Post by wchnu on Jan 24, 2012 2:24:54 GMT -6
There are few products that are as pure love it or hate it as Williams Mug Shave soap. It seems that there is no middle ground. As anyone who has known me for more then 10 minutes knows I love it. It has always seemed to me that most of the reason people don't like it is that they do not know how to use it. Like anything else there is a technique to make it work. Here is how I get it to lather good for me.
I usually use a boar brush with all my soaps. Williams to me is a boar soap. Don't yell, I know some use a badger and that is cool, I just prefer boar.
Start by putting the brush in some warm water to soak. This is an important step using any soap or cream with a boar. A well broke in well soaked boar is a wonderful thing,
It is ok to put a bit of water on top of the puck while the brush soaks. No need to submerge the puck. Just wet the top some. I don't usually do this but it does not hurt and I know a lot of folks like to do it.
Once the brush is soaked shake most of the water out of it. I like to start with a dryer brush. Starting with the brush too wet tends to make a soup to start with. Not good. A paste is more what your looking for.
On to the puck we go. Start working the puck into a nice paste. Once you get the paste going dip just the tips of the brush into the water and continue to build your lather. Add water a bit at a time by just dipping the tips of the brush.
Work the brush on the puck until the later starts to build nicely. From that point you can go straight to face lathering.
The later will work up nice and give a great slick Williams shave.
This is how I later all soaps from a puck. Try it. I bet it will work good for you too.
Fuzzy
I usually use a boar brush with all my soaps. Williams to me is a boar soap. Don't yell, I know some use a badger and that is cool, I just prefer boar.
Start by putting the brush in some warm water to soak. This is an important step using any soap or cream with a boar. A well broke in well soaked boar is a wonderful thing,
It is ok to put a bit of water on top of the puck while the brush soaks. No need to submerge the puck. Just wet the top some. I don't usually do this but it does not hurt and I know a lot of folks like to do it.
Once the brush is soaked shake most of the water out of it. I like to start with a dryer brush. Starting with the brush too wet tends to make a soup to start with. Not good. A paste is more what your looking for.
On to the puck we go. Start working the puck into a nice paste. Once you get the paste going dip just the tips of the brush into the water and continue to build your lather. Add water a bit at a time by just dipping the tips of the brush.
Work the brush on the puck until the later starts to build nicely. From that point you can go straight to face lathering.
The later will work up nice and give a great slick Williams shave.
This is how I later all soaps from a puck. Try it. I bet it will work good for you too.
Fuzzy