I have seen a few YouTube videos (don't think any are mantic's) that show the gent lathering right on the soap puck. Others show the loading of the brush then lathering in a separate bowl/mug. Other than the fact that lathering on the puck may use up the product a bit faster, I really don't know what the relative plusses and minuses are to this practice. Comments?
on the puck?
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I think if you lather on the puck it would be difficult to get the correct soap/water ratio--and you will make a big mess of your puck, since they tend to absorb water and become a gooey mess.
I used to lather that way when I used regular bar soap slivers in a mug, but the result was less than fantastic.
I used to lather that way when I used regular bar soap slivers in a mug, but the result was less than fantastic.
i loap up on the puck then lather on my face, as has been said if you lather on the puck then youre constantly adding more soap to the mix, rather than working that mix into a lather
I've never had this happen. I leave my soaps sit out on the shelf and they always dry up nicely by the next day.
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So Mason, do you lather on the puck?
Absolutely not, I lather on my puck and get a great lather.
The soap is always dry the next morning and has never been a gooey mess, or mess at all.
Lathering on the puck is how I used Williams for years before I finally started face lathering soaps. I think that lathering on the puck is much easier because all you have to do is keep working it until it is right. Add water is the lather is pasty, or stir it more if it is a little thin.
I usually charge my brush and lather in a separate bowl. I like to keep it clean.
If I face lather, I will charge the brush and then lather directly on my face.
I didn't try lathering on the soap directly as the explosion would overflow...
If I face lather, I will charge the brush and then lather directly on my face.
I didn't try lathering on the soap directly as the explosion would overflow...
With VDH and Williams soaps, always.
With Crabtree and Evelyn Soaps.. mostly. I mostly do a mix of puck/bowl/face with those.. really whatever I'm in the mood for. The C&E Soaps are so hard that I don't worry at all about "wasting product" - and even if I did, so what. My pucks have already lasted over year..
I just do a very generous loading on the puck. The distinction being that my brush is wet enough to load substantially but not so much that I'm sloshing suds down the drain.
I then face lather. Starting with a freshly splashed face, my lather's pretty much as wet as it needs to be from the get-go. I generally find myself with enough soap in the brush for all 3 passes plus touch ups with a little left over.
- Chris
I then face lather. Starting with a freshly splashed face, my lather's pretty much as wet as it needs to be from the get-go. I generally find myself with enough soap in the brush for all 3 passes plus touch ups with a little left over.
- Chris
I load up on a puck and then move on to my lather bowl. Lathering on the puck wastes soap.
I have done both.
The only issue with lathering on the puck is that you end up picking up a lot more soap than is really needed and you end up using your pucks up faster that way.
NO and NO
Cheaper soaps such as Williams only really work IF you lather on the puck...
As others have mentioned it doesn't destroy the soap, it just uses the soap up faster.
Loading up the brush and then face lathering seems to work fine for me
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Lo'Tek
What da puck?
Looks like I really had my head up my butt on that issue...
I face lather. I don't build the lather on the puck because this would waste a lot of soap.
I charge my brush with lather from the puck with a moist brush. I get enough on the bristles to last 3-4 passes. Then I begin working this lather into my beard. The lather is too dry at this point to shave with, so I dip the tips of my brush in hot water and continue to build the lather on my face. After building the lather on my face for a minute or so with usually 3 total dips of hot water I am ready to shave. After all the lathering my whiskers are nice and soft and are cut easily.
The brush then holds enough nice and hydrated lather to last me a couple more passes and the puck is dry again the next AM.
I charge my brush with lather from the puck with a moist brush. I get enough on the bristles to last 3-4 passes. Then I begin working this lather into my beard. The lather is too dry at this point to shave with, so I dip the tips of my brush in hot water and continue to build the lather on my face. After building the lather on my face for a minute or so with usually 3 total dips of hot water I am ready to shave. After all the lathering my whiskers are nice and soft and are cut easily.
The brush then holds enough nice and hydrated lather to last me a couple more passes and the puck is dry again the next AM.
Puck to face.
