Best Brush Type for Croaps ?
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Agree. Synthetics. Most of them are excellent with very few exceptions. You can get a really good one from Razorock or PAA and it will serve you very well. The PAA Atomic Rocket is one of my favs. Costs around $15. Some of the Razorock synths are around $10.
I usually use horsehair or boar brushes for croaps. For Italian soft soaps, a boar brush is traditional, for instance, this big boar....
Any brush should work.
All my badger brushes work well with the croaps; I have been using Proraso and Cella in the main in conjunction with a scuttle.
I cannot see why any brush would not work with croaps.
I cannot see why any brush would not work with croaps.
I love my RazoRock Big Bruce model. It doesn't cost much and works great with any soap. It has a 26mm knot and a 60mm loft. Great brush and a very nice unique handle.
Youd probably want something softer, like a badger or synthetic. I wouldnt use a boar with a croap because its going to pick up too much soap and your going to overload the brush and waste a lot of product.
My favorite brush is also a 24mm SynBad. To me it's just a Goldilocks brush, just right for everything.
You won't overload the brush if you do it right. A very wet boar brush, swirl over the soap with no pressure. It works outstandingly.
This is what Italian barbers have used for ages.
Boars are good but I can't seem to get them to work well with a shave stick.
I like using boars with soft Italian style croaps. They perform well maybe because they load heavy easily. Use what you want any well made brush with a decent knot will work. I was surprised how easily soft synthetics lather up hard pucks.
Far be it for me to question Italian barbers but I would think that a boar would have too much backbone, even if its well hydrated.
They do have more backbone, therefore load them less than a softer brush to get the same amount of product on the brush. I usually load a standard croap with a synth or soft badger for 16 seconds. If the croap is extra soft I reduce that time accordingly. With a boar, I reduce it down to 8 or 10 seconds.
The goal is to mix soap particles with water and wick them up into the bristles. You are not trying to shovel soap out of the container.
