Or not.

I often wonder how I, and every other horse person, missed inventing Velcro.  We’ve struggled for years trying to remove those little stickers from horses tails, but never thought of using the idea to work for the good.  We could have been very rich by now.

Hook and loop closures, more commonly known as Velcro are wonderful when they work, and frustrating when they don’t.  I hate when I have a piece of cellophane wrap, and it sticks to itself just fine, but won’t stick to the bowl that you want it to.  Hook and loop also can fall into that category.  You’ve put a leg wrap on, and you either see your horse walking along dragging this colored banner behind him, or you end up having to walk the pasture to find it before your kids or husband run it over with the mower, (of course you would never do that) thus leaving you to pick up a million little pieces that were once your favorite leg wrap.

Anyway, I’m getting off track.  When your Hook & Loop no longer want to stick to where it should, it’s quick to fix.  Those little hooks catch everything, much like our stickers, and it accumulates under the hooks.  All you need to do is clean them out occasionally.  My old blanket repair man used to use a steel brush to pull the little fibers out.  I use an old shedding blade.  You know the kind that had leather (or plastic) on each end and you could bend it around to itself.  One side you could use as a sweat scraper and the other side a shedding blade.  Or you could use a cat or dog brush (the kind with the needle like ends that puncture your fingers if you grab it wrong).  Just rake it down and all the little threads come off in a ball.

The bottom line is if you keep the hook side clean it will grip like the day you bought it.  No need to replace the Velcro or throw, what ever it’s attached to, out.

Simple.   You’re good to go now.