My scuttle gets intermittent use. I enjoy it when I do use it and my method is to fill the scuttle with hot water, make about a 1/2 bowl of lather, do all my other prep.....empty the hot water and fill once more then have at it. To me lather that has some time to 'rest' for lack of a better word is preferable to lather right after the first dance in the scuttle with the brush. Sounds kind of weird to me now that I write it out.....