How to deep clean your bridle

Deep Clean Your Bridle

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Find a place to hang your bridle

Find a place to hang your bridle

Make a small diagram to remember what holes all the buckles were at

Make a small diagram to remember what holes all the buckles were at

Take apart your whole bridle

Take apart your whole bridle

Go over your whole bridle with a damp sponge (with water). This is just to get off all the dirt and loosen the bridle up.

Go over your whole bridle with a damp sponge (with water). This is just to get off all the dirt and loosen the bridle up.

Be sure to get ALL the dirt off.

Be sure to get ALL the dirt off.

Now go over all your bridle pieces again with your damp sponge with Lexol on it. If you need more Lexol, dampen your sponge with water again before putting the Lexol on the sponge.

Now go over all your bridle pieces again with your damp sponge with Lexol on it. If you need more Lexol, dampen your sponge with water again before putting the Lexol on the sponge.

Taking a separate, damp and clean sponge, dip it in olive oil

Taking a separate, damp and clean sponge, dip it in olive oil

Apply the oil lightly and evenly. (Just a note, only use olive oil on your tack once every few months/a few times a year. Oiling too often will leave a residue)

Apply the oil lightly and evenly. (Just a note, only use olive oil on your tack once every few months/a few times a year. Oiling too often will leave a residue)

Before oil on the right and after on the left

Before oil on the right and after on the left

Wipe the whole bridle once more with a damp sponge, cleaning any leftover oil

Wipe the whole bridle once more with a damp sponge, cleaning any leftover oil

Go over all your buckles with a stainless steel wipe

Go over all your buckles with a stainless steel wipe

Put your bridle back together

Put your bridle back together

To clean your bit, a round it the dishwasher will have it sparkling

To clean your bit, a round it the dishwasher will have it sparkling

Enjoy your clean, soft bridle!

Enjoy your clean, soft bridle!

  • 1.0c Olive oil
  • Lexol leather cleaner
  • Stainless steel wipes
  • 2.0 Sponges
  • 1.0 Dirty Bridle