So, I have several synthetic brushes (two 24mm Razorock, Simpson Trafalgar T1 and T3, Maggard 24mm Timberwolf), three Omega boar brushes (26mm 10049, 24mm 10290, 24mm 11574) a Semogue SOC Mistura, and my very first brush, a really cheap Amazon badger of unknown hair type.
I thought it was time to buy a quality badger brush, and I purchased this:
Very excited when the brush arrived today. What a beauty. I couldn't wait to use it, and put the brush to work this evening. I figured I would start with MdC, as the soap seems to make tons of lather easily, with very little product.
Using my usual method with this soap, a scraped a bit from the jar and pressed it into the bottom of my lather bowl, dripped a bit of water onto it, and placed the brush into a mug of warm water. After about 15 minutes, I returned and whipped up an amazing lather, as expected.
What happened next was not expected:
As I splayed the brush on my face to scrub and apply the lather, the lather seemed to migrate towards the handle. The brush just did not want to release the lather. I had to scrape the sides of the brush on my bowl, and pick it up with the tips of the brush and apply it to my face, being mindful not to press the brush or splay it at all, or the lather would once again migrate towards the handle and ooze out at tha base of the knot.
My lather was not runny, or thin. I would describe it as perfectly creamy, the same consistency I would get with any of my other brushes - and had no problem with any of those brushes.
Needless to say, it was frustrating as I attempted to transfer the lather from brush to face, as I wiped the brush on the edges of my jaw and chin, from the handle to the tips, just to get some lather onto my face.
I've never had this happen with any of my other brushes. All give up the lather freely, while the Paladin hangs on to it like grim death.
So, let me have it. What did I do wrong?
I thought it was time to buy a quality badger brush, and I purchased this:
Very excited when the brush arrived today. What a beauty. I couldn't wait to use it, and put the brush to work this evening. I figured I would start with MdC, as the soap seems to make tons of lather easily, with very little product.
Using my usual method with this soap, a scraped a bit from the jar and pressed it into the bottom of my lather bowl, dripped a bit of water onto it, and placed the brush into a mug of warm water. After about 15 minutes, I returned and whipped up an amazing lather, as expected.
What happened next was not expected:
As I splayed the brush on my face to scrub and apply the lather, the lather seemed to migrate towards the handle. The brush just did not want to release the lather. I had to scrape the sides of the brush on my bowl, and pick it up with the tips of the brush and apply it to my face, being mindful not to press the brush or splay it at all, or the lather would once again migrate towards the handle and ooze out at tha base of the knot.
My lather was not runny, or thin. I would describe it as perfectly creamy, the same consistency I would get with any of my other brushes - and had no problem with any of those brushes.
Needless to say, it was frustrating as I attempted to transfer the lather from brush to face, as I wiped the brush on the edges of my jaw and chin, from the handle to the tips, just to get some lather onto my face.
I've never had this happen with any of my other brushes. All give up the lather freely, while the Paladin hangs on to it like grim death.
So, let me have it. What did I do wrong?