Thread: Unlocking the secret... modern Williams Mug soap exposed to awesome lather.

After about 2 weeks i finaly master the trick, the problem was that i put to much Water in my lathering bowl. Yesterday morning and this morning i got it right, the first Time that i used your trick it work well but after that it was so so. The lather was to airy but yesterday and today wow just like a cake frosting just a great great lather, it gives a great cushion great slickness and me i like the smell of that soap. There's probably better shaving soap on the market but for me and the price of it i can't go wrong.

Originally Posted by Disburden

William just needs a crazy amount of water to work. I think i had near 1/4 a cup of water in my bowl when i started whipping lather together. Too little water ends up with thin airy lather that disappears.

I would like to see pics of the amount of Water You put in your lathering bowl.

I had no clue!! I have a cake of Williams that was driving me nuts, so I put it away. In fact I had my wife get a tube of Neutrogena Cream (to replace it) because it was suppose to be to "so good" but to be honest with you, that stuff is worse then what I thought the Williams to be. But nun-the-less thank you for the insight! I will try it on the next shave.


Rich

Originally Posted by pcb01

Any suggestions for us face latherers?

I am a face lathering cold water shaver and after reading this thread decided to try Williams yet again. This method works when using boar, badger or synthetic brushes for me.

Basically swirl the brush in water, give it a light shake onto the puck and load the brush for a fair bit. Then dip the tips in water and load some more for a fair bit. That should give you the beginnings of a lather. Now apply it to your face adding more water by dipping the tips as you go along. Keep doing this and you will get a decent slick lather that will not dry on your face. No other soap I have used is this much work to get going face lathering but it does work. Yes, it needs an insane amount of water compared to all other soaps I have used.

Can't say Williams will ever be a favourite soap for me to use but it is not as useless as I once believed it was. Turns out the operator was a bit on the useless side in not grasping what it really wanted, lots of water.

Bob

It strikes me that a lot of effort is required to make this soap work, i think that for what soaps cost (excluding the top shelf brands) why fight with a product.
There are plenty of good soaps for not much more cash.

Gee, I get a very good lather from Williams, and I'm a cold water lather and shaver. I put 3 or 4 drops of glycerin on the top of a wetted Williams puck and when ready to shave load the brush and face lather. Spend about as much time face lathering as I would building the lather in a scuttle.

Originally Posted by edhewitt

It strikes me that a lot of effort is required to make this soap work, i think that for what soaps cost (excluding the top shelf brands) why fight with a product.
There are plenty of good soaps for not much more cash.

So true.

Bob

I finally found a use for my Williams.

Originally Posted by 2Sharp

I finally found a use for my Williams.

What a study in contrasts. Williams so so and Python a masterpiece of a DA revolver.

Bob

OP: Thanks for the tip. Maybe this works for MWF too, sometimes it also tends to "vanish".