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    Quote Originally Posted by JimmyHAD View Post
    I was misguided early on and would leave all of my pucks uncovered for 24 hours after I used them. My MWF became brittle, cracked, and I ended up throwing away the last 1/4 of it. By the time I got my replacement puck I had learned a lesson. Now as soon as I'm done lathering the lid goes back on with the soap still wet. Nothing has ever grown in it and the stuff is staying nice and moist.
    I do exactly as Jimmy says, I've had this puck for 12 months now and as you can see, no probs.
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    Fine grated - packed & tamped in layers in to the container - cover on when not in use - North Central Texas

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    Here's mine. She's cracked out!!!!

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    cosperryan,

    +1 on MJCs post.

    Fine grate and tamp into container and cover when not in use.

    I grate mine into a KlipLok tub (which has an air-tight seal) and the MWF has 'behaved' itself for over a year

    The advantage of grating is that the soap loads onto the brush with less 'effort' compared to the un-grated puck.

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    I don't see this drying out and cracking as a real problem. I have mine in an open stainless steel bowl. It rehydrates in a few minutes when I add warm water, then I pour off the excess and build lather with a damp stiff brush. Viola.
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    Quote Originally Posted by alden2 View Post
    I pour off the excess and build lather with a damp stiff brush. Viola.
    I reserve the soaking water and use it when building a face lather.
    Along with the grate & pack it was one of the tips from the forum that made using MWF much easier in the beginning.

    its not "excess soaking liquid" but rather "lather building Aqua Vitae"

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    Quote Originally Posted by cosperryan View Post
    Well that is a picture of a dry lake bed. I was just too lazy to get up and take a pic of the soap and this looks exactly the same but white of course. I mean I don't care if it is cracked if that is just affecting the way it looks and not the performance.
    I was about to say your camera takes amazing lifelike photos..

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    Mine cracked. I finished the puck last year.....i have another one enroute to me. So far MWF is the only soap i ever reordered.

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    well the covering it up seems to be working. It is only an aesthetic thing though so it doesn't seem like a big deal. Whats funny is the lather that I make for one shave will actually last me two shaves. I will create lather in a bowl and whatever I don't use for the first shave I will just let dry out and when its time to shave again I will just dampen the brush and use the dried lather suds and create more. Enough for a whole three passes. Now that I have learned this soap it is really easy and fast to make a great lather.

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    Mine looks just like Harry's mug

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