Thread: How do you use cream

I got the shave soap in bowl and make a lather right on the soap in the bowl which gets messy because the lather rolls out of the bowl because I guess my wisking with the brush is sloppy but I want to try out some cream but when I do I waste the **** using too much water and cream. I need guidance.

Stephen check out this thread and the one next to it...
Illustrated Guide to making Überlather - Straight Razor Place Wiki
Keep in mind you do not have to make Uberlather just use the parts of the instructions that pertain to what you want to use...

Guess I need to ask what do I need to use to keep my cream neat and to keep from degrading the cream and what is the amount of cream I need to use

Most often its described as an "almond size" dollop.

Here is a tutorial to make a basic soap lather.

Illustrated Guide to Making Basic Soap Lather - Straight Razor Place Wiki

Take that three finger grip and hold it to prevent messing around the lather.

With creams it's even easier because you just press the tube and get the right amount of cream. If you have a puck of cream just take the cream with your brush or finger.

One way of getting good lather with cream is to wet the brush and then open it up and put the dollop of cream in the middle, and then start lathering.

Maybe your bowl is just to small for you until you get the hang of it. Actually it sounds like you'd do OK with one of Don and Lynn's new large bowls. The other guys are correct, +1 on the Almond size dollop of shave cream. You can buy a little tiny spoon in Target in the silverware aisle, I forget what their called, Utopian on here knows. You can also use a bowl from the house for now so you'll have more room to produce Uberlather. Maybe a smaller controlled mixing motion. I used to use small desert bowls, glass or cermaic. They work too ! Enjoy.....Rich

1: soak the lather bowl and brush in hot water.( at least for 5 minutes)
2: Remove bowl and brush from sink.Emty bowl, and shake brush as dry as possible.
3: put brush in cream tub and swirl it around a few times, you don't need alot of cream.
4: put brush in bowl and add 3-4 teaspoons of hot water.
5: swirl brush until you get a really thick and rich lather(about 2 min.)depending of brush

This method works great for me.I have tried it with several different creams.



Kristoffer

I think a tub of cream won't last as long as a puck of soap, either.