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How I Manage Excess Lather
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Out of curiosity, what shave soap are you using?
My personal favorite is the ck6 base by PAA. I haven't found a single soap that tops it yet. I think I have 20 or so scents of it.
Well i cannot seem to copy the link but if you use the search function and type "just like grandpa used to shave" and in the member box "farmertan" it should find it for you
Soap is plentiful and i have tons i just wash it down the sink 9x/10 there isnt much left because what i do is on the last pass is squeeze out the brish and smear whats left on my face for the last pass...that leftover stuff is amazing its gone through a couple passes already so its nice and super thick
Shaving lather is not something I feel requires management.
I have lots of soap. I wash off my face, razor and brush after I shave and be done with it.
When I am done shaving, my razor, brush and shaving bowl are spotless and put away until the next shave.
if I have a lot of later left over after my 3rd pass (rare), I may wash my hands with the remaining soap, but that it.
Whatever floats your boat in any case.
When I am done shaving, my razor, brush and shaving bowl are spotless and put away until the next shave.
if I have a lot of later left over after my 3rd pass (rare), I may wash my hands with the remaining soap, but that it.
Whatever floats your boat in any case.
With something so easily replaceable, it just goes down the drain.
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I aim to only produce as much lather as I need for one shave. Overloading, or making excess lather, is not the norm here. I get around 4 shaves per gram with hard soap, and maybe 2 per gram with softer soaps.
If I do overload, I'm more likely to do it with cream than with soap. However, with creams, I also bowl lather, or at least start the lather in a bowl. Any excess is squeeze from the brush into the lather bowl, an gets reincorporated at the next shave.
If I do happen to overload with soap, I'll just use it for washing my moderately long goatee.
If I do overload, I'm more likely to do it with cream than with soap. However, with creams, I also bowl lather, or at least start the lather in a bowl. Any excess is squeeze from the brush into the lather bowl, an gets reincorporated at the next shave.
If I do happen to overload with soap, I'll just use it for washing my moderately long goatee.
Awesome, and very considerate.
I do the same
I squeeze the leftovers out of the brush, run it over my hands, and wash it down the drain. There's no reason why other than I like how it feels. It's just lather and I have plenty of creams and soaps to shave with. And I don't think shaving cream is a scarce item.
So, I used to save my excess lather by just leaving it in the bowl. Now, like some have said, I have so many soaps that I am trying to get through them so I rinse it down the drain.
Yeah, I think it's a 'monkey see monkey do' situation. Guys emulate what they read on the forums and see in videos and because it gets the job done, they just keep doing it. I admit I sometimes roll my eyes seeing all these people suggesting and performing 30-60+ second load times just to waste most of it. The brush and soap used are variables in how long one should load, but I've yet to encounter any artisan soap that needed more than a 15 second load for 3 passes + touch up... even with natural hair brushes. Most need less than 10. Quad milled PDP, or something similar may need longer.
I read somewhere on here of a guy taking 1 second off his load time each time he shaved until he found his 'sweet spot'. I'd bet my bottom dollar if everybody on B&B did this most would find they need way, way less soap than they use.
Coincidentally, and for no particular reason this morning, I cut my loading time roughly in half because... Well... Because I thought I probably could. I've never loaded my brush anywhere near thirty-seconds, much less sixty (all kidding aside, is that really a thing?) but today I did about five seconds and got through three passes, did some touch up and had just a smidgen of lather left over. This is using my standard combination of Stirling soap and a Simpson T3.
I’ve been puzzled about washing my face with the excess lather when I just took a shower. But now I see I could be washing the alum off with it instead of sending it down the drain. Great idea. I’m going to start tomorrow.Interesting. Any "excess" lather I have is not so much "excess" for me. After I hit my face with alum and cleaning up my other gear I use rinse my face and use the "excess" lather to wash my face again and my hands. I also use it to clean my glasses to help cut down on fogging.
In a lot of cases
"Heavily load your brush for about 45/60 seconds making around 100/120 swirls."
You'll read "load it like you hate it" all over the forums.
Well that clears up what, "load it like you hate it" means. Thank you for that. Being somewhat new to wet shaving maybe I'm doing this all wrong but... That seems a little excessive based on my admittedly limited experience.
Sorry for all the questions but do some soaps perhaps require this sort of brush induced brutality to get a decent lather? I'm still in the learning phase and I'm feeling some key point is going over my head in this discussion, that I'm just not understanding something.
Can you clarify what you mean by brush induced brutality? Load time?
