Thread: I need help from an expert in soap lather making

I am seeing a pattern here that I do not agree with, at least 2 people have used the reference of 3-5 seconds to load enough soap on the brush...

I think maybe there is a little more variance then we think in water then, because with my very hard water 3-5 seconds of loading soap on the brush would not accomplish anything at all... I swirl an almost dry brush on the top of the soap puck for at least 30 seconds pushing and swirling pretty hard to load soap before ever trying to build lather... In that thread you will see where I say the soap should look clumpy, on the brush before you start, I think Mantic shows or describes the same thing... My advice is forget the time references and load until it is clumpy first...

Also since you are now shopping for a soap you might want to go with one of the proved hard water performers I listed...

hmm, maybe I'll get the soap out the trash and try again, this time loading more soap.

Originally Posted by gssixgun

I am seeing a pattern here that I do not agree with, at least 2 people have used the reference of 3-5 seconds to load enough soap on the brush...

I think maybe there is a little more variance then we think in water then, because with my very hard water 3-5 seconds of loading soap on the brush would not accomplish anything at all... I swirl an almost dry brush on the top of the soap puck for at least 30 seconds pushing and swirling pretty hard to load soap before ever trying to build lather... In that thread you will see where I say the soap should look clumpy, on the brush before you start, I think Mantic shows or describes the same thing... My advice is forget the time references and load until it is clumpy first...

Also since you are now shopping for a soap you might want to go with one of the proved hard water performers I listed...

Yep, that's why I said 30-45 seconds in my first post in this thread. His soap (Art of Shaving) is one of the absolute best soaps on the market. Really, it's great stuff. However, you have to load your brush for a long time to get enough product to create a good lather. Warbler, if you'll read my first post in this thread and do exactly that, I'd bet dollars to doughnuts you can build a nice lather