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I thought that I've figured out lathering, but of course there is always something to go wrong.
I've got some great lathers, really slick and cushioning, but also some bad ones.
I am away from home quite a bit. The lather I whip at home seems to lack slickness. It looks good, it is peaky, it shines, but the slickness is not there. Using the same soap, same brush, same loading time, but in a different location resulted in great lathers. I blame the water of course. My first try at fixing this was to use softened water, but the slickness improved only marginally. Any ideas? Thanks!
 
I thought that I've figured out lathering, but of course there is always something to go wrong.
I've got some great lathers, really slick and cushioning, but also some bad ones.
I am away from home quite a bit. The lather I whip at home seems to lack slickness. It looks good, it is peaky, it shines, but the slickness is not there. Using the same soap, same brush, same loading time, but in a different location resulted in great lathers. I blame the water of course. My first try at fixing this was to use softened water, but the slickness improved only marginally. Any ideas? Thanks!

Hard water? More soap.
Very hard water? A lot more soap.
 
I thought that I've figured out lathering, but of course there is always something to go wrong.
I've got some great lathers, really slick and cushioning, but also some bad ones.
I am away from home quite a bit. The lather I whip at home seems to lack slickness. It looks good, it is peaky, it shines, but the slickness is not there. Using the same soap, same brush, same loading time, but in a different location resulted in great lathers. I blame the water of course. My first try at fixing this was to use softened water, but the slickness improved only marginally. Any ideas? Thanks!

I fixed 99.9% of my lather issues by a combination of the following:

A. Lathering a lot
B. Stopping worrying about my lather

Yes, good preparation is important but at the same time, we can over cook things. Get your face wet, use a shitload of soap or cream and swirl the brush around for a couple of minutes. At that stage you will have something worth shaving. Just run with it.

I stopped worrying and got on with it. One day I realised I had developed intuition about it. A dab more water here, a touch more load there... Barely even thinking about it.

It's good to get help and info, but nothing beats the passage of time
 
Well, that's what I thought, but my face feels the difference. I get great slick lather somewhere, and then I get home and it's like shaving alum off my face. The razor does not glide.
 
Loading more did not help. The lather is pastey, it even dries on my face if left too long. Adding more water gets me back to the original issue.
Next on my list are baking soda, lemon juice and vinegar. All of them should help lowering the water hardness.

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Buy a cheap bottle of distilled water, not bottled water like say Perrier or Evian. Try that. Push come to shove, take your kit to a pro barber who does shaves and let him use your eqpmt. on your face to see if it is indeed the Indian or the arrow. ;)
 
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