I use some cheap'o and some not so cheap soap's and creams. But I do have well water and its very hard most of the time, when its not so hard I can make decent lather with just my brush, Semogue 1305[and others] and maybe some TGQ's soap or cream[Thank you Mrs' Colleen]. But when the hardness of the water is being brutal, I use 3 or 4 drops of Glyceren bought at the local Wally-World[Wal-Mart] in the Band Aid section of the Pharmacy Dept.
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