Thread: Adding cream to your brush.

Led by Kevin and returning to seriousness, with creams you need less product and more water than you might think. Experiement and you'll discover the right mix.

Originally Posted by kevinred

I use a tiny bit of cream applied directly to my tiny brush, the Simpson Wee Scot. Enough for three passes easily in one small dab or half an almond size squeezed onto tip.

Before got the Wee Scot I used to make mountains of unwanted lather, who needs a whole bowl of lather? I don't need to shave the wife, the kids and the dog, just me. A Wee brush full is plenty. I prefer to face lather these days, the bowls and skuttles have long gone.

Snurdler, ha! That one in the picture looks about 3 feet across! How big is it actually? For me I use about 3/8 of a measured teaspoon and my snurdler is, guess what? A 1/4 teaspoon measuring spoon. Boring eh?

Personally, I don't think it matters how you do it so long as you get the lather you want. Thanks for the lively thread and a morning chuckle or three.

Bob

Originally Posted by Ignatius

Snurdler, ha! That one in the picture looks about 3 feet across! How big is it actually? For me I use about 3/8 of a measured teaspoon and my snurdler is, guess what? A 1/4 teaspoon measuring spoon. Boring eh?

Well, boring maybe, thrifty and straight forward exactly. I'm all for delightful gadgets to look at as long as they are practical, but in the face of economy (read dirt poor) I go for the measuring spoon.