Thread: Osma Soap

Originally Posted by beluga

Luckily, I have no problems creating a rich lather from Mitchell’s Wool Fat.


B.

I wish I could say that too but I can't. My water is not hard so no excuses there either. MWF just takes a different technique to lather up well from 99% of the other soaps that I have tried. For the sake of one soap I am not willing to change my standard lathering technique so MWF is not in my rotation. Again, so good many soaps out there that respond well to my standard lathering technique that I could not be bothered to adjust to what MWF needs to lather well.

Bob

I don't use the stuff these days however when I did use MWF I found it just required a good bit more water than other soaps I had encountered at that point. Once I realized that, lather building with it was no problem.

Yes, hard water can make lathering a challenge and some soaps simply don't work. Hard water usually requires you to use way more soap and sometimes you wind up with just a poorly performing product.

The soap mistress had asked me to test a couple of her soaps with hard water. I have very hard water like 8 grains or so but I have a softener. With the softened water the soap created perfect lather but when I switched to untreated water it was like winter vs summer. The stuff simply wouldn't lather. I had to use way more product and even then wound up with a very weak thin lather that didn't last and had zero cushion and glide to it.

Commercial outfits add chemicals to soap so it performs well with all water types.

Do you know what those chemicals are? Are they expensive? Harmful? I wonder because why not everyone use it?

Originally Posted by earcutter

Do you know what those chemicals are? Are they expensive? Harmful? I wonder because why not everyone use it?

Next time you're in the supermarket grab a box of Tide. It's all chemicals. They usually sell some brand of pure soap flakes for folks with very soft water. Check that out and compare the ingredients.

Just throwing this out there....
If you mix it with that chocolate soap the alum would help with that other thing and it should lather better?

HAR!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Just throwing this out there....
If you mix it with that chocolate soap the alum would help with that other thing and it should lather better?

HAR!

You just can’t let go of that chocolate thing can you sharp lol? The scents wouldn’t meld well.

Sorry, Man......I suppose you are right. I just hate waste.
Just stop it, willya?

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

I don't use the stuff these days however when I did use MWF I found it just required a good bit more water than other soaps I had encountered at that point. Once I realized that, lather building with it was no problem.

Yes, hard water can make lathering a challenge and some soaps simply don't work. Hard water usually requires you to use way more soap and sometimes you wind up with just a poorly performing product.

The soap mistress had asked me to test a couple of her soaps with hard water. I have very hard water like 8 grains or so but I have a softener. With the softened water the soap created perfect lather but when I switched to untreated water it was like winter vs summer. The stuff simply wouldn't lather. I had to use way more product and even then wound up with a very weak thin lather that didn't last and had zero cushion and glide to it.

Commercial outfits add chemicals to soap so it performs well with all water types.

I mentioned this before: if hard water is giving you trouble buy some distilled water. Fill your brush soaking cup to whatever level you normally do, put the cup in the microwave for a minuet then soak your brush in the hot soft water. A gallon will last for quiet a while.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Sorry, Man......I suppose you are right. I just hate waste.
Just stop it, willya?

Sleep well knowing I gave it to a Spaniard and fellow wet shaver who’s here on a year contract. According to rumor, he loved it.


UPDATE:

I decided to test lather again today. I let my tap run pure hot, soaked my brush and put some water on top of the puck to let it soften.

I came back about 7 minutes later, dumped the water on top of the soap, but didn’t shake any water out of my brush. Then, I had at it. At first, I wasn’t holding out hope. The mix was super liquid, and the bubbles way to large, but I kept at it. And I’m glad I did, the stuff exploded on me.

The bubbles got small, the lather silky, and it built so much, it flowed out of my bowl and fell into the sink! No question I had to work harder, but man, it paid off. I put some on my arm and walked away for a bit (7 min?).

When I got back, the soap on my arm was still wet and super slick! I mixed the brush in the bowl again and it thickened the lather even more! Nice! And I’m still loving the scent!

I’ve got soaps that have better lathers, but this stuff is ok! Just about everything i have now lathers easier, but I’m thinking this stuff is going to work just fine. It needs a ton of water! I’ll report back when I start shaving with it.

I’ll say this, I’m more excited now about it now than ever!

You are SO pulling our legs!