i know heating up your bowl then adding the soap will help maintain heat, but is there any heating machines or something on that line that keeps it warm? maybe a coffee mug electric heater? or am I just wasting time and putting too much thought in this?
keeping lather warm / hot
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These might be worth a look.
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How about something like this? If it can keep coffee warm then it should work.
I need one of these for my coffee never mind my lather.
There are some porcelain mugs which have an extra inner chamber where you can add hot water inside.
What I usually do is to add hot water in both the main chamber and the inner one and leave the brush to soak (for boar/badger hair)
Good fellas smile has such a bowl for sale :
What I usually do is to add hot water in both the main chamber and the inner one and leave the brush to soak (for boar/badger hair)
Good fellas smile has such a bowl for sale :
I use an aroma electric wax melt burner/warmer plugged into a two pin electric shaver socket
I use a PAA scuttle. This is what a scuttle is for. Warm or hot water in between the walls. I use mine exactly like TiberiuR describes. I think the PAA scuttle may be a little bigger than his.
You want a scuttle. I've been using a Georgetown Pottery scuttle for years now, but there are lots out there. Having a plug for the fill hole keeps the water about 10 degrees warmer by the end of the shave, so if your goal is warm lather I'd suggest making sure it has a plug.
My hot tap water is around 140 degrees - which is really hot, but great for the scuttle. I would not make/use water much hotter than that or you might dry out the lather in the bowl. It's not the end of the world - you just add a little water - but I'd try to avoid that.
I preheat the scuttle by filling it before my shower. If I'm using a boar brush I use a mix of hot and cold water in the bowl where I'm soaking the brush. After the shower I dump the water and refill with hot water. The lather gets a little warmer for each pass. It also provides a nice place to wash the brush after shaving.
My hot tap water is around 140 degrees - which is really hot, but great for the scuttle. I would not make/use water much hotter than that or you might dry out the lather in the bowl. It's not the end of the world - you just add a little water - but I'd try to avoid that.
I preheat the scuttle by filling it before my shower. If I'm using a boar brush I use a mix of hot and cold water in the bowl where I'm soaking the brush. After the shower I dump the water and refill with hot water. The lather gets a little warmer for each pass. It also provides a nice place to wash the brush after shaving.
Wasting time? I don't think so. Over thinking it? Perhaps.
I've been using this SWK scuttle for years. The hot water in the scuttle's jacket is HOT... around 190 degrees, but lather is a terrible retainer of heat. The toasty warm lather you expect simply isn't maintained, and the lather cools to your face temperature or the ambient air around you QUICKLY the moment you brush it on. For me, the scuttle is more part of the ritual.
Lather machines, like the Wahl, limit you to the soap made for the device.
Hot lather to me is a personal preference choice. I've never noticed any improvement in my shaves, at least any that could be measured.
I've been using this SWK scuttle for years. The hot water in the scuttle's jacket is HOT... around 190 degrees, but lather is a terrible retainer of heat. The toasty warm lather you expect simply isn't maintained, and the lather cools to your face temperature or the ambient air around you QUICKLY the moment you brush it on. For me, the scuttle is more part of the ritual.
Lather machines, like the Wahl, limit you to the soap made for the device.
Hot lather to me is a personal preference choice. I've never noticed any improvement in my shaves, at least any that could be measured.
Some guys float their (lightweight) bowl in a sink filled with hot water.
I use a Q-Shave scuttle my wife got me. But since I face lather, it’s keeps my brush warm for the shave.
My new Phoenix Shaving hard plastic scuttle is doing a great job.
This works well for me with the Captains Choice Copper Bowl (lightweight)
For people that face lather, there is such a thing as a brush scuttle. This is like a large coffee mug with a porcelain inner basket. Hot water goes in the bottom. The brush gets used for face lathering as usual, then parked in the scuttle until needed again. I think the electric heater idea is probably overkill. With a ceramic mug and very hot water, it will retain enough heat to shave for ten minutes or so.
I would really hate to hear a news story that goes:
Man Electrocuted While Shaving
A local man was killed yesterday morning when he accidentally dropped a live electrical heating appliance into the sink while shaving. His older home's electrical system was not furnished with a ground fault interrupter device. EMS Chief Charles Smith would like to remind everyone GFI outlets and circuit breakers can be installed at low cost.
That PAA scuttle looks great.
But any ceramic should retain heat fairly well. I will fill up my cereal bowl with hot water whilst I bloom my soap. Between that, lathering with warm water, and adding some warm water to my face before applying the lather, my lather is warm enough.
But any ceramic should retain heat fairly well. I will fill up my cereal bowl with hot water whilst I bloom my soap. Between that, lathering with warm water, and adding some warm water to my face before applying the lather, my lather is warm enough.
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That was my thought too.
Many years ago I experimented with scuttles, but was not convinced at that time and gave up.
But this particular GoodFellas Smile scuttle design changed my thinking. Not only does it keep the lather warm, but thanks to the grooves and dents at the bottom it also produces an excellent lather.
Due to the 50 mins warm-up period and the need for a specific liquid lather fluid, the Wahl lather machine is a non-starter for me.
Designs like a thermacup, shown in a different reply, are a non-starter too, because I learnt over the years that the shape of the inside of the bowl needs to be designed for shaving and a willy-nilly shaped (coffee or tea) cup will not serve the purpose.
So, a well designed scuttle with a large enough hot water mantle seems the best way to go to me.
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