Tips on lathering Geo F. Trumpers soap

**Bad06denby** · 04-26-2013, 02:38 AM

Just got some Geo F. Trumpers sandalwood soap. Any tips on how to get a good lather out of it? Seems a tad stubborn when i try to load the brush.

**krisbowe** · 04-26-2013, 02:44 AM

Never used that brand before, however I get a good load from my soaps after a bit of a soak in very hot water.
I fill my shaving bowl and drop my brush in and then fill the soap bowl until the soap is covered. I let these set while I strop.
Drain water from the soap bowl and shake out excess from the brush. I am fidning this give a very creamy pick up offf the soap.

Edit: forgot to add, if the loading starts to feel too dry I just dribble half a teaspoon or so of water straight onto the saop and swirl it in.

**Bad06denby** · 04-26-2013, 02:54 AM

Originally Posted by krisbowe

Never used that brand before, however I get a good load from my soaps after a bit of a soak in very hot water. I fill my shaving bowl and drop my brush in and then fill the soap bowl until the soap is covered. I let these set while I strop. Drain water from the soap bowl and shake out excess from the brush. I am fidning this give a very creamy pick up offf the soap. Edit: forgot to add, if the loading starts to feel too dry I just dribble half a teaspoon or so of water straight onto the saop and swirl it in.

That sounds like an excellent procedure. I'm used to using Conk soap which i find dosn't actually take that much water at all to get a good lather. This seems to be a harder soap though, I'll give it good soak next time.

thanks.

**krisbowe** · 04-26-2013, 03:03 AM

I am currently switching between a Mitchells Wool Fat and a Conk. I use the same method for both. With the Conk I need a little more work to have a thick lather but use less water. With the Mitchells I experience the opposite. having said that, it does depend on the effort I feel like putting in. Some days I load the brush, wet the face, dip the loaded brush in very hot water quickly and build lather on my face. Skip the bowl all togehter for the sake of speed...

Wolu like to know how it works for you as I have been eyeing Trumpers :-)

**Bad06denby** · 04-26-2013, 03:35 AM

Originally Posted by krisbowe

I am currently switching between a Mitchells Wool Fat and a Conk. I use the same method for both. With the Conk I need a little more work to have a thick lather but use less water. With the Mitchells I experience the opposite. having said that, it does depend on the effort I feel like putting in. Some days I load the brush, wet the face, dip the loaded brush in very hot water quickly and build lather on my face. Skip the bowl all togehter for the sake of speed... Wolu like to know how it works for you as I have been eyeing Trumpers :-)

ya I definitely notice the conk takes less wate. Ya I will keep you up to date on my experience with it

**OCDshaver** · 04-26-2013, 12:43 PM

+1 on soaking prior to loading. And when loading the brush, be as stubborn as the soap. If you give up early, you'll end up with a lousy lather from not having enough soap loaded into the brush. I prefer my Simpsons best badger for this job.

**Lynn** · 04-26-2013, 01:26 PM

Try the method that I am doing in this video. I use very little water and transfer the soap from the puck to the brush.

**gunsandbibles** · 04-26-2013, 02:30 PM

I have similar issued with bald frog soap. and when I say "issue" all I mean is that in it's solid format its a very hard soap and also very slick. (This is worth it though because the stuff glides great) I do a combination of the three things and get great lather.

First and you may or may not want to do this step because your soap may just be hard and not that slick. I scour it with a fork in an asterisk pattern to allow better traction for the brush.

I soak the puck while I'm soaking my brush.

and last I leaved the standing water that Im soaking on the puck on it. It starts out very bubbly but builds into a lather. The trick to doing it that way is that you don't let a lot of water stand on it just enough to cover the puck surface. Add water as necessary. I find I get a much creamier wetter lather this way.

Oh and resist the urge to drive the brush into the puck to build lather faster. It builds lather but it but it locks it into the brush where it is nigh on impossible to get to your face

**thebigspendur** · 04-26-2013, 04:04 PM

Trumpers has always been one of my favorites. I find it lathers up very easily. I just wet my brush under the tap until it's saturated and shake out the excess and then twirl the brush with a tad of pressure to load the soap and then twirl the brush with no pressure to begin to whip up some lather and then finish building lather on my face. Trumpers makes a nice dense lather.

**sinnfein** · 04-28-2013, 07:33 PM

here is the problem I had the first time I tried it years ago (I think it was Trumpers). I tried to get any type of lather out of it for, or even get it to load on the brush, for almost ten minutes. Couldn't figure out why it wasn't even loading. Come to find out the soap had a plastic wrap around it, once I figured this out I was good to go, although I kind of felt like an idiot lol. Not saying this is the problem you are having but though everyone would enjoy MY problems with it lol

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