Thread: Weak Lather

I was going to say the same thing as Bob ,, you need to watch a video not us,, and soap is cheap , Palm lather a few times to get the feel for when a lather is right, doing the same thing expecting different results. Heck I still practice lathering a new soap to see what water ratio it likes. So go back until you ve beat that lather to death. Tc

Thanks for all the help fellas.

General consensus seems to be I'm drying the brush way too much by wringing it out, so I'll stop that.

>>To clarify, I actually didn't mean to leave the water running, I just got carried away making the video.<<

I've watched a lot of the instructional videos out there, and I wasn't picking up anything new so I thought it was time to bring it up with the experts.

I also don't like the coffee mug. It just came with the package I bought so I'm trying to make due.

Originally Posted by ratchet

General consensus seems to be I'm drying the brush way too much by wringing it out, so I'll stop that.


I've watched a lot of the instructional videos out there, and I wasn't picking up anything new so I thought it was time to bring it up with the experts.

You can load a dry/damp brush with soap if you load for a bit add a bit more water and load a bit more before moving to a bowl or your face. Once at the bowl or face you have to work up the lather adding a bit of water at a time till you get the lather you want.

Using mostly synthetic brushes that is the way I have to do it or have water and soap running out of the brush onto my hands. Generally I can load enough soap to get 4 good lathers for a 4 pass shave. I use a similarly dry/damp brush method with boars and badgers too. It is a matter of having enough soap loaded and then adding enough water to get a good lather.

Some visual cues that help me determine if the lather is good to go are when the rich thick lather leaves peaks when you pull the brush away and generally the lather will get a slight sheen/opalescence to it.

Bob

I have a few of those style mugs are they work great for putting a cake of soap in and loading the brush in the mug. I only ever load in one of the plastic containers unless it is the very last of the soap or it is a recycled container. I find it there is not enough freeboard in a container until it is about 2/3 done. I may be just a sloppy latherer though and perhaps others can load a brush without the freeboard.

Originally Posted by RezDog

I have a few of those style mugs are they work great for putting a cake of soap in and loading the brush in the mug. I only ever load in one of the plastic containers unless it is the very last of the soap or it is a recycled container. I find it there is not enough freeboard in a container until it is about 2/3 done. I may be just a sloppy latherer though and perhaps others can load a brush without the freeboard.

I find it messy too, but for things like my omega that are already in a bowl I load the brush with the soap container over my lathering bowl and Try to direct the mess into the bowl. At work I have a large plastic food storage container that is about 2/3 full of soap and that works very well for brush loading though it is somewhat unwieldy.

If you can't load a brush from a full container of soap the brush is too wet guys.

Bob

Originally Posted by BobH

If you can't load a brush from a full container of soap the brush is too wet guys.

Bob

Some might say that if you can your brush is too dry

In saying that I used to lather straight off of a shave stick, hold stick in one hand like a chocolate bar and just go to town on the end with brush, it was a bit messy too though.

Originally Posted by edhewitt

Some might say that if you can your brush is too dry

In saying that I used to lather straight off of a shave stick, hold stick in one hand like a chocolate bar and just go to town on the end with brush, it was a bit messy too though.

Yea, I do that with a shave stick too, rub a little on the brush, after I smear my face with it and then lather up. No shortage of lather for 4 passes that way.

Bob

Should add that is with a damp brush so never really messy though.

I'm really messy so I need all the help I can get. I do often start with too wet of a brush for sure, but if the container has a little freeboard it doesn't matter it can just hang out until next time. I do like my lather a little sloppy too, right around soft peak for me.

This video should help you.

I think you need to load up your brush with more soap.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=