Quite the bizarre experience!
I finally received my scuttle in the mail yesterday. I had a good amount of glycerin soap in my mug so I popped it in the microwave and then poured it into the top of the scuttle. When I decided to shave today, the soap had, of course, cooled and hardened. Wanting a nice, hot lather, I poured water in the scuttle (about 190 degrees) and began whipping up a good lather. Hmm, I thought, nice and thick! I applied the lather and, moments later, began shaving. Something was definitely wrong! The razor wouldn't move! That's when I discovered that the glycerin soap had melted in the scuttle due to the high heat from the water and the "lather" wasn't really "lather" in the conventional sense. Once it hit my face it cooled to the consistency of hardened plaster of paris!!! Hell of a job getting it off!!! Once I did and remade the lather at much cooler temperatures, all went perfectly.
I'm just wondering if anyone else has done something this idiotic and, effectively, spackled their face? :banghead: