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Gaz Using Col. Conk Soap 05-24-2008, 07:12 PM
sicboater Col. Conk is pretty decent... 05-24-2008, 07:45 PM
jockeys I have found it easier, with... 05-25-2008, 05:58 AM
Russel Baldridge Your technique sounds good,... 05-25-2008, 07:38 AM
gary haywood I was thinking of trying this... 08-25-2008, 12:11 PM
Lucius Sounds like you're not adding... 08-25-2008, 02:36 PM
modul8r "Charged"? "Loaded"? ... 08-25-2008, 09:11 PM
dnjrboy I just started wet shaving... 08-26-2008, 03:12 AM
mastafnogg I'm pretty new at this, but... 01-23-2011, 07:05 PM
mastafnogg Where in Austin? North,... 01-23-2011, 07:07 PM
SonOf1337 Charging and loading refer to... 01-23-2011, 08:16 PM
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    I just started wet shaving and got both Proraso and Col Conk Almond. I found it to be no problem to make wicked lather with the Proraso, but was having problems with the Conk. I have been working with the Conk for the last week and over the last 5 or so shaves have improved my lather quite a bit.

    I like to put my brush into a bowl of water and dribble some water onto my soap (still in the plastic container thingy) before I shower. I close the lid on the soap thingy.
    I get out of the shower and drain the water from the bowl. I shake the brush a couple of times so that there is no dripping water.
    I then twist the brush back and forth until I have a good lather going right on the soap.
    I transfer to my bowl and begin to whip/pump.
    I try and get stiff peaks on my lather, but I usually do not quite get there. Soft peaks for sure.
    I then work the lather on my face for probably a minute on top of whatever I did in the bowl.

    This has been working pretty good.

    I would suggest making a couple of bowls of lather to get a feel for how much water you need to add. I probably make about 5 bowls before I got it right enough.

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    I'm pretty new at this, but what I found works, is just to really bear down on the soap, and use a lot of it. It burns through your bar quickly, but it works for me.

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