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Post by ordinaryshaver on Dec 6, 2018 22:35:10 GMT -6
As has been said arguing n numerous occasions by grumpy shave uncle Fuzzy, Williams molestation will be grounds for a good bricking.... Just kidding about the bricking part. I am honestly curious as to some legitimate reasons that folks have issues creating a lather. Let's talk about it, let's discuss it, let's all unite to figure out the best practices to get it right. I'm scared of them bricks.
I'll start. I tend to make sure that my face is wet, and what I mean is when I use Williams, I will take the extra water on my brush, and cover my face with the water .then I do a 45 second load of Williams. I notice that the more of a load, the easier it is to get a good protective lather. I think that base layer of water on the face helps me to achieve the correct ratuo of soap to water. What say y'all?
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Post by grassy on Dec 6, 2018 23:16:05 GMT -6
I think you're right, it's always a good idea to set the face when face lathering. I'm no expert, having only recently got my first Puck but I have found that I really need to spend some time loading the brush to get a nice protective lather. Load heavy, it's cheap enough.
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Post by pisces0 on Dec 7, 2018 5:27:03 GMT -6
Man, I do love me some Williams!
My Cliffs Notes on creating a lather:
1. Big boar brush w/good backbone 2. Load HEAVILY in a confined shaving mug (my Williams is kept in a Seaforth mug) 3. Apply generously to face; should be quite pasty 4. Dip tip of brush in hot sink water a few times to add moisture & perfect the lather 5. Enjoy a bang-up shave
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Post by ordinaryshaver on Dec 7, 2018 9:30:13 GMT -6
This thread will either be a major success, or fuzzy will have to order a commercial grade brick mold.
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Post by wchnu on Dec 7, 2018 13:59:52 GMT -6
I have done a lot of how to videos and such. I really do treat it like any other soap. Damp brush load a good paste then add water very little at a time as I face lather and Bobs your Uncle. I will keep an eye here!
Viva La Revolution!!
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Post by jayaruh on Dec 7, 2018 18:44:17 GMT -6
Line the Fuzzy one, I don't treat Williams any differently than other soaps. I always get a good lather by face lathering. You don't need the soap to look like you smeared Cool-Whip on your face. Also, I only use cold water. Like ordinaryshaver , I wet my face with the wet brush. I shake off the excess water and then load the brush for about 30 seconds. Then I start building the lather on my neck and spread to the rest of my face. I will or will not add a bit of water. I always get good results and have plenty for my two pass shave. I love how Williams rinses so cleanly.
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Post by wchnu on Dec 7, 2018 20:35:12 GMT -6
Line the Fuzzy one, I don't treat Williams any differently than other soaps. I always get a good lather by face lathering. You don't need the soap to look like you smeared Cool-Whip on your face. Also, I only use cold water. Like ordinaryshaver , I wet my face with the wet brush. I shake off the excess water and then load the brush for about 30 seconds. Then I start building the lather on my neck and spread to the rest of my face. I will or will not add a bit of water. I always get good results and have plenty for my two pass shave. I love how Williams rinses so cleanly. Veddy nice.
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Post by luv2shave on Dec 7, 2018 20:37:06 GMT -6
I am always perplexed to hear about lathering issues and especially blooming it over night or for a few hours under 30 feet of boiling distilled water etc. Here is my recipe. I keep the puck in a green marvy rubber mug. I pour really hot water on to the puck and as soon as the soap is covered I empty the mug immediately. I don't qualify this as blooming. It's just to get the surface wet and I do this with any hard soap. Alternately i.hold the soap by finger tips and dip it in hot water and place it back in the mug - but thats time consuming and fidgety. Boar brush soaks in hot water in a vintage milk glass Surrey mug while I shower. Take the brush, rinse excess water gently and have a go at the puck for like 15-30 seconds. Take it to the wet face and keep working up a lather on the face adding water as I go along. There is a point beyond all the frothy bubbly lather that it suddenly thickens up and starts building the elusive shave quality lather. If it stays air frothy bubbly for long, load more soap from the puck I add more water and like the lather "wet hot and slick" The lather doesn't die or dry on the face nor dissipate on the brush between passes. Use a gem or ever ready razor - Shave Nirvana achieved !!! Williams works best when face lathering with a loaded brush and adding plenty water when lathering. Done shaving - the excess lather from the brush goes back in to the marvy mug. You see I love Williams enough not to waste that lather down the sink and pollute the environment. (Ok ok I am a cheap bastard and want the dollar I paid to last as long as it can !) No excessive blooming just wet the soap once and no molesting it for uber lather with anything else as uncle Fuzzy says
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Post by wchnu on Dec 7, 2018 21:56:39 GMT -6
I am always perplexed to hear about lathering issues and especially blooming it over night or for a few hours under 30 feet of boiling distilled water etc. Here is my recipe. I keep the puck in a green marvy rubber mug. I pour really hot water on to the puck and as soon as the soap is covered I empty the mug immediately. I don't qualify this as blooming. It's just to get the surface wet and I do this with any hard soap. Alternately i.hold the soap by finger tips and dip it in hot water and place it back in the mug - but thats time consuming and fidgety. Boar brush soaks in hot water in a vintage milk glass Surrey mug while I shower. Take the brush, rinse excess water gently and have a go at the puck for like 15-30 seconds. Take it to the wet face and keep working up a lather on the face adding water as I go along. There is a point beyond all the frothy bubbly lather that it suddenly thickens up and starts building the elusive shave quality lather. If it stays air frothy bubbly for long, load more soap from the puck I add more water and like the lather "wet hot and slick" The lather doesn't die or dry on the face nor dissipate on the brush between passes. Use a gem or ever ready razor - Shave Nirvana achieved !!! Williams works best when face lathering with a loaded brush and adding plenty water when lathering. Done shaving - the excess lather from the brush goes back in to the marvy mug. You see I love Williams enough not to waste that lather down the sink and pollute the environment. (Ok ok I am a cheap bastard and want the dollar I paid to last as long as it can !) No excessive blooming just wet the soap once and no molesting it for uber lather with anything else as uncle Fuzzy says Shave Uncle Fuzzy approves.....
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Post by pisces0 on Dec 8, 2018 7:49:48 GMT -6
I am always perplexed to hear about lathering issues and especially blooming it over night or for a few hours under 30 feet of boiling distilled water etc. Here is my recipe. I keep the puck in a green marvy rubber mug. I pour really hot water on to the puck and as soon as the soap is covered I empty the mug immediately. I don't qualify this as blooming. It's just to get the surface wet and I do this with any hard soap. Alternately i.hold the soap by finger tips and dip it in hot water and place it back in the mug - but thats time consuming and fidgety. Boar brush soaks in hot water in a vintage milk glass Surrey mug while I shower. Take the brush, rinse excess water gently and have a go at the puck for like 15-30 seconds. Take it to the wet face and keep working up a lather on the face adding water as I go along. There is a point beyond all the frothy bubbly lather that it suddenly thickens up and starts building the elusive shave quality lather. If it stays air frothy bubbly for long, load more soap from the puck I add more water and like the lather "wet hot and slick" The lather doesn't die or dry on the face nor dissipate on the brush between passes. Use a gem or ever ready razor - Shave Nirvana achieved !!! Williams works best when face lathering with a loaded brush and adding plenty water when lathering. Done shaving - the excess lather from the brush goes back in to the marvy mug. You see I love Williams enough not to waste that lather down the sink and pollute the environment. (Ok ok I am a cheap bastard and want the dollar I paid to last as long as it can !) No excessive blooming just wet the soap once and no molesting it for uber lather with anything else as uncle Fuzzy says A carbon-copy of my process. Though, luv2shave did a much better job explaining it than I did earlier in this thread. jayaruh mentioned it, but I LOVE the post-shave feel of Williams. It surpasses soaps that are 10X-15X more expensive. In fact, I splurged yesterday the local supermarket and dropped another $1.19 for a fresh puck. How can you NOT have this soap in your den?!
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Post by wchnu on Dec 8, 2018 18:41:43 GMT -6
I am always perplexed to hear about lathering issues and especially blooming it over night or for a few hours under 30 feet of boiling distilled water etc. Here is my recipe. I keep the puck in a green marvy rubber mug. I pour really hot water on to the puck and as soon as the soap is covered I empty the mug immediately. I don't qualify this as blooming. It's just to get the surface wet and I do this with any hard soap. Alternately i.hold the soap by finger tips and dip it in hot water and place it back in the mug - but thats time consuming and fidgety. Boar brush soaks in hot water in a vintage milk glass Surrey mug while I shower. Take the brush, rinse excess water gently and have a go at the puck for like 15-30 seconds. Take it to the wet face and keep working up a lather on the face adding water as I go along. There is a point beyond all the frothy bubbly lather that it suddenly thickens up and starts building the elusive shave quality lather. If it stays air frothy bubbly for long, load more soap from the puck I add more water and like the lather "wet hot and slick" The lather doesn't die or dry on the face nor dissipate on the brush between passes. Use a gem or ever ready razor - Shave Nirvana achieved !!! Williams works best when face lathering with a loaded brush and adding plenty water when lathering. Done shaving - the excess lather from the brush goes back in to the marvy mug. You see I love Williams enough not to waste that lather down the sink and pollute the environment. (Ok ok I am a cheap bastard and want the dollar I paid to last as long as it can !) No excessive blooming just wet the soap once and no molesting it for uber lather with anything else as uncle Fuzzy says A carbon-copy of my process. Though, luv2shave did a much better job explaining it than I did earlier in this thread. jayaruh mentioned it, but I LOVE the post-shave feel of Williams. It surpasses soaps that are 10X-15X more expensive. In fact, I splurged yesterday the local supermarket and dropped another $1.19 for a fresh puck. How can you NOT have this soap in your den?! Thoughts like that will keep you in the Will... unlike some folks here.. (GLARES ACROSS ROOM)
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Post by Flintstone on Dec 8, 2018 20:56:42 GMT -6
Got my first puck of Williams and I’m excited to give it a go. Between the videos from Fuzzy and OS, and the excellent tips here, I think I'm well prepared for my first use this Wiilliams' Wednesday. Here are the key takeaways I've learned: - Bloom it...and I mean REALLY bluuuuuummmmm it. At least an hour
- Add some glycerin, some shavings from other soaps, and a couple of squirts of different shave creams...really UUUUUUUUbbbbbberrrrrrr it up
- To make the lather, just lightly swirl it with your brush for 3 seconds max
- Wipe whatever you have from Step 3 on your face like you’re painting the side of a house -- one, maybe two swipes, and your done
- Proceed to shave. Once done, make a YouTube video, write several forum reviews, and post on all known social media about how bad your shave was with the Williams. Make sure you talk about how you could not make a lather despite your “best efforts”
- Most important step. Run (do not walk) to a truly sturdy barrier for which to hide behind when the bricks come a fly’in.
Yep, got it! Seriously, thank you to all for the REAL tips. I am looking for maiden voyage of Williams this Wednesday!
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Post by ordinaryshaver on Dec 8, 2018 22:09:48 GMT -6
Got my first puck of Williams and I’m excited to give it a go. Between the videos from Fuzzy and OS, and the excellent tips here, I think I'm well prepared for my first use this Wiilliams' Wednesday. Here are the key takeaways I've learned: - Bloom it...and I mean REALLY bluuuuuummmmm it. At least an hour
- Add some glycerin, some shavings from other soaps, and a couple of squirts of different shave creams...really UUUUUUUUbbbbbberrrrrrr it up
- To make the lather, just lightly swirl it with your brush for 3 seconds max
- Wipe whatever you have from Step 3 on your face like you’re painting the side of a house -- one, maybe two swipes, and your done
- Proceed to shave. Once done, make a YouTube video, write several forum reviews, and post on all known social media about how bad your shave was with the Williams. Make sure you talk about how you could not make a lather despite your “best efforts”
- Most important step. Run (do not walk) to a truly sturdy barrier for which to hide behind when the bricks come a fly’in.
Yep, got it! Seriously, thank you to all for the REAL tips. I am looking for maiden voyage of Williams this Wednesday! Are you trying to get a brick thrown at you? Cause that's how you get a brick thrown at you!!! Ask Fuzzy why my custom title reads what it does!
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Post by ordinaryshaver on Dec 8, 2018 22:21:56 GMT -6
Man, I do love me some Williams! My Cliffs Notes on creating a lather: 1. Big boar brush w/good backbone 2. Load HEAVILY in a confined shaving mug (my Williams is kept in a Seaforth mug) 3. Apply generously to face; should be quite pasty 4. Dip tip of brush in hot sink water a few times to add moisture & perfect the lather 5. Enjoy a bang-up shave On point 2 What exactly is a confined shaving mug? A cup or a bowl to load on? I have my Williams in a simple coffee cup.
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Post by luv2shave on Dec 8, 2018 22:28:12 GMT -6
Got my first puck of Williams and I’m excited to give it a go. Between the videos from Fuzzy and OS, and the excellent tips here, I think I'm well prepared for my first use this Wiilliams' Wednesday. Here are the key takeaways I've learned: - Bloom it...and I mean REALLY bluuuuuummmmm it. At least an hour
- Add some glycerin, some shavings from other soaps, and a couple of squirts of different shave creams...really UUUUUUUUbbbbbberrrrrrr it up
- To make the lather, just lightly swirl it with your brush for 3 seconds max
- Wipe whatever you have from Step 3 on your face like you’re painting the side of a house -- one, maybe two swipes, and your done
- Proceed to shave. Once done, make a YouTube video, write several forum reviews, and post on all known social media about how bad your shave was with the Williams. Make sure you talk about how you could not make a lather despite your “best efforts”
- Most important step. Run (do not walk) to a truly sturdy barrier for which to hide behind when the bricks come a fly’in.
Yep, got it! Seriously, thank you to all for the REAL tips. I am looking for maiden voyage of Williams this Wednesday! This doesn't qualify for bricks. You'll see a concrete building come down on ya !!
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