Thread: Lather vanishing problem

My best man uses Col Conk soaps, and swears by them. I can attest to the fact that one can build rather decent lather with them. Speaking of which, TonyJ and gugi have provided all the information on building lather from soap you might ever need: Making basic soap lather - Straight Razor Place Wiki.

Good luck, and keep us posted on your progress.

Regards,
Robin

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usually if your lather is dissapearing it means not enough water or not enough soap.

Does your lather have a bunch of tiny air bubbles/holes? you may need to add more soap, try swirling your brush on the soap upside down it can help work the soap deeper into the knot that way (if that makes sense)

you said you already tried adding water slowly. Did you keep doing it till you went from to dry to perfect to runny soapy water? It can take 1-3 minutes to make a good lather sometimes. Sometimes what you think is great lather is really too dry if you add more water and mix another minute or so the lather will explode in your bowl.

Good luck let us know how you progress and if you find out what the problem was!

I use col conk soap, it can build a good lather but there is some tricks to make the most of it. Soak the brush and get it wet, I usually only shake out one swish of water out of the brush. If you have a soft brush hold the brush hair and load the brush about ten or so circles, then hold the handle and piston the brush up and down, while doing another 10 or so circles, that will load the soap deep into the brush.
Now slowly add water to your bowl, or add water onto the brush if you face lather.

Starting with a wet face helps a lot too

Crom