removing dirt, dander, scurf and dust. If your horse is very greasy/scurfy and has a coat which holds onto dirt it may be necessary to use a more coarse body brush first followed by a finer body brush. Body brushes have firm, medium/firm, medium and medium/soft bristles.
  • STEP 4: Gloss Brush. By this point the coat should be clean. Gloss Brushes have soft bristles that do not penetrate the coat. They remove the last traces of dust from the top of the coat so producing a natural shine. Gloss brushes have medium/soft and soft bristles.
  • STEP 5: Polishing Brush. You may like to finish your grooming regime with a polishing brush (sheepskin centre) or a sheepskin mitt. 

Flick Brushes

A Flick Brush is a brush that has longer bristles and they are used to 'flick' the dirt out of the coat. The softer flick brushes will remove dust off the top of the coat. 
The bristles come in a range of strengths from soft through to extra firm.

Brush Ranges

BORSTIQ: A range of wooden backed brushes from Sweden. They come in two brush shapes, Banana and Shaped. Banana brushes are curved and are great for small hands. The Shaped brush is larger. Bristles are Man made, natural and animal hair. There is a horse hair and goat hair body brush available in 3 different sizes as well.                                                                                            GROOMING DELUXE: Grooming Deluxe is part of The Kentucky Group. Their brushes have varnished wooden backs and all have man made bristles with the exception of one brush which contains natural bristles. These brushes are suitable for vegans.
HAAS: A huge range of technical brushes. These brushes have plastic brush backs which make them very easy to keep clean. The bristles are man made or a mix of man made/animal hair.
LEISTNER: A very large range of technical brushes. At present I do not carry the full range, however any brush can be ordered for you. These brushes have wooden backs and mostly contain 100% animal hair or natural bristles. It is possible to have the brushes from Leistner personalised.
OSTER: A fabulous range of very effective brushes containing man made, natural and animal hair bristles. Ergonomic design which make them very easy to hold. 
WAHL: A small range of brushes made of man made bristles so suitable for vegans. These brushes have an ergonomic shape and narrower than my other ranges making them very easy to hold.

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Curry Combs

HaasOster     
Wahl







Dandy Brushes

Borstiq Arenga                                                   Borstiq Medium Brush                                                   Oster Stiff Brush
Wahl Stiff Brush
Leistner Cowboy
Leistner Mucky
Haas Mustang
Haas Wurzel
Haas Brenig Madoc




Body Brushes

Borstiq Haas
Grooming Deluxe
Leistner
Oster



Gloss Brushes

Wahl
Haas
Leistner
Grooming Deluxe
Borstiq

Polishing Brush

Haas

Flick Brushes

OsterBorstiq
Grooming Deluxe
Leistner

Types of bristles

Man Made

Man made bristles come in many different forms from super soft to extra firm.Our ranges that use man made bristles are:
Borstiq
Grooming Deluxe
Haas
Oster
Leistner
Wahl
Many of our brushes have leather handles. If you are looking for vegan brushes take a look at Grooming Deluxe and Wahl.



Natural

Natural bristles are made using palm trees and similar. For this reason the range of bristles is quite small and they tend to be firmer. Our ranges that use natural bristles are:
Borstiq
Grooming Deluxe
Leistner
Oster



Animal Hair

Animal hair bristles can come in the form of horse hair, boar bristle and goat hair.Is some brushes the animal hair is mixed with man made bristles.
Our ranges that use animal hair are:
Borstiq
Haas
Oster
Leistner


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