Howdy folks.
Well I see a lot of talk about swirling the brush on the soap, but I'm a musher, I like to squish my brush intomy soap to load it before swirling up my lather, am I alone as a musher?
Geek
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Howdy folks.
Well I see a lot of talk about swirling the brush on the soap, but I'm a musher, I like to squish my brush intomy soap to load it before swirling up my lather, am I alone as a musher?
Geek
I tend to use a combination of the swirl and mush. Found that to work best for me.
I swirl it up and then smush it down. Alternating as needed.
--Shoki
I'm a swirler. I don't smush until I get to the mug. One more thing: IMO it's a complete waste of time and soap to presoak the soap puck before loading the brush. I just get out of the shower and start swirlin'.
You will commonly hear the verb pump being used in place of "smush", which, along with swirling, is an accepted (and recommended) procedure for making lather. Nothing out of the ordinary here.
Ditto...Why use one style when you can have them both?Quote:
Originally Posted by Castel33
I'm both a smush and swirl guy myself.
Not for me. If I don't soak the soap, its just too hard and doesn't load well at all. If I do soak it, it loads up beautifully.Quote:
Originally Posted by flyman
The image this congers up is hilarious and mildly repulsive. lol :pQuote:
Originally Posted by flyman
no smush or pump for me.. i load up just the tips of my brush very lightly and then facelather away.. i use a small brush and only do a single pass.. so i don't want to load up more soap than i'll actually use.
Gentlemen:
For best results, I both swirl and pump the brush onto the shave soap to load it.
Regards,
Obie
Add me to the list, I pump (smush) as well. I normally do soak my puck a bit, and the brush. I always have. You'll find each soap and cream has it own personality.
BTW, Last night I used Queen Charlotte, Basilica, good stuff btw, and I guess I didn't shake out my Rooney quite enough...(if your not familiar with these brushes, they are super dense) This cream/soap being dense as well, I tend to smush the brush into the bottom of the scuttle to get the bristles to spead out a bit, really work the cream. That and the fact that there was more water in the brush, than I had realized, gave me a lather explosion. It was ridiculous...
Just use any method that works for you. It won't hurt the brush no matter what you do within reason.