I've been using my scuttle for about four weeks, and while I love how it retains warmth throughout the shave, I've been running into a problem. Before I delve into the problem, here is my general process.
1) boil some water in my hotpot, fill both chambers of the scuttle, and plop my brush in the water in the middle section.
2) Shower
3) Remove brush and let the water drip out, use a washcloth to soak up the remaining water in the main chamber, leaving just a bit behind.
4) Whip up cream/soap in a separate, larger bowl (I have big brushes and don't have enough room in the scuttle to do the job). Lather face, place brush in bowl, and start shaving.
Here is where my problem comes in, while I generate a furious amount of lather, and transfer as much of it into the brush and scuttle, when I pull out my brush for the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th passes, the lather has seemed to disappear, leaving only a very airy, bubbly lather remaining. I get some lather to start to appear again by swirling the brush on my face, but not nearly as much as the first pass, and I often find myself hitting the larger bowl again to regain some. I'm starting to think that the scuttle gets so hot that all the water in the lather is evaporating and leaving behind only soap/cream residue. Does anyone else run into this problem? Should I reduce the temp of the water I'm putting into the scuttle?
1) boil some water in my hotpot, fill both chambers of the scuttle, and plop my brush in the water in the middle section.
2) Shower
3) Remove brush and let the water drip out, use a washcloth to soak up the remaining water in the main chamber, leaving just a bit behind.
4) Whip up cream/soap in a separate, larger bowl (I have big brushes and don't have enough room in the scuttle to do the job). Lather face, place brush in bowl, and start shaving.
Here is where my problem comes in, while I generate a furious amount of lather, and transfer as much of it into the brush and scuttle, when I pull out my brush for the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th passes, the lather has seemed to disappear, leaving only a very airy, bubbly lather remaining. I get some lather to start to appear again by swirling the brush on my face, but not nearly as much as the first pass, and I often find myself hitting the larger bowl again to regain some. I'm starting to think that the scuttle gets so hot that all the water in the lather is evaporating and leaving behind only soap/cream residue. Does anyone else run into this problem? Should I reduce the temp of the water I'm putting into the scuttle?
