Accidentally watered-down soap during melting, still useable?

[cjcs]

I picked up a vintage Old Spice mug on eBay, and was melting down some Col. Conk Almond Glycerine soap to pour into it. Generally I prefer to double boil instead of using the microwave. When I was taking the bowl of melted soap from the pot of water, the tongs slipped and some water got mixed in with the soap. I left it out to cool instead of putting it into the fridge, hoping that the water would evaporate out as it cooled, but I've noticed my lather has been on the foamy side since.

I don't want to go blaming the water contamination right away, since I'm relatively new to lathering and it could be an issue with technique. Has anyone out there either experienced this themselves, or able to shed some light on whether or not this would effect my shaves?

Cheers,

Craig

 

[barneykiller]

I wouldn't think it would affect your shaves at all. If you feel like you are getting thin lather the cure is to load more soap. Load it like you hate it!

 

[Jim]

Mugs are notoriously hard to load your brush with, just spend more time loading your brush and make sure you shake water out of the brush before you start.

 

[PugslyCat]

I would say that if you have diluted the soap you may need to load a little longer, but other than that it should be OK.

 

[PugslyCat]

Mugs are notoriously hard to load your brush with...

Jim, can you expand on that for my enlightenment? I am unfamiliar with any issues in loading my brush from soap in a mug, but I'm unfamiliar with a lot of stuff.

 

[Jim]

A narrow mug is harder to get your soap loaded, vs a soap that is not as encumbered so deeply in a vessel.

 

[SteveWY]

If you think the soap now has more embedded water and that is causing you a more watery or foamy lather rectify by starting out with a drier brush than normal (shake it out good). Load the brush more and face lather and see how that works for you.