how many shave sticks would I need to mill to get a decent sized puck in a ramekin? 2? I love my palmolive shave stick but I tend to use it directly on my face since it isn't milled.
milling a shave stick into a ramekin
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Today, I just milled two sticks of Palmolive into a one cup sized Pyrex bowl, with room to spare. You could probably fit three sticks, but it would be a tight fit.
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cheers. I figure three might be the magic number. a stick of palmolive is about 50g and the small tub of cella is 150g, so all I need is a decent sized container and I should be good
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ok, so mama bear soap containers hold about 4 oz, so I figure two shave sticks at 50g apiece would fall just under the 4 oz mark
Excuse me, could you please explain how you 'mill' shaving stick?
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according to everyone here 'milling' is another way of simply grating the soap into a container with a cheese grater
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I used a cheese grater. I think there is a tutorial somewhere on B&B. It's pretty simple.
Good point. Leave some room so your lather doesn't splash everywhere. Those pretty wood bowls filled to the brim usually result in a scene reminiscent of an I Love Lucy episode, where they but too much detergent in the washing machine.
I use Palmolive shave sticks (50 g each). I grate 2 of them down into a wide and deep soup mug that I bought at Wal-Mart. This is the size of an AoS puck (95 g) and it sits nicely in the bottom of the mug. It fills the mug up only about 1/3 the way up the walls so it leaves plenty of room for the lather to stay contained.
I agree you wouldn't want to fill a container all the way up to the top since lather will just go all over the place. This is why I never understood the wooden shaving bowls like D.R. Harris or AoS.
I agree you wouldn't want to fill a container all the way up to the top since lather will just go all over the place. This is why I never understood the wooden shaving bowls like D.R. Harris or AoS.
I generally recommend against milling shave sticks into a bowl and prefer to use them in stick form. The exception, however, is milling the nubs of used sticks to use them up. A week ago, I milled < half a puck of Williams, two nubs of Arko, a nub of Speick, a nub of Wilkinson, and a nub of Euro Palmolive into a bowl. Stirred to blend the stick grindings and pressed it into a covered bowl. The milled soap was about the equal to two of the small sticks.
This 'brew' does work well; provides a big lather, and works well.
-- John Gehman
This 'brew' does work well; provides a big lather, and works well.
-- John Gehman
What's the scent of this concoction?
After having read your post and all the answers, I still don't get it. What is the point of milling a shave stick? If you "love" your Palmolive shave stick, why not just use it as it was intended - as a shave stick?
You said you "tend to use it directly" on your face. Isn't that how a shave stick is supposed to be used?
Touché.
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I don't like face lathering and usually do the lazy man's prep and that's using the shave stick on my face. yes, that's how they're intended to be used but I would rather use it in milled form. I said I tend to use the shave stick on my face because it isn't milled. now, if only palmolive only made their product in soap form
I don't like face lathering and usually do the lazy man's prep and that's using the shave stick on my face. yes, that's how they're intended to be used but I would rather use it in milled form. I said I tend to use the shave stick on my face because it isn't milled. now, if only palmolive only made their product in soap form
I just spent about 45 minutes searching, but could not find the shaving video I was looking for, but I have seen one where the barber (Indian,? Turkish?) lathered by picking up soap directly from a shave stick with his brush. Maybe there is a compromise out there for you.
I believe this is the one you were looking for. He lathers on the stick right at the beginning. I'm pretty sure this is in Turkey.
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbO7NjtVLuw&feature=related[/YOUTUBE]
Yeah. That's the one. I should have just contacted you directly, instead of wasting so much time searching on line. Thanks.
No problem. I knew which one you were talking about when I read your post. That shaving stick the barber uses has a little bit of a weird shape, it kind of has a bulb at the end. I wonder if it was designed this way with a larger end so you could lather right on it easier?
