Can Great Lather be Generated from Any Reasonable Quality Shaving Soap or Cream?

[JCinPA]

That’s why I asked Phil to retitle my threads. I was never trying to lay out a foolproof “method”, but rather give folks having problems with a product to sort them out, THEN find the method they like to use.

I don’t disagree with you on hard soaps. See here for explanation.

My "Foolproof Method" threads have been retitled ...

Phil, friend and uber-moderator @luvmysuper was kind enough to retitle my Foolproof threads from Foolproof Lather Method (TM) for any soap to Foolproof Lather Discovery Process (TM) for any soap There are a couple of reasons I wanted to do this, as I am still getting messages about those...

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I’m actually agnostic on how people lather their soaps. But if they are having issues, my process is a foolproof method to sort them out.

 

[Roy]

Can I add the opposite idea, that you can make bad lather from any soap?
Was in a hurry and added too much water to SV after loading brush and bowl lathered. Awful! Would hav3 have put me off the wonderful sv if it was my first time.

 

[JCinPA]

@Roy Oh yes, I've made my share of bad lather.

That's exactly why I do this process with every new (to me) soap I try. I don't want to miss a gem of a soap because I don't understand it enough to lather it properly. Everyone here has made plenty of bad lather, I'm sure. That's how you get to learn to make good lather.

But the differences in shave lather products is so remarkably wide I think everyone should use this process (not method!) with every new lather product before they try to judge it. It's not really about the lather method one uses, it's about understanding the soap and its properties.

 

[Keyvan]

Thanks, Kayvan. Can’t wait to try that.

You are welcomed. I hope it works for you. Once you reach the glue stage, the hard part is over.

 

[phillylion]

You are welcomed. I hope it works for you. Once you reach the glue stage, the hard part is over.

Thanks Kayvan-worked like a charm! Lather thick and slick! Great shave.