Thread: Do you dump the lather from your mug or leave it for the next shave?

Originally Posted by Razorfeld

I usually run an uber lather concoction for about a week the dump it and start again. But the brush is washed and air dried eveyday.

I have taken to squeezing my brush out into my hand and palming it into the scuttle. Different lather each shave for 4 shaves. I have a plastic lid which sits on top. Pretty good stuff as you toss in a bit of water and whip it up. MDC, Proraso, Trumper's limes, Razorock and whathaveyou all together. Always is great lather, A different experience. Wash the brush and dry each shave.
Not about frugal, just having fun with it. After the 'potpourri' shave, I wash everything good and do it again!

Well, I face lather so there is not much of a lather on top of the puck after loading the brush. When finished the brush gets a thorough rinse, a couple of shakes and is hung to dry. The puck is covered and put away. I am at the age age stage where wasting a bit of soap matters not. Each to there own.

Bob

Originally Posted by BobH

Well, I face lather so there is not much of a lather on top of the puck after loading the brush. When finished the brush gets a thorough rinse, a couple of shakes and is hung to dry. The puck is covered and put away. I am at the age age stage where wasting a bit of soap matters not. Each to there own.

Bob

So you'd say your brushes are well hung eh?

I rinse my lather off completely and start fresh the next time. Afterall I don't save my table scraps to eat the next day.

Talking about this, I had an old barber once who used the disposable blade Weck to go around the ears and the neck.
After the first time, he shook so much, I requested clippers.
As old glen passed away, I bought a bunch of old stuff from his daughter from the barber shop. I found his mug and bought it.
Never washed it, just sits on my shelf at the shop. Talk about frugal!
Sure glad I insisted on the clippers!

Introduced a good old friend to DE shaving, and he was doing exactly that, saving the lather and not even rinsing the brush. I was a bit horrified, but then remembered it was only a cheap horse hair brush that I had given him anyway. He is funny like that, tighter than a fishes bunghole, and that is water tight.

I remeber grandpa always had a cup of lather in the bathroom. I rinse it down the drain everyday

Yeah....fresh lather for me....but I have never tried to reuse so I can't knock it. Maybe I will try it sometime.

I have enough soaps and creams to last longer than I will, so I wash everything out, but then I'm now a face lather, so what's in the mug is just residue from resting the brush in it while I shave. I'm with BobH on this one!

I see the issue, but I just use brush-wringings. I had not thought of it until a recent thread, but, as I tend to face-lather all the time as well these days, I had to put the nice scuttle to use somehow. It is fun. What can I say?

I rinse everything out. I use to try and save it, because it just seemed wasteful. But I'm rather particular about how I take care of my thing's and how they're kept, so I stopped doing that because all my shaving items set out in plain site. Definitely think it's worth doing, if your trying to be frugal. Now you have me thinking about getting another container to save my lather! DAMIT! I'll never get through all my soaps....