Hair Dye for Cattle Tips from Stock Show University® Before most shows, one of the items on the to-do list is to dye your animal's hair. Sullivans has some hair dyeing tips to make things work better. Human hair dye is fine, mix it with Kleen Sheen to last longer, and watch for color change (usually 15 minutes or so).
Short haired animals need less time obviously so you don't burn there skin. Rinse very well! I don't know about the Rit black dye. Sullivans usually gets shipments to customers in about 3 days.
I would call them and order some Black Velvet dye. It works wonders and gets rid of all the red tint, and it doesn't dry out the hair. Choose the cattle hair dye supplies and applicators that you need to get ready for show day.
Search this forum Printer friendly version E. Enhance the color of your calf or lamb legs by using ProDye for a deeper black appearance and uniform color from front to back. The end result will give you a bright, balanced and fresh looking animal.
This unique livestock. Easy to mix and apply using a Weaver Fogger. 5 bottles of ProDye Activator and ProDye Black Dye included.
One kit contains enough dye for one 1,000 lb calf. On cattle, for dull, flat-looking hair that needs a show-day boost, ProDye provides full, thorough coverage to enhance hair for vibrant, long. Just wondering what methods you all have used for dying your cattle? We've tried black velvet and box hair dye from the store.
We have found that we get the best results by mixing up a couple boxes into the spray bottle and only diluting it a little bit with kleen sheen, whereas before we had. Sullivan's BLAQ™ Livestock Dye provides better coverage and a richer black color that is easier to apply and is cost effective, when used properly, this kit covers 1 - 1,200lb animal. You can mix in 400lb increments for smaller applications.
Refresh your animal's hair back to a long lasting, brilliant black with Sullivan's BLAQ™. This dye was specifically formulated to be a long. The dye will help alot to blend the appearance of different lengths of hair together, and help cover up spots that were clipped very short.
If you dye a really hairy one before you clip, you'll need to do it again afterwards if you want it to look it's best.