Thread: Building Lather on the Soap?

Thank you Ed, I had the wrong guy, it was Razorfeld, Tc

Originally Posted by tcrideshd

Thank you Ed, I had the wrong guy, it was Razorfeld, Tc

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Originally Posted by spoken36

Water hardness changes everything. It is a bloody gigantic variable.

Yes it does, that's why I use Living water from the head of a mountain spring, it is the Only place to get living water, I also use it in making my fuel cells of + or- charged water.

Living water lathers like no other. Look it up. Orgone.

Originally Posted by FAL

Yes it does, that's why I use Living water from the head of a mountain spring, it is the Only place to get living water, I also use it in making my fuel cells of + or- charged water.

Living water lathers like no other. Look it up. Orgone.

What an interesting concept. Sure does make sense and I'm going to conduct more research. Opens up a whole new perspective. Not just about shaving anymore but I like it! I'm going to try to someway that might make living water so to speak.

When working in west Texas the only way to make a decent lather was to use bottled water. Tc

Originally Posted by edhewitt

You can make a scuttle with a deep bowl (fill part way with hot water) and a shallow bowl that will sit in the deep bowl but resting on the lip so it doesnt fall right in.
A soup bowl in a noodle bowl works and is a cheap experiment.

This is akin to what I do when I want hot lather. I have a Col Conk ceramic shave bowl, and I discovered it floats. So, I fill the sink with hot water, drop my brush into the sink, then float the bowl while I shower. By the time I'm out, the bowl and brush are nice and warm and makes for a nice lather. Once I've got my face lathered to my liking, I refloat the bowl so it stays warm for the second pass.

The only reason I started to use the above method is my discovery of Captain's Choice Bay Rum shave soap. It's creamy, but really thick. Kind of the same consistency as soft butter. Can't really lather directly on it, so I adapted my plan to put it in the col. conk bowl and used the bowl to foof lather instead. Any other time I just foof lather on top of the puck.

I used to build lather on the soap, now, I find a scuttle my preferred way to go.

From my experience, the soap seems to expand in volume and the scent has a chance to really explode when properly "whipped" up in a warm to hot scuttle. Scalding hot water breaks the soap down, and tends to liquify the soap, which also tends to make lathering with the brush far more messy, get the brush throwing lather all around...water hot enough to wash your hands with is as hot as I go.

Lately, I've been whipping the lather up, and leaving it for a couple of minutes to "brew" in the scuttle, I find it really brings the soap out, and I strop up the razor while it's "brewing".

Sharpton gave a tip awhile ago which I find is a true "trick" to getting great performance from your brush, just wetting the tips of the brush, nothing more, and whipping the lather up will fill the brush with lather, rather than lots of water and lather, also allows much better backbone on the brush, just works great.

Anyhow, just my thoughts on what works for me...now I just want to go and shave....

Originally Posted by Phrank

I used to build lather on the soap, now, I find a scuttle my preferred way to go.

From my experience, the soap seems to expand in volume and the scent has a chance to really explode when properly "whipped" up in a warm to hot scuttle. Scalding hot water breaks the soap down, and tends to liquify the soap, which also tends to make lathering with the brush far more messy, get the brush throwing lather all around...water hot enough to wash your hands with is as hot as I go.

Lately, I've been whipping the lather up, and leaving it for a couple of minutes to "brew" in the scuttle, I find it really brings the soap out, and I strop up the razor while it's "brewing".

Sharpton gave a tip awhile ago which I find is a true "trick" to getting great performance from your brush, just wetting the tips of the brush, nothing more, and whipping the lather up will fill the brush with lather, rather than lots of water and lather, also allows much better backbone on the brush, just works great.

Anyhow, just my thoughts on what works for me...now I just want to go and shave....

Thanks for the brush tip. We'll give a go in the morning!!!

I was kinda pull'in your leg all, I do use the Living water for Orgone fuel cells, Look up Joe cells, if it is still up, the oil co's. get ticked at free fuels.

Living water does lather very well.

Back to the soap future, the mail just came in with 4 types of Col, Conks soaps, 18$ and change shipped, good stuff, every 2.25oz cake., I figure about two years of shaving...