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    I just wet a barber's towel and nuke it for 1:25 minute. It is still nice and hot by the time I get to the shave den. Or just soak a towel in hot water and apply. I like the microwave route better.

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    Call me silly, but I do not use a hot towl. I put my mug and brush in the bathroom sink full of hot tap water to warm the mug and soften the brush. After a shower, i just just quickly dry off with the exception of the face. I empty the sink except for an inch or so of hot water, build my lather, lather the face and leave the mug/brush in the sink with the hot water to keep it warm. Put on the skivvies, pick my blade, strop, refresh the lather on the face and shave. No towel since the shower took care of shave prep.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cannonfodder View Post
    Call me silly, but I do not use a hot towl. I put my mug and brush in the bathroom sink full of hot tap water to warm the mug and soften the brush. After a shower, i just just quickly dry off with the exception of the face. I empty the sink except for an inch or so of hot water, build my lather, lather the face and leave the mug/brush in the sink with the hot water to keep it warm. Put on the skivvies, pick my blade, strop, refresh the lather on the face and shave. No towel since the shower took care of shave prep.
    Not silly at all. I only use a hot towel when I shave without benefit of a shower before.

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    I'm a shower and hot towel guy... might be overkill, but I certainly enjoy it.

    FWIW, for the life of me, I can't make myself soak my brush in a sink full of water... that's the sink where everyone spits after brushing their teeth, wash their hands after .... yeah, I'm not soaking a brush in that and rubbing it on my face

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    Goodness gracious, I never realized that shaving was such a production. From all these comments on process I see I have much to learn, so much to learn.


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    Quote Originally Posted by richmondesi View Post
    I'm a shower and hot towel guy... might be overkill, but I certainly enjoy it.

    FWIW, for the life of me, I can't make myself soak my brush in a sink full of water... that's the sink where everyone spits after brushing their teeth, wash their hands after .... yeah, I'm not soaking a brush in that and rubbing it on my face
    Brush goes in the mug, mug gets filled with hot water, sink gets filled with hot water, mug sits half submerged in sink.

    I have a two basin vanity in the master bath. One side is the wifes, one side is for me. I do all that disgusting stuff in the the wifes side.

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    I'm a fan of the nuker.....

    I only do hot towels when I have time to waste, usually when i'm off out for the night and have most of the day to do naff all and want to relax a bit, then it's shower hot towels shave and an ice cold towel from the freezer.

    But like I say it's an occasional thing, a little bit of pampering as it were

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    Howdy from the sticks of OH!! Any who's, I put very hot tap water in an electric Po/Pourri heater and put a small cone shaped ceramic dish in the warmer and some very hot water in it, plug in the whole affair and make my later with the hotest water my tap with give[quite hot by the way] I then fill a microfiber face towel with hot water, this type of towel will hold a LOT of hot water without it dripping down the front o' me and holds the heat in much better than a regular towel, then after the pre/prep is done, usually with Proraso preshave I"m ready to go. Your;all really should try the microfiber towel for hot prep, it works for me and I think youll' like it.

    Have a great shave and saver the moment, the best of the day.

    tinkersd of SRP!

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    My house has REALLY hot water so what i do is fill he sink with really hot tap water, throw a towel in there and let it soak while i take a shower. by the time i get out, it has cooled just a bit (making it hot but tolerable), then i just drain the water, wring out the towel and i am ready to go!

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    How long should the towel be left on the face?

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