So I have shaved 3 times now and each time I can not seem to get a good lather going, it just wont froth up, and when it does get to the right consistency it just wimps out as soon as its on my face for 30 seconds or more. I have played with a bunch of different ways, less water, more water, more soap, and I started from the begining over and over to try and get it to lather up but it just wont work, I spent an hour the other day trying to figure it out. And seriously it cant be that hard right? So I have super hard water in my house and I have come to the conclusion that that has to be factoring into the lather to some extent. Does anyone have tips for dealing with the hard water? Im sure Im not the only one here that lives in an old farm house with hard water lol
I did notice that when I built the lather on my face that worked better but it still seemed rather "thick" and if I added more water it was right... and then wimped out 30 seconds later. Im using SRD unscented soap.

any help would be much appreciated
sorry if this question was posted already

Thanks peoples!