Thread: hot bowl

did an experiment with a hot bowl today, wow
it was so nice to have hot lather

I used a heavy marble dish like this

Marble does seem to hold heat longer than regular porcelain. Have you tried a scuttle? That is probably what you are looking for.

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What exactly is a "Hot Bowl" Do you heat it in the microwave...?

Originally Posted by mretzloff

Marble does seem to hold heat longer than regular porcelain. Have you tried a scuttle? That is probably what you are looking for.

i haven't tried a scuttle
this thing is crazy though, it holds so much heat that in my cold house (67-69 degrees) steam bellows from it. It actually really dries the lather out when your not paying attention.

Originally Posted by zib

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What exactly is a "Hot Bowl" Do you heat it in the microwave...?

For lack of better terminology, I used the "hot bowl" title for this application based on a you tube video I watched.

What I find works well is to submerge it into a sink of hot water then shower. Once out of the shower she's ready to go. I've tried filling it with boiling water from the stove but that's far too hot, the lather dries out and gets cooked.

I was thinking of trying one of those candle things my wifes uses to do the pot pouri stuff. Put my soap dish in the holder over the candle. Has anyone tried this?

Originally Posted by dbc

I was thinking of trying one of those candle things my wifes uses to do the pot pouri stuff. Put my soap dish in the holder over the candle. Has anyone tried this?

Yes, I use this method exclusively. I plug in the warmer to pre-heat (If you do not have a GFCI plug, DO NOT DO THIS!!) and run a sink bowl full of hot water and let my lather bowl soak. Shower, then take the bowl from the sink bowl full of water and put on the candle warmer. Then I whip up a nice bowl of lather. Strop the razor I am to use, re-whip the lather & then lather up...followed by yet another wonderful shave. Life is good!

At one time, I used an electric Pot Pourri pot, which looks like a small crock pot. I had another vessell, a small flower pot looking thing, together it was like a double boiler.
Worked great. If you ever find one of those small crock pots, and want to use it, Julie at Dirty Bird pottery will make you an insert to build later in....

Originally Posted by zib

At one time, I used an electric Pot Pourri pot, which looks like a small crock pot. I had another vessell, a small flower pot looking thing, together it was like a double boiler.
Worked great. If you ever find one of those small crock pots, and want to use it, Julie at Dirty Bird pottery will make you an insert to build later in....

wally world used to sell small crock pots for about 19.99

sounds like an interesting option

Here's a small one from Target Aroma Electric Solid-Color Potpourri Pot : Target

Looks to be just about the right size too.