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If they dry out, then you just have drop them in water and the first couple of times you bring them up, squeeze the water into the sponge to soak it.  Yeah, kind of a pain.  Guess that's one good thing about the humidity here...the sponges practically soak enough moisture out of the air to stay wet!  <TIC>

 

Dawn

 

On 8/10/07, Sharon Levasseur <sharon1359@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I do that, but on rides without a lot of water they dry out quickly and I'm back
to square one.  Any suggestions?
-Sharon L. in Maine

Quoting Truman Prevatt <tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Unlike Angie, I really like the natural sponges - at least for a
> "throwing sponge.". They hold a lot more water so you can use a smaller
> sponge and get the same water load as a bigger synthetic sponge. The
> trick with any sponge is if you throw them down on a puddle or in a
> creek bone dry - they will float. Before you start out preload them so
> they will be a little wet and then they will sink righ off.
>
> Truman
>
> Barnsourfarm@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > I am trying to figure out the best sponge to use and method to cool my
> > horse and lower the heartrate. Also, what kind of sweat scraper to
> > use. Any tips? Carla
> >
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