For Christmas I received a puck of wonderfully scented Trumper Rose soap; however I can't get a decent shave with it. I don't know if it's my lather or what, but I can't a good shave. After I finish, my face has visible stubble patches on it and various spots of slight irritation. It's depressing.
Trumper Rose
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Can you describe the quality of the lather? That would help to determine the issue.
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The first time I used it, I think it may have been too wet. When I started trying to load the brush I got lots of foamy slather. The next few times I decreased water in the brush but I didn't seem to get a good quantity of lather or a slick lather. I felt like the razor blade (an Iridium in a 34HD) kinda skipped. It was only the blade's second use.
Put a bit of water on the puck to soften it up prior to loading your brush. Wet the brush and give it a couple of light shakes to remove the excess water. Pour the water off the soap and take the brush to it. Your lather should not be foamy at this point, but instead rather thick, as you are loading the brush with soap. After the brush is well loaded, then create your lather directly on your face, addding a bit of water to the brush tips as neeeded. You can also create the lather in a separate bowl by adding a bit of water as needed, if you prefer that over face-lathering.
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I have been putting water on the puck, but maybe not enough. I have been have trouble loading the brush using my SR3122.
Two shaves really isn't long enough to get the hang of a soap. I use a dry soap and a wet brush, and face lather with the resulting slurry until it's worked into my beard, and into a nice lather. That works for me. I'd suggest using the soap daily for at least a couple of weeks before determining that it doesn't work.
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I never said that it doesn't work or it's useless--I am just asking for help. I have had no problems with other soaps that I have used such as QED, Tabac, and Cade.
Trumper's is triple milled, so it is probably a lot harder than you are used to, meaning you have to work the puck more. For that to be effective, you need a somewhat drier brush (to avoid getting lots of "foam", and fooling yourself into thinking you have the makings of lather). I find soaking the brush in hot water, and just wetting the top of the soap (not MUCH, just...dampen it) and letting it sit while I shower works well. The brush saturates, and the top of the soap softens just enough. When you're ready to build lather, shake out the brush pretty well - 3 or four good shakes (or give the bristles a slight squeeze) - ...it will be drier than you actually want for lather, but there is plenty of water deep inside that will release as you load the brush but will not ooze everywhere, making a mess. Now, scrub the soap with your brush, swirling in good circles, and pressing down slightly. Number of swirls or time isn't crucial as there are too many variables to say "swirl for 28 seconds" or "swirl 15 times"...just do it until you feel comfortable with the amount of product on the brush. For ME, I swirl for about 20 seconds or so, but the soap I'm using determines how long. The brush is a Rooney Finest, which is quite stiff, and picks up a lot of soap. With my Rooney Super, I scrubbed and swirled a bit longer. Anyway, once the brush is loaded, you can build lather however you like...bowl, face, etc. If you bowl lather, you'll probably want to add a teaspoon of water right at the beginning, and add in small increments until you get the lather you want (theTrumper's is awesome too...). If you face lather, just start building on your face, and working the lather around, and dipping the bristles in water to pick up some more (probably 3-4 times) until your lather can "paint" on smoothly, without dryish peaks.
Anyway, hope that helps somewhat...stick with it for a bit, and try experimenting with different amounts of soap and water until you get the hang. Those English triple milled soaps are hard to get used to, but OH so worth it!
Anyway, hope that helps somewhat...stick with it for a bit, and try experimenting with different amounts of soap and water until you get the hang. Those English triple milled soaps are hard to get used to, but OH so worth it!
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Thanks, I'll give this a practice run.
You will get 20+ responses on why you should like Trumpers Rose soap. "It's one of the best" and so on...
I bought it too and finally traded it. I preferred nearly all of my other of my soaps before this one.
Each to their own...
I bought it too and finally traded it. I preferred nearly all of my other of my soaps before this one.
Each to their own...
That's true...if you DON'T like it, flog it on the BST, and if you like rose, I suggest either TOBS rose cream, or SCS Savory Rose (cream or soap). The SCS soap is softer than the hard soaps (like, you could squish it into shape, or easily into a bowl), and was what convinced me to give soaps a serious go. Sue's rose smells fantastic too...
