What's wrong with my soap!

[Nitrosnail]

Hey,
I bought a puck of cheap $1.75 locally made shave soap and it works pretty ok, the problem I am having is that 1/4 to 1/2 way through my shave the lather on my face drys out, is this normal? I use a badger brush and wet my skin prior to shaving? Also I shave outside on a military style shave stand and the temp is 65-90 plus some wind or breeze. Any suggestions? I can only shave outside btw.

On a seperate question is there any shave soap co making tallow based soaps nowadays?

Best,

Nitro

 

[gaj90027]

Sounds like not enough product to me but check the tutorial on how to make lather from soap in the sticky here: http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=63824

On the same sticky there is a link to a thread about tallow based soaps as well.

 

[mdunn]

its probably the soap - some locally made ones are great, but some are just not very good.

tallow? yep, there are a few!

 

[Nitrosnail]

thanks gaj I follow the sticky post way of getting soap to lather, I think it may be the soap cause, it seems like I am doing things right, I might try a art of shaving unscented if they have that...

 

[gaj90027]

Before you spend any cash at AOS I have an unopened sample of their unscented cream you can have for free. If you want it just PM me your mailing address.

 

[cityjim]

Are you in a dry climate like the desert ? Real low humidity ? The wind I'm sure is killing your lather .

Get a pump spray bottle and mist your face when needed .

Look for tripple milled soaps like DR. Harris , Tabac , Mitchell's Wool Fat and so on . Around 10-$15.00 each .

Oh and what a nice offer gaj90027 .


cityjim

 

[VaHomebrewer]

its probably the soap - some locally made ones are great, but some are just not very good.

+1

I have a couple pucks of a locally produced soap. It lathers thin, but is slick as can be and moisturizes my skin better than anything else I've tried. Some days I'm willing to give on the quality of the lather to get the slickness and moisturizing qualities of that soap. Depends on my mood...

 

[82R100]

+1 on the breeze. All of us inside shavers are shaving in still, generally humid air and even then our lather dries out sometimes.

Depending on your aesthetic sensibilities, you can get a generic spray bottle for cheap at a hardware or Walmart or something and that should help solve the problem.

- Chris

 

[luvmysuper]

+1 on the wind / humidity killing the lather.

Maybe try lathering the area you are going to shave, then lather the next area.
A lot more trouble, but probably easier than carting around a pump bottle in the field.

 

[Suzuki]

It would help if you could tell us what's in the soap.

For example, olive oil is very kind to the skin and slick, but makes a horrible shaving soap, as the lather basically vanishes in seconds.

Its relatively easy to make soap, much harder to make a proper shaving soap and many small-time soapers don't take the time to figure this out. Simply tweaking a good bath soap is not likely to give you a good shaving soap.

 

[Storm]

You get 1/2 or 1/4 down a puck?!? Get a bigger selection!

 

[mretzloff]

It is the soap. Most likely the soap is nothing more than bath soap with added clay.

 

[Nitrosnail]

Thanks for the offer Gaj, but since I am going to be travaling I just bought some via shave cream, I will try it out tomorrow and see how it works.

 

[cityjim]

Jump inside a vehicle . I know you said only outside . But there has to be some place where there is no wind . How about the plastic crappers , if you are around them ? Something ??? ..............


Or stand on a HMMWV hood with a freakin Rambo knife and let everyone see you lather up .



cityjim

 

[gaj90027]

Thanks for the offer Gaj, but since I am going to be travaling I just bought some via shave cream, I will try it out tomorrow and see how it works.

No problem - good luck man