u/rockymountainway777

Just got back in to work after a year off from a severe arm injury. It took an embarrassing amount of time to put fronts on this mare (2hrs). But I promised myself after a break I would put a lot more effort in to my shoeing and presentation. I’ve been using a hoof buffer and a bench grinder for the first time, I’ve been super happy with the results.

I feel like I didn’t leave a lot of expansion, but she’s going to be trudging the mountains.

I’ve been playing around online making some mock up’s of some sweater designs. I’ve made some stencils of fish, crabs, lobsters and horses that I’d use to paint designs on 90-100% cotton sweatshirts and hoodies. I was thinking about selling them at a farmers market if these are something people would even buy? And if so for how much?

I stumbled upon soap trace on this sub. For the longest time I was using very minimal detergent and never had trace soap show up. I have pretty hard water and often clothes are very soiled from living on a farm. I increased my detergent amount, and now I think I’ve gone too far. Can someone confirm this?

Current laundry routine: tide free and gentle liquid detergent. Always warm water for clothes, hot for towels. Every load gets soaked minimum 1 hour. Usually double rinse in cool water. Sometimes I’ll add citric acid in the rinse or Lysol laundry sanitizer for intimates.

I’ve been using about a TBSP in a small load, 2 for a medium and 3 for a large. I find the smaller the load, I get more foam on top, but I’m not sure if it’s from the agitation or too much detergent.

Thanks ❤️