Reverse Osmosis water for building lather?

[APEXshooter]

I have an R/O water filter in my kitchen and I had the idea the other day that it might be good for building lather. I was wondering if anyone else had ever tried such a thing? I see people suggesting buying distilled water if one's water is not ideal for lather production but I was just curious if anyone had ever had ever tried R/O water.

I am going to try it and if I remember I will catalog it just for S's and G's.

 

[AceByTerror]

I'm curious about this very thing - funny you brought it up now as I was thinking to myself this morning about putting in new filters for my R/O system and giving it a try.

Keep us posted and I'll do the same

 

[oc_in_fw]

Well, hard water has dissolved minerals in it, an RO is just a super fine membrane for filtering. I would guess it would be pretty good water. The water I buy (a steal at a quarter a gallon) is filtered, then charcoal filtered, then RO, finished off with UV. It is excellent lather water.

 

[HoosierTrooper]

I use water every morning that has gone through a water softener and then a reverse osmosis system and it works great.

 

[Deltaboy]

Soft Water IMO is the most underated part of making a great shaving lather!

 

[sk0ttomann]

Now I have to put my kettle in the bathroom and keep a gallon of RO water in there to try this out!

 

[celestino]

Soft Water IMO is the most underated part of making a great shaving lather!

+1 i could not agree more and i am very grateful for living in Vancouver with our extremely soft water that allows you to lather ANYTHING!

 

[APEXshooter]

My water here in this part of the city is not any one extreme. Pretty much runs the middle of the road, I didn't get a chance to shave this morning got up way later than I wanted. Had to go to work unshaved,

I may try here in a bit once I get caught up on school work and e-mails.

 

[Go West Young Man]

Reverse osmosis doesn't soften the water, just removes impurities, right?

 

[TallyShave]

Soft Water IMO is the most underated part of making a great shaving lather!

Having tried water running the spectrum of softness, the only real difference I notice is in ease of lathering, not final lather.

 

[oc_in_fw]

Reverse osmosis doesn't soften the water, just removes impurities, right?

I don't think dissolved minerals can make it through the membrane- it is pretty fine. I could be wrong, though

 

[APEXshooter]

I don't think dissolved minerals can make it through the membrane- it is pretty fine. I could be wrong, though

It depends on what membrane is in the filter that you have. They do vary and are usually measured at the micron level.

They do sometimes soften the water by removing the larger molecules in it that would cause it to have a greater hardness but that is not the job it is designed for.