Any reports back on how the Whoa Dust control product is working? Pros…Cons…
Ease of application? What footing material did you add it to?
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Any reports back on how the Whoa Dust control product is working? Pros…Cons…
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I would love to hear about this too as well as any good portable watering solutions as we don’t have sprinklers on our large outdoor ring with rubber footing.
If your outdoor is sand the general recommendation is MagChlor
My order got lost by the US postal service, but they sent me a new bucket which arrived late last week. Unfortunately, my drag needed a repair so I sent that to the welder, but as soon as I get it back I will install the Whoa Dust and report back.
Thanks Candico. I am anxious to hear… I tried a polymer (I think) product about 10 years ago that held water and dispersed it when the footing dried out. It was supposed to be used in at least 3 inches of footing, and even though I only had about 2.5 inches, I decided to give it a try. Anyway, it didn’t work. I really would like to find something that works!
Interested too. How do jumpers find it???
Meh… It was easy enough to apply to a round pen, although with an arena you might want a second person to switch off with using the seed spreader because my holding hand was cramping a bit.
Unfortunately, in this climate if I water in the morning, I have about 4 -6 hours before the top of my arena dries off and gets very dusty. Fortunately, I can ride my two horses within that time frame and my sister gets two done as well. The product cuts watering in half on average according to the website for most people and for me seems to have slowed the dry out time to about 20 hours instead of the 4-6. However, this still means I will have to water every day to keep it dust free. Since I applied it to my round pen which I use only a few times a week for lunging, but do use to turn out daily, I do like that by afternoon there is not a huge cloud of dust every time a horse walks around in there, but that perk probably doesn’t justify the cost and this works only if I water every day, where I would normally water it well when I needed to use it. It does bind the sand well, but again, if the arena is watered daily in the morning it is still a good consistency for my a.m. rides anyway so it would not really help cut costs if I applied it to my arenas.
I really was hoping for a product that would spread the need to water to at least every other day, but no luck here with the Whoa Dust 
Has anyone used any of those traveling sprinklers in a large outdoor with success? I’ve heard they can water quite unevenly but that’s just anecdotal information. I’d love to hear from someone who really uses one in a large outdoor. We have sand and rubber footing so it would have to be able to work over that kind of surface.
I’ve seen dishwashing soap sprayed in with a water load work very well to keep dust down even in arenas that can’t get watered.
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I’ve seen dishwashing soap sprayed in with a water load work very well to keep dust down even in arenas that can’t get watered.[/QUOTE]
Beentheredonethat - In the interest of keeping costs down, this sounds like it might be worth a try. Anyone have details or experience with this method? How much per sq ft?
I do not know much about outdoor dust control, will ask my father-in-law. I would definitely suggest you to keep track of the dust and dirt entering your home. Few know of the health problems caused by dust mites and dirt in carpets and cushions, I have seen it first hand. It even affects animals. Hope this is helpful.
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I don’t know, but the person who told me about it said she poured a gallon into the watering truck and it started bubbling and sudsing all over. So, maybe a gallon a load or so? If you want to use brand name Dawn, as used in cleaning up wildlife, it’s about $16 a gallon, so that seems reasonable.
This sounds like a cheap alternative that might be worth a try…There are lots of different sizes of watering trucks though. Any other details? And how long did it help?
I was just reading that glycerin oil is often used to control dust in arena’s. Doesn’t soap contain glycerin oil? If so, could be the reason Dawn or Palmolive dishwashing soap could control dust.
The cheapest solution should be the DustOut dust control product coz for a standard application, you just dilute 1 liter of DustOut concentrate in 500 liters of water which is then good to use on 500 square meters of track. The best thing about it is, you can skip an application and instead just use regular water to reactivate its effects. More savings for us!
How long do these last if it rains though…?
TrotTrotPumpkn were you asking about the DustOut dust control product that I mentioned? I’ve asked the same question regarding the impact of the rain to the effectivity of the dust controller. What I know is that, during the first application, it should not be raining or at least, the previously treated area should have dried up already from the first DustOut treatment.
No experience with Whoa dust , but had great results with DustHalt. Ive tried a bunch of glycerin type options but the granules in the dusthalt were much easier to work with and actually improved the footing unlike the glycerins that just seemed to roll underneath my horses.
