Thread: The Illustrated Guide to making Uberlather

I will have to try this on my next shave. It looks like it is going to be great. Looks a lot better than my normal lather.

ok,, I need some help with lather. I've been following some good directions (I think). I cover the soap (Colleen's) with hot water, soak the brush, and get my scuttle warm for a few minutes. I dump the water off the soap, shake/squeeze out the bristles, and load the brush from the soap. I move over to the scuttle and swish a bit before adding water. I get a good amount of lather without using much soap, but the problem I'm having is the lather isn't slick at all. I try all different amounts of water and it doesn't seem to get slicker at all (I'm using bottled water as well). I get anywhere from dry to soup.

I'd love to try this uber technique, but unfortunately I'm deployed to the sandbox and there aren't a lot of shops around here. One easy question is, what do the peaks of lather look like when the lather is about right? Are they sharp/sturdy, or are they about to fall due to holding a lot of water. Any help is appreciated. Thanks

MC

I have not tried the soap you are using, but it sounds like it is glycerine based.

A good lather is thick and doesn't dry on the skin. You should not be able to see the skin through the layer of lather.

If the lather is too thin, you will see your skin.

The usual problem is too much water on the soap or brush.

It's simple. You put water on the soap and rub the soap with the brush until the soap makes a nice thick lather. It's like whipping a fluffy cream, if you don't whip hard enough or long enough it will not thicken.

If after all your efforts, you can not get a thick lather, try another soap. Many glycerine soaps are thin.

[quote=whitedragon13;275184]ok,, I need some help with lather. I've been following some good directions (I think). I cover the soap (Colleen's) with hot water, soak the brush, and get my scuttle warm for a few minutes. I dump the water off the soap, shake/squeeze out the bristles, and load the brush from the soap. I move over to the scuttle and swish a bit before adding water. I get a good amount of lather without using much soap, but the problem I'm having is the lather isn't slick at all. I try all different amounts of water and it doesn't seem to get slicker at all (I'm using bottled water as well). I get anywhere from dry to soup.

I'd love to try this uber technique, but unfortunately I'm deployed to the sandbox and there aren't a lot of shops around here. One easy question is, what do the peaks of lather look like when the lather is about right? Are they sharp/sturdy, or are they about to fall due to holding a lot of water. Any help is appreciated. Thanks


Colleen"s soap will lather just fine, go back and read the "soap" part of this thread.... Drop the rest of the instructions out, and just use the soap part, that should do the trick.... These instructions can be broken down for each type of lather, you don't have to make Uberlather from them, just use the parts that pertain to what yer doing....

Great thread, I was wondering what "Uberlater" was and how it was made (need some glycerine now)

I am glad I found this thread.. having a subpar cream and soap this makes a world of difference and allows me to have a nice shave while cleaning out the "crap" so it stops taking up space.

Great info thanks for sharing.Don