As to allergies, vetec cures to an inert substance. I have heard that horses are allergic to all kinds of things, owners looking for problems I think. That said, I've found I've had horses that were even allergic to being trimmed, I got ribs broken outa that deal. A fellow lecturing at a clinic said he had put cuffs on a high end foal with Supperfast once and both front hoofs sloughed off. Had to put the horse down. I think a nice dry summer foot will take more heat than a soggy winter hoof. The moisture will conduct the heat further into the foot.
If you were to squirt a bunch of Superfast into a Styrofoam cup so that is is one large 8oz mass, the exothermic reaction will very likely melt the cup and get hot enough to make smoke due to the relatively large mass and the relatively small surface area provided for heat to escape from the mass. Most cross linking polymers have a published peak exothermic heat index based on a specific mass and volume or a designed thickness intended during application and expected ambient temperatures expected. I don't know if Superfast has that information printed on the label or in their application guide, but I'm sure is is available. For example, polyester fiberglass resin (like used in boats) is generally applied in thin layers and the fiberglass itself as well as the atmosphere absorbs a lot of the heat from the exothermic reaction. But if you catalyze an entire gallon of polyester resin and just let it sit there, you might see it explode or catch fire depending on the amount of promoter is in the mixture. Give me a gallon of standard fiberglass resin and then over-promote it with an ounce of cobalt, then over-catalyze it with 6 ounces of MEKP . . . makes a flaming plastic bomb.
Yep, I managed to get a good smoky reaction going when canoe building in my teens, however, the size and shape of a horseshoe such as Tejun was making has a large surface area relative to mass, so I don't think the heat build up would reach dangerous levels in a full grown horse.
Second time shoeing this horse. Founder not sure when. Owners didn't know about the cavity on the hind foot until I resected it last shoeing. Made this shoe at the horse today. 13 in of 3/8 x 3/4
Nice shoe but maybe alittle more toe taken off to help the HPA or maybe square or backup the toe more than a roll? Just thinkin outloud..
I think that was taken care of with the rolled toe. Look at the soler view and see it relevant to the point of frog. Looks a good start to me, much more and we would of had a dorsal rasp strip.
Gary, the foot felt like if I kept taking depth I would have hit the red stop sign. I might have been able to back the shoe up a touch more. But I felt good with were we ended. I should have got a before shot.
I might have been a little more aggressive with the foot and done a full web roll or rocker if I had fresh radiographs. Otherwise the only thing about this job I don't like is that it wasn't ME who did it.
I was going by the HPA in that photo...looks alittle broken back that's all? I am sure what was done helped a lot..just sayin
