Salvaging MWF

[fancontroller]

I do like Michell's Wool Fat, but because I have far too many soaps and creams on the go, the MWF only gets an occasional use when it's up for rotation.

I reckon I'm down to 20% left from the original puck and found that it's dried out and has broken into a few pieces. Although it's still usable, the pieces tend to run around the dish when loading the brush, so I had the "great" idea of grating it up and compacting it down into the dish again.

So far so good.

This morning I took it out for a test run. I left a bit of water sitting on the top while I showered. When I loaded my brush (fairly stiff backbone of an Omega) I found it kind of broke up again into tiny balls and hadn't dissolved like I thought it would.
The shave was ok and the lather acceptable but the tiny balls didn't dissolve completely into the lather, even after quite a bit of whipping in a bowl.

So my question is; has anyone successfully salvaged MWF by grating it back into the dish and if so any tips? Should I let it dry out a bit or let it sit a bit wet to "set".
Or is it too much hassle and I should go buy another puck?

 

[Al H]

Buy another puck.

However I grated a puck of mwf with half a stick of Arko. Improved it no end and helped bind the fat together

 

[dodgy]

Buy another puck.

Jeeeez Al, I just noticed your avatar. Now that guy DON'T gotta purty mouth.

Apologies to the OP for the partial derailment. I blame Al of course.

 

[Sir_eider]

Yeap, I did that without problems when my puck of Mwf broke in for pieces, so I ended them in a hand made mega stick, hehe. A really big idea btw

Cheers

 

[Al H]

Buy another puck.

Jeeeez Al, I just noticed your avatar. Now that guy DON'T gotta purty mouth.

Apologies to the OP for the partial derailment. I blame Al of course.

:icon_razz: do you play banjo mart?

 

[dodgy]

Martin, Al's Avatar is a selfie :icon_razz::icon_razz:

Very nice....got me smiling.

 

[Dobbo25]

Buy another puck.

Jeeeez Al, I just noticed your avatar. Now that guy DON'T gotta purty mouth.

Apologies to the OP for the partial derailment. I blame Al of course.

Martin Al's Avatar is a selfie :icon_razz::icon_razz:


[video=youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tqxzWdKKu8[/video]

 

[dodgy]

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Well I hadda watch that clip again. Musta seen it twenty times or more over the years. Now that was one unsettling movie.

Here's something much creepier, introduced to me by a forum member. Now this 'performer'.........what can I say? Here's a song about one of his favorite 'hobbies'....being a Peeping Tom. I felt violated after being exposed to him. Sheeesh.....the guy likes looking in people's windows for God's sake!! Oh yeah, he could be Banjo Boy's older brother.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfmAeijj5cM

 

[Al H]

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Well I hadda watch that clip again. Musta seen it twenty times or more over the years. Now that was one unsettling movie.

Here's something much creepier, introduced to me by a forum member. Now this 'performer'.........what can I say? Here's a song about one of his favorite 'hobbies'....being a Peeping Tom. I felt violated after being exposed to him. Sheeesh.....the guy likes looking in people's windows for God's sake!! Oh yeah, he could be Banjo Boy's older brother.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfmAeijj5cM

Believe it or not Martin he is a hero in albania

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Well I hadda watch that clip again. Musta seen it twenty times or more over the years. Now that was one unsettling movie.

Here's something much creepier, introduced to me by a forum member. Now this 'performer'.........what can I say? Here's a song about one of his favorite 'hobbies'....being a Peeping Tom. I felt violated after being exposed to him. Sheeesh.....the guy likes looking in people's windows for God's sake!! Oh yeah, he could be Banjo Boy's older brother.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfmAeijj5cM

Believe it or not Martin he is a hero in albania

 

[smoose89]

quality scene

 

[dodgy]

Here's something much creepier, introduced to me by a forum member. Now this 'performer'.........what can I say? Here's a song about one of his favorite 'hobbies'....being a Peeping Tom. I felt violated after being exposed to him. Sheeesh.....the guy likes looking in people's windows for God's sake!! Oh yeah, he could be Banjo Boy's older brother.

Believe it or not Martin he is a hero in albania

I did have my revenge on the forum member who first posted about that creepy guy. Yep, turned the poor bastard into a vintage Old Spice whore. Hah, I remember the first samples I sent were free. Only fair to make him uncomfortable in some way.......it's how you can tell a good enabler. Now he pays crazy money for the juice.

 

[Johnus]

Honi soit qui mal y pense.

 

[Exapno]

Believe it or not Martin he is a hero in albania

Isn't that Norman Wisdom?

 

[dodgy]

Believe it or not Martin he is a hero in albania

Isn't that Norman Wisdom?

I think Al's mistakenly confused that Formby guy with the real Albanian legend (easy to do). That would be Captain Lou Albania.

Here's a clip of a famous bit of acting by him. If you're not a Cyndi Lauper fan you can skip right to the about 3 minute mark and take it from there. Captain Lou plays the father figure in a heartbreaking role that that will bring tears to anyone's eyes. An Albanian treasure, considered the Olivier of his country.

Yeah, going right to the 3 minute mark might be good. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIb6AZdTr-A

 

[fancontroller]

Buy another puck.

However I grated a puck of mwf with half a stick of Arko. Improved it no end and helped bind the fat together

I'll give another go but that's an idea about combining it with another soap to bind it. If that doesn't work I guess it's down ordering another puck.

 

[pjgh]

Put the lot into a plastic bag and use the heat of your hands to squeeze and mould it into a sausage shape. Now, freeze it. The heat should get the fats just melted and moved around. Once frozen, just let it defrost a little and grate it. Press the shavings down with your thumbs into whatever bowl and fingers crossed ...