Thread: lathering up trouble

I make my lather in a bowl.
Like Bouschie I load the brush by (after soaking in hot water for a minute) rotating it and whilst rotating releasing pressure.
i use a medium size bowl which I keep hot with the hottest water the faucet gives just up till the moment I come in with the brush. I quickly discard the hot water, which leaves me with a wet and hot bowl.
At first there;s always the big frothy bubbles, but after a while it always turns into a creamy lather. No mather what soap I use. Just dont give up quickly. There's a lot of differenece between the soaps.
I find Mitchell's Woolfat Soap give a lot of arge bubbles at first, and TOBS (the cream) turn almost immediately in a perfect thick lather.
Grating the soap can help, but I personally never really had to do this (except fot giving it a try).

Just keep at it. You'll get there eventually, I'm sure.
The path to creating the perfect lather is almost just as much fun as the way to perfect a straigh razor shave.

Remember, endure and have fun. It's not work, so enjoy the proces.