Originally Posted by
corduroylion
i moved deep into the california coastal redwoods and we live so far off the grid that we have to get our water from a spring. it is very very hard water with a ton of calcium. in fact i have to boil vinegar every month in my tea pot just to get the calcium deposits out of the tea pot since i drink so much tea. since moving there i cant seem to get a good lather. when i lived in the city it was easy to make lather and only took a minute or two with not much effort. now i can work hard for several minutes and its not lathering like it used to. itll be soapy and not stick. i have tried cream, glycerin soaps as well as hard pucks and nothing really seems to work great. anyone know what im doing wrong or what i have to change? not really wanting to carry bottle water all the way up the hill, its quite a steep and long hike and im not a sherpa!