Thread: DIY scuttle for $5

I tried this idea a few months back and it didn't work too well for me. The bowl floats when you put enough water in to keep it really warm.

After i bought these and tried it out, i realized that same thing. My remedy was to make the bowl a hair wider than the pitcher with rubber bands. Not regular rubber bands, the one i used was about a 1/2" wide about 4" long. The thickness about 1mm. I used 2 of these overlapping each other. Then every time i set the bowl in, i just apply (well to be honest) a good amount of pressure down. I do sometimes push it down too hard to where i have trouble getting it out again.

Seems to work pretty good. I have yet to have the bowl pop out of the water at me. The longest i have left it in there was about 30 minutes with scolding hot water.

EDIT:
The pitcher is also plastic. I am not sure if the results would turn out differently with a glass pitcher or not.

great idea for low cost scuttle. I agree with the suggestion of using epoxy of some kind to make ridges or grooves in the bowl. This would save a lot of time and probably mix a better lather.

Good idea. Thanks.

UPDATE:
4 years later i still use my DIY scuttle. The bathroom tub floor non--slip strips have fallen off, but the epoxy remains. Ive also had to replace my rubber bands going around the outer rim of the metal bowl to keep it from popping up when the water is full. Ive even dropped the pitcher the other day and broke off the handle, but epoxied that back on with no issues. The thing just keeps on working. I figured i would update so someone else (new to razors and cheap) would know that this works well.

Very good of you to update this. Thanks for finding it and letting us know. I know it will help others.

I have done similar in the past and it works well. Then I went REALLY cheap and just started face lathering.

We had a thread some time ago. As I recall it was "shaving on the cheap".

Maybe we should start another one where everyone can contribute all the McGyver solutions to wet shaving.

Dude, I so could have written this very thread save for the epoxy. And my “pitcher” is my coffee cup.

Seriously, I make a coffee every morning using a French Press and a kettle. As soon as the kettle boils and the coffee is poured, I go upstairs and either make a later in my stainless bowl, or throw the soap in to warm AND my brush - after which I put it on top of my coffee cup. Keeps the lather/brush warm, and the coffee too. Win/win.

Works for me.