Quote Originally Posted by zib View Post
I like Mantic's videos too. That method's a bit messy. There are better way's to make "uber" lather. Instead of using your sink to heat a bowl, you can use a very small crock pot, some are adjustable. I have one that was made for Potpourri. I use it as a double boiler. I don't know if they make them anymore, but I've seen small ones. That way your sink is free....
You can use any shave soap, a bit of shave cream, 5 drops of Glycerin, and you'll have all the rich creamy lather you can handle....
Well that seems like an interesting method. It might be worth a try. Actually the worst thing that happened to me using the bowl in the sink method was while I was shaving, water from the sink somehow flowed over the top of the bowl and my soap was in there so it was soaking in there pretty much the whole time I was shaving. I had decided to really take my time and do 3 passes that day and I didn't notice the soap until I was done because I have a seperate lather bowl (which I keep warm in the sink too). The whole cake was total mush by that time and fell apart when I picked it up. LOL Now I keep the soap bowl out of the water and only put the lather bowl in there.