Thread: Disappearing lather

Any advice on how to make lather last longer? The lather I make always seems to disintegrate on my face within 30-60 seconds. Tried 3 brands of soap and 2 brands of cream. Also tried distilled water and it didn't make much difference. I also have trouble just getting the lather on my face. Seems to cling to the brush pretty tightly. Tried a badger and a boar brush. Tried both face and bowl lathering. Tried a little water and a lot of water. Tried various kinds of motions with the brush. Tried lathering for 30 seconds all the way up to 5 minutes. After 2 1/2 months of near daily shaving, I still can't seem to make lather that lasts longer than 60 seconds. Any suggestions?

What are the soaps and creams you have been using? I hope this helps.

Bob

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You could need more product to the amount of water?

Originally Posted by Razorrookie01

You could need more product to the amount of water?

This would be my guess for a solution...

One thing that I found was that my soap bowl was too small. It was one that came in a kit. You need to whip the soap and then whip it some more. It needs to look like whip cream. The are several good videos on the correct procedure. Good Luck!

Originally Posted by LexTac

One thing that I found was that my soap bowl was too small. It was one that came in a kit. You need to whip the soap and then whip it some more. It needs to look like whip cream. The are several good videos on the correct procedure. Good Luck!

With him trying face lathering unless he was just doing it totally wrong wouldn't that have solved this issue?

I was having trouble building lather with the soap that I got from SRD in my kit. Took it out of the plastic tub it came in and placed it in the bottom of my skuttle yesterday.

The lather was thick and creamy. Took just a minute to build up. When I tried to do it with the soap still in the tub and then building it up in my skuttle it only gave me soap bubbles.

Not sure if that's the right way or not but it sure worked well.

Originally Posted by Razorrookie01

With him trying face lathering unless he was just doing it totally wrong wouldn't that have solved this issue?

At the time I was using a soap puck and face lathering didn't work well for me, a large bowl and more whipping action along with the addition of a little more water worked well for me. I have found that face lathering works great with creams, but not so much with my "cheap" soap puck. YMMV

Are you soaking the brush long enough?

Originally Posted by Razorrookie01

Are you soaking the brush long enough?

You know I never soak my brushes, boar, badger or synthetic, just swirl in the sink water, shake and load the brush. Everyone has a different way of loading a brush and building a lather. That is what makes it hard to advise someone having trouble lathering. I can be a little confusing for the person having trouble too. It's all good though and you have to just try different things to see what works for you.

I have to agree with the posters that think maybe not enough product is being loaded before lathering.

As you build the lather and add water as you go you get to the point where the lather on your face gets a sort of sheen to it. That is where I stop as it seems to indicate there is enough water in the lather not to dry out too quickly. Got to get the right balance of enough product and enough water which can be tricky to do.

Bob