Udder Cleansers?

[TriWinkle]

What's cleanser do you use on your girls before milking? Why do you use it? Have you tried other cleansers and what was your experience with them?

[Chixarecute]

When we milked, we used Ivory dish soap.

After milking, we used a regular iodine based teat dip.

[Awnry Abe]

Pre-milking I use diluted Shaklee's basic H on micro fiber towels. One per cow. On filthy days, I'll also use sanitary wipes in addition. I use the basic H because it makes the teats, and my hands, feel greaseless and clean without a soapy residue. On the downside, if I am not careful and over saturate the towel, I end up waiting longer for the teats to dry. I don't run into that issue with the wipes. They dry right up, but do a poor job of soil removal.

Post milking I use foaming iodine. (Hamby's messed up a recent re-order and sent me foaming "by mistake". I was torqued at first, but after using it once I will never go back to non-foaming.)

[sammyd]

Have used a number of pre milking things. Chloro hex, iodine, iodine udder wash inwarm water, even straight bleach at one place. Have used single use paper towels, individual micro fiber towels, and regular cloth rags. I think the chloro hex dip pre and post using single use paper towels worked the best.

[kycrawler]

Dish soap and a little bleach with warm water and a dish cloth after milking we use the pink udder dip in a spray bottle