Thread: Got a new Dirty Bird!!! Now a question

I got a new Dirty Bird 1.5 scuttle.....really nice....keeps lather warm and makes one heck of a lather very quickly with the webbing pattern in the bowl.

So warm lather is good, I though I would try really hot lather and put boiliing water into my scuttle.....nice and really hot was what I was after. Well I could not for the life of me get a good lather in that environment!!! The lather would not keep and stayed very loose and would not uberlather like I am used too.

I don't really understand why but too hot is not good for lather!!!

P.S. The scuttle is really awsome and I back the product, really nice experience ordering, and wow does it help with lather and keeping it warm.

Hello, Darwin:
Excessive heat breaks up the lather. Keep it warm with hot tap water.

Regards,
Obie

yea i learned that lesson as well. im still looking for that perfect temperature water to use in mine. my tap water doesnt get very warm unless it runs for about 10 min so i use a water boiler and try to turn it off at just the right time (havent gotten it down to a science yet)

-dan-

try half (almost) boiling water & half tap. Works for me when I want really warm lather.

didn't know that hot water did that to the soap.....all I know is that the spider web design makes some really good lather really quick, and the scuttle is a thing of art!

will not go as overboard tonight with the heat and will see the results.

Very few soaps lather well when the scuttle is too hot. I think that it is because there are lather destroying gremlins, which are invisible, and are heat-activated. I am quite certain that this is what is happening.

FWIW you'll find that even soaps that don't lather well at room temperature will lather well in a cold scuttle. Cold activates the invisible lather enhancing fairies.

130-145 degrees.....seems to be about right....I've done some testing with a digital thermometer....

I hate to be the one to break the news to you gentlemen, but you're not going to get HOT lather with the DB. I've been using my DB for about a year and the best that it's going to get is WARM lather.

Don't get me wrong - I like my DB and I'm not about to stop using it, but forget hot lather.

And if you decide the lather isn't that warm anymore - just try going back to a plain old shaving mug. You'll swear that you're using cold water.

Of course, YMMV.

Freehand

Originally Posted by Freehand

I hate to be the one to break the news to you gentlemen, but you're not going to get HOT lather with the DB. I've been using my DB for about a year and the best that it's going to get is WARM lather.

Don't get me wrong - I like my DB and I'm not about to stop using it, but forget hot lather.

And if you decide the lather isn't that warm anymore - just try going back to a plain old shaving mug. You'll swear that you're using cold water.

Of course, YMMV.

Freehand

He has a point. I had the DB 1.5, and before that the GTP G5, neither kept my lather warm, maybe for the first pass, but after that, luke warm at best....The GTP's walls are too thin...I'm not sure about the DB 1.5, but it only holds 2 cups at best....It cools very quickly...

When I got the DB "Double" which holds 4 cups (32oz) of water, and is over 6 inches in diameter, I was happy. It actually keeps your lather nice and warm for multiple passes. The extra large size aides in building lather too.
There are couple of manufacturer's that make scuttles that large.

Something else you can try, is putting little rubber feet on the scuttle, availabe at most hardware and super stores... It keeps it off your counter, so there's not surface to surface heat loss, and it's also nice, It keeps it sturdy on the counter....

Bigger is better Gentlemen. Of course, YMMV

Another idea to retain heat in the scuttle, or mug, is to use a silicone rubber mat under it. An idea passed on to me by one of our moderators!
Ed
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