How much cream do you use...

[AimlessWanderer]

... and how much does this vary between products?

I'm new to creams, by which I mean I tried one a few years ago but binned it, and have only used one cream twice since trying creams again. It seems that with the current cream (Erasmic), I need between 0.5ml and 1ml to give me lather for three passes with a damp (not dripping wet) boar brush.

To make that easier to picture, 1ml is a 1cm (3/8") cube.

With that in mind, how many ml of cream do you use per shave? Please feel free to say which creams you use.

 

[Esox]

ML's I have no clue. I dip the tips and twist the brush if I need too.

I used this much Captain's Choice cream.

That gave me this much lather.

There was enough lather in my brush for 2 or 3, 3 pass shaves plus another shave left in the bowl.

Using half that much CRS gives me a comparable amount of lather in my synthetic brush. My synthetic has a 22mm knot. The Omega is a 24mm boar.

You'll likely find that the more time you spend building a lather, the more lather you get, especially with the better soaps and creams.

Keep your brush on the dry side. Its easier to add a few drops of water than go back to the tub for more product.

 

[Blueskye09]

I don’t mind overloading my brushes a tad , I usually put a quarter sized amount of cream in a mug and lather , if it doesn’t create the volume or quality I look for I’ll add more.


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[ackvil]

I put in about .05 ml of cream and that gives me enough lather for a four pass shave on my face and two on my head. However, I face lather and put that amount on my face and head and lather it up.

 

[dundak]

I use a lot. I cover my face with enough to be used brushless, strop, then lather it up with a damp brush. It softens the beard so well and is so slick I could probably use a spoon to shave. More is better for me when I use creams.

 

[AimlessWanderer]

I don’t mind overloading my brushes a tad , I usually put a quarter sized amount of cream in a mug and lather , if it doesn’t create the volume or quality I look for I’ll add more.

What's quarter sized?

 

[shavefan]

What's quarter sized?

The size of a U.S. quarter dollar coin

Diameter: 24.26 mm (0.955 in)
Thickness: 1.75 mm (0.069 in)

Personally I use much less that that. Usually just a snurdle. How much is a snurdle? About the size of 2 peas

 

[Boar Fighter]

I have actually started keeping track recently of this and facelathering it's between 2 and 3ml in tube variants. It depends on the cream too. Some are denser and generate more lather with less product. Also, some tubes i just want to finish them quicker and i put more. I finished recently a 150ml Proraso tube in exactly 50 shaves (3ml per shave). Before that, an Arko (100ml) in 44 shaves. I am convinced, that in bowl lathering, i used to consume less cream, because i would make more lather in the bowl.

Note: I do 3 full passes and relather for touchups, but if the last lather isn't spectacular, it's ok.

 

[Jim99]

I use a small ice cream “sampler” spoon and load it into my shave mug. That way I can keep the cream dry and I only take what I need. That small scoop is good for two to three passes depending on the brush.

 

[REV579]

I use a small ice cream “sampler” spoon and load it into my shave mug. That way I can keep the cream dry and I only take what I need. That small scoop is good for two to three passes depending on the brush.

Ditto. In terms of volume, I would say the amount is consistent with that if a pea for my ToOBS creams. I also use a brush that varies between 14mm as the smallest and 18mm as the largest 80% of the time. These use the least amount of product.
My larger brushes get hard pucks 90% of the time.

 

[Black Adder]

Veering away from the metric system, and when I was using the big Vitos tubes, I measured out 1/4 teaspoon. Honestly, I probably could have cut that in half and still have gotten more than enough lather. Cream is a concentrated soap, and I treated it as such.

Don

 

[ajkel64]

Depending on the cream I use either a dollop the size of a pea to a dollop the size of an almond. I have used creams in the past that have taken the equivalent of an apricot to develop a usable lather.

 

[VerbaVolant]

I put in about .05 ml of cream and that gives me enough lather for a four pass shave on my face and two on my head. However, I face lather and put that amount on my face and head and lather it up.

I believe you got that number wrong. In my opinion, it is not possible to make usable lather out of 50µl of anything.

 

[ackvil]

I believe you got that number wrong. In my opinion, it is not possible to make usable lather out of 50µl of anything.

You are right: it should read 0.5!

 

[REV579]

I went to a Gelato shop with REV579 Jr. just after Christmas and came home with a couple of sample spoons to go with the Baskin & Robbins sample spoon.

 

[5Cantonas]

I dunno.... lots. A little bit more than enough.

 

[REV579]

I dunno.... lots. A little bit more than enough.

What size brush are you using? The bigger the knot, the more product you will use.

 

[5Cantonas]

What size brush are you using? The bigger the knot, the more product you will use.

Just being cheeky.
I prefer knots at 22 and 24. Purposely overloaded.

 

[StillShaving]

Probably closer to 0.5, but really hard to say because I don't measure and it depends on the brush size and how wet of a lather I want. While too little product produces a poor lather, too much results in a sticky lather which I don't like..

 

[beginish]

One snurdle.