Thread: Help an old guy out with lathering

I am putting this here since there is no 'lathering' forum, and it concerns using a brush. I could have put it in soaps & creams forum, but six of one, half dozen of the other, here it is.

I used to run tap water on my brush, I shave cold, and then stick it in a Moss Scuttle with enough water to keep it soaking. Drip a bit of water on the puck, and walk away for 5 minutes.

Lather I got that way was alright, but never as good as some I've seen on the forums, videos, that meringue looking stuff. Lately I've been just dipping the tips of the bristles in the scuttle with water. Getting maybe a half inch wet,, shaking it out over the dry puck and going at it.

The theory, as I understand it, is that the brush will have more flow through if the whole knot isn't sopping wet. Again, the lathering is just 'alright', nothing to write home about.

If you're getting great lather, what is you procedure ?