Thread: What Ever Floats Your Boat. Hot Lather

Just seemed like a simple way to get hot lather. I bet a shaving bowl would even work better, but the cup stays pretty warm for most of the shave. Anyone else do this?
Mike

I usually have a big bowl that I put a shave mug in and fill the big bowl with boiling water. Same principle. I just bought a scuttle from Georgetown Pottery. I'm excited for when that comes.

Well I have tried doing this with on and off success because if I leave the brush it would tip and water would flow in. I too am hoping to get a GT scuttle, let us know how yours goes, undertakingyou.

Originally Posted by ChrisK

Well I have tried doing this with on and off success because if I leave the brush it would tip and water would flow in. I too am hoping to get a GT scuttle, let us know how yours goes, undertakingyou.

Put the brush into the filled sink, not in the cup... Or fill the sink so low that the cup still stands on the bottom.

When the mood strikes me, I do the same thing with a big plastic tub we use to truck around wet laundry. It even has a lid, so I can give my bowl/lather/brush a steam bath to really keep things warm.

I'm a scuttle user as well. I find that leaving a little and I mean little hot water in the top bowl of the scuttle where the brush with suds on it after lathering rests during the shave, really helps to keep the lather warm for re-application.

I am also used to rinsing the blade only as I shave under running water vs. water in the sink. Lots of ways to skin a cat.......

Lynn

I do that. I rinse the razor in the water and I also use it to wash my face before I have a shave so I don't reckon it's wasted.

Wher ever it was that was having the bowl tip up, use a bigger bowl.

I used to do that with a metal bowl; but changed all that when I bought a "red neck scuddle" I like to use the sink to rinse the blade and wipe in in a folded barber's towel that I keep in front of me.

Ever seen an electric heating element that clips inside a mug to keep the coffee or soup hot? I put a coffee mug in my sink, and use the heating element to keep the water hot. That works well for dipping my blade, and putting hot water on my brush.

(A dip of the brush, sling the water off, a swirl in the lather, and I have hot lather to reapply to my face.)

Originally Posted by gregs656

I do that. I rinse the razor in the water and I also use it to wash my face before I have a shave so I don't reckon it's wasted.

Wher ever it was that was having the bowl tip up, use a bigger bowl.

I don't think that your wasting anymore hot water than someone running the water on and off or worse yet letting it run and having energy just go down the sink. You could be using less, easy enough to figure out.
That shaving mug is(was) my wifes tea cup, but I love the wide top for whipping up lather quick. Don't you guys rat me out and tell her. Darn good floater too.
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