so i made a bit too much lather today for my daily shave, i was wondering instead of just pouring the excess lather down the drain could i save it for the next day? Would the lather still work? or should i just toss it out and start with new lather for the next days shave
made too much lather today
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Save it where?
I've put lather back in the soap mug for Mitchell Wool Fat soap. Keeps the puck damp and MWF loads better if I don't let it dry out.
I've put lather back in the soap mug for Mitchell Wool Fat soap. Keeps the puck damp and MWF loads better if I don't let it dry out.
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i meant just leaving it in the scuttle for the next day and rehydrating it if necassary, not sure if that would be a good or bad thing
I don't worry about saving lather. It might be a penny's worth, so it just doesn't make sense to me.
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If you think that you may run out of soap, I'll pif you a couple out of my 35 or so soaps.
Idea...
Use your leftover shave lather as an aftershave balm!
After your regular shave, rinse the face, then smear leftover lather generously over face.
Let that sit for a few moments, then wipe off, followed by cool washcloth rinse.
You should be left with a nice glycerin film, just like an aftershave balm.
Finish up as is, or add a spritz of aftershave lotion or cologne.
Use your leftover shave lather as an aftershave balm!
After your regular shave, rinse the face, then smear leftover lather generously over face.
Let that sit for a few moments, then wipe off, followed by cool washcloth rinse.
You should be left with a nice glycerin film, just like an aftershave balm.
Finish up as is, or add a spritz of aftershave lotion or cologne.
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thats a lot of soaps!! i only have a few soaps atm. almost outta my bay rum, the paa stuff.
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thats a good idea, didnt think of that.
I think surplus lather does a great job cleaning the drain pipes ....
Both Wholly Kaw and Grooming Dept are excellent choices for this method if you happen to have those.
by now I'll wager you've left some soap in your bowl and, if it dried like mine, you've seen it is little but wispy tendrils thinner than hair. Whipping it again surely returns something of its presence... but honestly, it's not the same as a fresh charge off the puck and the pleasure of its fragrance refreshed.
(no insult intended whatsoever for that 'proto-lather' left on the pucks)
((Yet I have found it more useful as preshave when I've loaded my brush, and the puck does still stay well 'humidified'.))
sarimento1 speaks well for his lathers.
(no insult intended whatsoever for that 'proto-lather' left on the pucks)
((Yet I have found it more useful as preshave when I've loaded my brush, and the puck does still stay well 'humidified'.))
sarimento1 speaks well for his lathers.
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I use excess lather to wipe down the sink and the outside on my lather bowl (which I float in the sink, and it gets a scum ring).
Definitely this, this has become part of my daily routine while I clean off the gear from the shave. With the skin goodies that lots of these soaps have in them nowadays, I think there's definitely a positive effect.
I saved excess lather from a few shaves in a separate bowl just because I was curious to see if it would re lather the same. After three days the film of soap that I had collected was so thin and insignificant that I didn't even continue the experiment.
To the contrary, there is evidence that some of the superfatted soaps are contributing to clogged drains.
A la Kevy shaves?
I know, was meant as a joke....why would one try to keep lather for the next day...
Gotcha. Sorry if I sounded accusatory.
My ‘goal’ is to use up my soap stash before I am used up!! 
When I start a new MWF or Tabac, they just want to go on and on. Saving leftover lather is last thing on my mind. But I do put back a wallop from brush on MWF because this soap loves to stay moist.
