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Time consuming foaming with Stirling

5m to lather what theā€¦the only way I can see that as possible is if your aiming for lather porn pics šŸ˜‚ 30-60s loadingā€¦.30-60s latheringā€¦.O__O includes dips into water scrubbing etc
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Without knowing what kind of brush you're using I'd say start drier and add water incrementally until you get the consistency you want.
semogue 830, Yaqi Mojito (2-band badger) and Omega 617 (silver tip). Of these, the one that performed best was YAQI, as it appears to contain more water.
the semogue was the worst, the longest, the desire was to throw a bucket of water to see if it would quench the soap's thirst.

my ritual is as follows:
1 - let the brush soak in warm water for 5 minutes.
2 - shake the brush to remove excess water.
3 - charge the soap from 1 minute to 1:30 minutes.
4 - make the foam on the face in circular motions and brush strokes.
5 - add water until it is at the desired point (Greek yoghurt)

from step 4 onwards, Stirling takes 5 minutes.
with Turtleship Coconut, Proraso Green, Haslinger Calendula, TOBS Peppermint it takes 1 minute for the foam to be ready. this with less water
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semogue 830, Yaqi Mojito (2-band badger) and Omega 617 (silvertip). Of these, the one that had the least worst performance was YAQI, because it seems that it holds more water.
the semogue was the worst, the longest, the desire was to throw a bucket of water to see if it would quench the soap's thirst.

I've noticed Stirling takes a little longer than my other soap as well.

I've used my OC badger/ OC limited badger boar and an 830. All seem to take me a while.

While it takes a little longer. I do like the way it performs.

Just wish it was quicker. So I could use it on work days, when I'm pressed for time to get to work.
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You know where you are by the way your toilet flushes water... deep thoughts for a Friday!
Rofl as long as the content goes down (hmmm even that is relative) clock wise in the northern hemisphere and on vacation counterclockwise in the southern I am šŸ˜†

But of course to agitate the soap we must do counter in the north
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semogue 830, Yaqi Mojito (2-band badger) and Omega 617 (silver tip). Of these, the one that performed best was YAQI, as it appears to contain more water.
the semogue was the worst, the longest, the desire was to throw a bucket of water to see if it would quench the soap's thirst.

my ritual is as follows:
1 - let the brush soak in warm water for 5 minutes.
2 - shake the brush to remove excess water.
3 - charge the soap from 1 minute to 1:30 minutes.
4 - make the foam on the face in circular motions and brush strokes.
5 - add water until it is at the desired point (Greek yoghurt)

from step 4 onwards, Stirling takes 5 minutes.
with Turtleship Coconut, Proraso Green, Haslinger Calendula, TOBS Peppermint it takes 1 minute for the foam to be ready. this with less water
I've been using Stirling exclusively for over 4yrs now and exclusively face lathering for 3+yrs exclusively with synthetic brushes that I put together... The only Stirling soap that requires a bit more attention is the glacials. They seem to be a little more thirsty. The last time I used a silvertip brush was almost 4yrs ago and would say part of the reason to switch to synthetics were due to the lathering time being so much shorter with synthetics. I would have to time my lathers but I would say from a 30 second load to ready to shave face lather is approx 2min on average.

If I was to suggest anything that could possibly help you it would be to "not" start with so much water so I would squeeze the brush out also before loading. Not all the way but at least 70% of the water out... Maybe the amount of water the brush still has is not letting the tips be aggressive enough to load enough soap? That is the only thing I could think of without suggesting a change over to synthetic brushes!!
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My very first tub of Stirling was difficult to lather the first 2-3 times I used it, then started behaving properly. No other tub has done this...all have lathered super easy.
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I don't do anything special. I lather it up like any other soap using a Simpson Chubby 3, 2 band, Super Badger brush. I would say the lather is adequate but not great. I have tried slowing down but it's not worth the extra time to me. Adequate if fine with me.

I have noticed it seems to wear down faster than other soaps. Has anyone else noticed this?
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I bought 6 samples from sterling and they worked well and smelled wonderful. They weren't much harder to lather than anything else I used. Then I bought three regular sized ones. Two didn't seem to be mixed well. One of which seemed to have also gone though a chemical reaction with structures forming inside. Both didn't lather to well and I gave up on them. The third I think it was the Obsidian flavor was the best of all the Sterling's I use. The best soap I used at the time.
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If a soap takes me longer than five seconds to load, I've probably not taken the cellophane wrapper off...

Some soaps do seem to take longer to incorporate water though. With those, I tend to load the brush first, then prep my face (rinse/wash, braid goatee, tie back hair, etc). This gives the soap time to make friends with the water, while I'm bay doing other useful stuff. By the time I'm ready to face lather, the water us fylly incorporated, and the siap is ready to be lathered.
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I don't do anything special. I lather it up like any other soap using a Simpson Chubby 3, 2 band, Super Badger brush. I would say the lather is adequate but not great. I have tried slowing down but it's not worth the extra time to me. Adequate if fine with me.

I have noticed it seems to wear down faster than other soaps. Has anyone else noticed this?
Not to me. Stirling is fantastic soap and I've never had a problem lathering it. Use more product and more water.
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