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okedokey, saw a really cool Moss Scuttle at the DFW get together last weekend and liked the idea, but looked up the price tag and wasn't a huge fan. So, I headed down to the hardware store and did a sweet substitute.
They fit together perfectly, conduct heat rather well, the inner vessel is roughly textured (feels a tad rougher than a 1200 grit waterstone), and best of all, costs six bucks.
Anyone else try this?
Now that is cool. Where did you get it......where can i buy it........LET ME KNOW
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Originally Posted by IsaacRN
+1 for that...and to that I add - what was that originally? Product name?
Mark
Lowe's, garden section. It's called a "self watering pot." Evidently water from the outside pot will gradually seep into the inner pot. Not fast enough to make your lather soggy, tho, takes a coupla hours.
Can't tell from my bad pix, but it has a cool multicolored glaze on it.
Does water leech from one pot to the other? If so, how does that affect your lather?
Mark
It's a very slow leech, through the normally porous unglazed ceramic.
Damn....i have no Lowes in Manhattan :P
DOes it conduct and hold heat well so your lather stays warm?
Can you take a couple more pics so we can see it a bit better?
I'm still seeking out the best way to get and keep hot lather. I've tried a number of bowl in bowl configurations and I bought a mug heater pad...
I'm still lookin
:)
Tom
yes, it holds heat very well, my lather is nice and hot. The seepage from outer to inner vessel is very slight; I take about 15 minutes to shave and it is not noticeable.
Last 2 are extreme macro closeups to show quality of glaze.
Just about any place that sells flower pots should have this type.Quote:
Originally Posted by IsaacRN
Ceramic is considerably porous, and glazed ceramic is water proof. this combination of a lot of 'empty space' within the product which is not being filled by water (the outer wall, at least) makes for a good insulator. The nature ofthe vessel does not conduct heat very well, so the water in the lower portion remains warm longer, giving you warm lather for longer.Quote:
Originally Posted by TOB9595
THAT is a freakin' awesome idea. I just have to try it.
Great eye!
This should work very well...I will visit Lowes this weekend.
Might try Smith and Hawken, or any other gardening store...oh, wait, you're in New York. Maybe online ordering?Quote:
Originally Posted by IsaacRN
Out here in the Texas hill country, I might find 'em at the ranch & feed store, or Tractor Supply Company, or the Bass Pro Shop in San Antonio... On an off-note, I really like TSC, they have great stuff, including cooking stuff like catfish breading that's delicious! Yep, I'm a redneck gal all right.
No way I would use this regularly. A lather bowl is a hygiene item, and the idea of its walls being porous and unglazed sounds messy - on the long run. Of course the water takes a while to make it through the clay, lather making is not affected.
The drawback is that the water also takes a long while to get out of the clay after use, and it will leave whatever lime or other solvable and minute ingredients (and soap) is in it - in the pores. There it will build up eventually and look, well, unsavoury, to say the least.
Get stoneware, that is unporous even without a glaze. Or take this to your local potter who makes earthenware, and have him line the inner pot with a glaze and fire it (but this solution is not quite safe because the firing temperature would have to be the same as the one used for the original glaze). Or take it to your local potter and have him make you a stoneware copy. Stoneware lasts thousands of years - this won't.
Greetings
oskar
If there is a community college nearby at all, there are usually pottery classes and students more than willing to take on a project like this for maybe just the cost of the clay.Quote:
Or take this to your local potter who makes earthenware, and have him line the inner pot with a glaze and fire it (but this solution is not quite safe because the firing temperature would have to be the same as the one used for the original glaze). Or take it to your local potter and have him make you a stoneware copy.
I took the plunge and got a Moss Scuttle, I couldn't be happier with the quality of the workmanship, artistic merit, and warmth of my lather! Though I admit the cost was a little steep, especially for some of the younger guys who are just getting started. Well worth the effort to get something proper that will last a long time as Oskar said.
I've got a large Moss scuttle on the way, but I admit I was a bit hesitant because of the price. At six bucks, you can get several self-watering pots, and if it goes bad, you can break it up and start a shaving mosaic for your bathroom floor.
I hesitate to say this because I've yet to use the Moss, but I like the fact that you can remove the bowl on the plant pot. I plan on using the Moss to make the lather--I don't want to hassle with the transfer thing. With this, you can make the lather in the bowl and then set it down into the hot water.
How about just putting a few coats of a good varnish (yacht varnish for instance) on the unglazed areas, im sure that would stand up to the hot water and solve the problem. Also be a damn sight cheaper and easier than getting it glazed.
This is a wonderful find. It works just like it is. Keeps the lather hot/warm and it's attractive.
Great find.
Thanks for sharing the idea with us
Tom
Great idea. Maybe something like Thompson's waterproofing used for decks? Or would that leech in too?Quote:
Originally Posted by caskwith
*I* won't last thousands of years either, guess I should trade myself in for the upgrade? :wQuote:
Originally Posted by oskar
I have seen these at Wal*Mart as well. They somtimes go under the name Violet pot.
Ummm, it's soap. What difference would it make if there is soap residue in the clay? I never clean out my lather bowl. I don't see the point of anyone doing so unless they also use a new bar of soap every time they bathe.Quote:
Originally Posted by oskar
I think it is agreat idea, I orderd one and it is on the way.
Charlie
I was only speaking for myself. This is a question of personal preference, and hygiene and unglazed porous surfaces just do not go together for me personally. Anyone with a different taste is welcome to use what they want. It probably won't kill. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Utopian
Greetings
oskar
I think this is a great design with a minor problem of the porus inner pot which can be in my mind atleast corrected with a product used to waterproof terracotta pots for use as a fish pond. http://thaibondall.com/pondtiteuse_eng.php though I have not done this myself.
You will probably have some left over to make a nice little pot pond or water garden for your family or coat a few pots and sell them here....
There's a Lowe's right by the draw bridge in brooklyn under the BQE. It's not too far from the home depot and jetro.
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Originally Posted by IsaacRN
I LIKE IT. That is a freaking awesome....
im worried that the porous sides (which I'm imagining like a fine-grained pumus rock) will eat away at your brush bristles because it isn't smooth glaze.
is that possible?
The idea is still fantastic. I am taking the one I picked up at Wally World last night and slapping some type of glaze I will pick up at Hobby Lobby to take care of the porous inner pot and the texture in one swoop. For today's shave, I used my trusty boar brush and some of Jockeys's Lime soap (outstanding by the way!!) and the combo worked superbly.Quote:
Originally Posted by marosell
BTW doesn't Oskar make scuttles? Maybe it's a different Oskar.
Anyway, I say glaze the inside and you've got some earthly perfection!
An alternative some may find useful:
After reading this post, and others concerning scuttles, I was intrigued and realized that I might have had a solution right in front of my face.
I had to buy a hot pot (electric tea kettle with the large open top) simply because my tap water doesn't get hot enough to make a nice cream.
Anyway, after reading this post, I tried using it to keep the lather warm. After making a lather in my regular old mug, I poured out enough water from the kettle so the water wouldn't run over the brim, then submerged the mug in the hot water.
It worked great, and I'll keep using this since I am very attached to my mug.
I like my redneck scuttle.
Charlie
Would marine epoxy work as a glaze??
Yes, as long as it adheres to the sides and doesn't run down and clump at the bottom.Quote:
Originally Posted by jss
How I wish these pots existed on this side of the pond. I can't find one anywhere!
I don't know about varnish or deck sealer, but a quick dip in epoxy would seal it up, if you feel like it needs to be sealed at all. Good find!
Great find!
I've had two of those for plants, decades ago, so existed and do probably still exist in Europe.
You don't have to seal them. Water itself does with the lime over time.
Just make it wet and let dry a couple of times.
That's a magnificent idea!
and ive heard that lemon juicewill cut lime deposite from poroue surfaces, so if u do start getting a crusty white look, you dont have to resort to chemicals or anything
UPDATE: new redneck scuttle v2.0
http://straightrazorpalace.com/brush...le-v2-0-a.html
I have this and it works great. The water doesn't seep in fast at all. The only thing that I recommend is not using boiling water, it will get super hot and dry up the lather. You might need a longer brush cause its kinda deep.
http://straightrazorpalace.com/misce...e-scuttle.html