William, Are you saying that the original intent ,as you understand it ,of hot seating was not to seal but to save ...either time or money......
Christos, Thanks for finding that study, I hope you will "translate" it into words that even I can understand. One thought about it and why things...
Christos, Viable question, "do we really care" and I guess my only answer would be that it seems that historically folks have cared enough to say...
In an effort to get more info. I think I'll open this subject up over on Horseshoes.com and reference the discussion here. Regards Ray Steele
Christos, great pixs, thank you, do you have suggestions to test the sealing theory/s? again thanks Regards Ray Steele
Bruce, 1st we may have to prove that Bill Adams exists! Regards Ray
Christos, micro scope, I can see that becoming a "must" have part of every farriers tool box, now to decide, from the Gilbert chemistry set, or...
Spotonshoeing, thanks for the ideas, maybe someone will be in a position to evaluate this, if they deem it worthwhile. Regards Ray
Michael, I'm not sure that this has been studied ,that's why I asked, hopefully someone might be able to shed some or create some knowledge....
Christos, Thanks, I look forward to reading what you find. Regards Ray
Christos, I understand that you"believe" that it seals and I sure that most other folks who say that it seals believe it also, I'm not...
Tom, "cepting Alice" Regards ray
Tom, but then does the hoof tubules take in or give off moisture thru the ends or thru the sides, or both? Regards Ray
Lclayton, then ,as I'm sure you will agree, by all means keep doing the good work, but you and i ,I feel, have gotten away from the subject of if...
Lclayton, not trying to be funny, common sense says to me that if I put a hot enough object on your hundred dollar bill that you put on a...
william, I dont have an opinion on this one, lots of questions,really trying to seperate fact from fiction. One opinion that I have is that...
Lclayton, This ,at least for me is not a hot shoeing vs cold vs warm or tepid discussion, and was not meant to bring up this (cold vs...
William, thanks, I did a quick check by typing in "hot seating, seals the tubules" but didn't get much ,and nothing that appeared to be more...
Lclayton If it is fact that when we trim the hoof we open them up as you have stated, do you know what closes them after, if we don't hot...
William, as I stated, I have heard it said for years that hot seating seals the tubules, I'm just asking if anyone knows in fact that it does ?...
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