Big Lather

Wow - a weird thing happened today.

I got a massive lather with very little work and no glycerin.

I soaked my brush and rigorously shook out as much water as I could so that I could really work the cream that I was using that had hardened quite a bit in my scuttle. I was drinking a bottle of water and just thought, why not - so I threw some in! Balm!! Massive lather!!

I knew my water was hard but... wow.

Moreover, the scuttle warmed the room temp water in no time.

I'll give it a try again tomorrow, but I have been doing what I did today with tap water for days in an effort to use up my ageing cream - so the only thing different was the bottled water... and the remarkable fluffy lather lol.

If you are a lather whore or want to save some money by using less cream; if you have hard water... try using bottled water :)

David --
Good on ya, cobber! Way to go eh! "All right, Youngblood!" "Do you believe in miracles?!?"
Seriously, that's cool beans. Do you perchance have well H20?
I guess the next step in your journey might be to try distilled H20.
If you really want to lather up big-time, try using lye soap. Any cuts will be instantly disinfected!

LOL - yeah not sure I want to go that far!

No well water here - but the water is so hard here, that folks out here know better than to put tap water in things like coffee machines. Done in a year.

Maybe in the name of uh, science, I'll give some of my other mainstay creams a go with the bottled water and see if it was fluke or not.

My well H20 in B.C. has so many minerals it tastes like blood. it gives weird ideas when brushing my teeth! My well H20 on Lake Michigan, by contrast, is quite sweet and makes for pleasant shaving.
Replicate your first discovery with the same materials, then replicate w/variation on soaps. Are you planning on using a one-way design (ANOVA) or a 2-tailed t-test?

Ha ha - been looking at your old stats texts have you lol. Regression is my thing MLA, as getting the data points is where all the fun is at lol... and then I can do all the two tails I like!

You know, every house I have ever had that used well water - the first thing I did was run out and get a water softener. I have no idea why I don't do that here...

Nah, those texts were tossed years ago. Just rambling off the top of my head.

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Ha ha - been looking at your old stats texts have you lol. Regression is my thing MLA

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So, developmentally speaking, are you on par with your ankle-biters yet? J/K! I LOVE messing around w/parents! :rofl2:

Dude my "ankle-biters" can regurgitate like no other!! I can't even remember if it was Vietnamese or Hungarian that I had for lunch! If they can keep it up - they are off to Harvard!

In the mean time - I got to clean up my potty mouth LOL :)

What creme were you using today?

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If you.....want to save some money by using less cream; if you have hard water... try using bottled water :)

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So wouldn't you end up burning your savings by buying bottled water? :w

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Originally Posted by mapleleafalumnus

What creme were you using today?

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Today I was doing my CF lime/Nancy Boy mix - love that mix in the summer!!

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So wouldn't you end up burning your savings by buying bottled water? :w

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Uh - score one for Ryan LOL. Though the little bit of water is wayyyyy cheaper than the CF's :)

Great, now we have WAD -- Water Acquisition Disorder :aargh:

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Today I was doing my CF lime/Nancy Boy mix - love that mix in the summer!!

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That sound too Ricky Martin/Boy George-ish for me.
Dude, if you're going to publicly admit that, stay out of locker rooms!

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Great, now we have WAD -- Water Acquisition Disorder :aargh:

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Nah - it's a non starter.

I just got back from replicating the same experiment with two of my creams that I find don't lather huge amounts for me; my Gentleman's Refinery, and my Edwin Jagger.

I didn't find as big a "wow" factor with them as I did with my CF/NB mix. I am convinced that they lathered more... but then I was trying harder too!

Maybe i should have tried some others first before I went all crazy posting about the magic of soft water lol :)

Perhaps I just had a good morning today lol???

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut now and again.

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That sound too Ricky Martin/Boy George-ish for me.
Dude, if you're going to publicly admit that, stay out of locker rooms!

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Bah!! Be confident man!! Our forefathers did it! Cowboys did it! Heck maybe even Ricky Martin did it! It's all good!

Nothing metro-sexual about getting a good lather bro!

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Even a blind squirrel finds a nut now and again.

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Bahahahha! In the same vein - Even a defense man can score a goal now and again. :)

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Bahahahha! In the same vein - Even a defense man can score a goal now and again. :)

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You really have become Americanized! It's time to reveal my secret identity. I'm...

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You really have become Americanized! It's time to reveal my secret identity. I'm...

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Bahahaha!! I KNOW who you are!!

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Bah!! Be confident man!! Our forefathers did it! Cowboys did it! Heck maybe even Ricky Martin did it! It's all good!

Nothing metro-sexual about getting a good lather bro!

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I was referring to the lime/"Nancy boy mix.

Nancy Boy = odd name -> great cream :)

I really like the stuff. I hear they have a new one - when I use up some of my creams I'll be getting some.

http://www.nancyboy.com/Shave-Cream-c3.htm

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