Hard water soap?
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+1 on the $9 RR Plissoft. I also have a White Knight that I affectionately call the Boss, but the Plissoft is just as good at 1/4 the price... We have very hard water and I found that using hot water from a Sparklets dispenser or using reverse osmosis filtered water made more of a difference than brushes......Nothing beats a $9 RR Plissoft.
As said before, Arko works with all kinds of water.........
When we moved from Ohio to Texas, we discovered what hard water really was, we were used to using Old Spice mug soap, that stopped working, that's when dad discovered the Old Spice in a tube and we started using it. That was back in 1977, as time rolled on we had to switch and found Col Conk's glycern soap, which worked all right, and used it until we finally had to switch to can goop and cartridges. About 5 years ago I switched back to wet shaving and found Old Spice in a tube and Proraso are the two best ones for getting a good lather, Arko works great too but I just don't care for the smell.
Here's an old post from B&B. It describes how to lather if your water is disgustingly hard.
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After much searching and reading, followed by this evening’s experiment, I have to say a big THANK YOU to Grant @ShavingByTheNumbers, Eric @MaineYooper, and Joel @Johnnynroy. Where I live in the UK the water is disgustingly hard (stand a spoon up in the sink hard [nearly]). While shaving I...
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Williams reputedly works well in hard water. I would prime the puck first with lots of distilled water, however.
Palmolive sticks are also good.
Yeah, that's what a shaving scuttle is for. I have done this in the past and gotten great results. Fortunately, my hard water situation improved some, and I tend to use creams now days that are more immune to hard water.
Palmolive sticks are also good.
Yeah, that's what a shaving scuttle is for. I have done this in the past and gotten great results. Fortunately, my hard water situation improved some, and I tend to use creams now days that are more immune to hard water.
Nothing beats a $9 RR Plissoft.
The RR Big Bruce has been my brush of choice after being able to lather soaps in Afghanistan.
As others mentioned, I would try a shaving cream. There's always some conversation about lathering soaps (some brands appear more often than others) but questions on how to lather proraso or palmolive cream dom't seem to come up often.
Aiko and Cella work well wherever I bring them, no matter how hard the water is.
hard brown water ?? can I suggest that you flush before soaking your puck 
I also find soaps like Palmolive and arko lather well in most conditions I also have noticed that if I have used say a derby stick then try using lets say proraso with the same bowl and brush it dosnt like lathering as much .
I also find soaps like Palmolive and arko lather well in most conditions I also have noticed that if I have used say a derby stick then try using lets say proraso with the same bowl and brush it dosnt like lathering as much .
