Stable Clothing: Stay Dry and Clean Through the Shed Day

Stable Clothing: Clothing That Survives the Shed

Milking, washing down, trimming hooves, mucking out cubicles: on those jobs the wet comes from the front, the dirt from below and the splashes from everywhere. Ordinary clothing is soaked through afterwards. Stable clothing starts exactly there and keeps off what would otherwise land on your skin. We have split the category into four parts so you go straight to what suits your work, from the overall to disposable kit for visitors.

Wet, Dirty, Every Single Day

For work at the udder and at the wash bay there are milking and washing aprons in waterproof material, with or without pockets, with sleeves or without. Anyone trimming hooves reaches for the long PVC apron or the version with a leg cut-out, which does not pull when you work on a lifted foot. If your whole body needs to stay dry, the waterproof hooded washing coverall is the right answer. And when only your forearms are in the wet, sleeve protectors in Oxford fabric, softshell or synthetic rubber are enough.

Disposable Clothing and Biosecurity

Vets, hoof trimmers, advisers and technicians all come from other farms, and germs travel on shoes and clothing. Hooded disposable coveralls, disposable coats and overshoes break that chain, because they end up in the bin after the visit instead of in the next shed. That is the point of disposable clothing: biosecurity in practice, not just a tidy impression. For work with cleaners and crop protection there are also protective suits of type 4, 5 and 6.

Frequently Asked Questions

Overall or apron?
An apron is tied on in seconds and is enough when the wet comes from the front, for instance at milking. An overall pays off as soon as you bend, kneel or duck under stock and want your back and legs to stay dry too.

How often do I change disposable clothing?
Once per visit and per shed section. A disposable coverall worn twice loses exactly the purpose it is there for, so keep a few spares in the cupboard by the shed door.

How do I care for aprons and overalls?
Rinse waterproof aprons with clean water after work and hang them up to dry. Textile overalls go in the wash. Either way, everything should be genuinely dry before the next use.