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Takes a lot longer than other soaps, but I think I get a thicker lather out of MWF than what you normally see.
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chrisbell said:Nice! It's strange stuff, MWF; I've found success by deliberately following the same procedure you showed in a previous video for when you've accidentally left too much water in the brush. As the frothy stuff appears, I dump about half of it, and work the rest back onto the puck. As I work the lather on my face whilst adding water, I find it goes from dry, foamy and "rough" in appearance, through voluminous and frothy (at which point instinct says it's too wet), to finally reasonably dense and creamy; but that final transition seems to require more water, which, as I said, goes against all lathering principles. Normally a frothy lather only gets frothier and thinner with more water, but MWF actually seems to need more water and more mixing to get it to go smooth, glossy and creamy.
WiffWaff said:After the first couple of goes I've never had any trouble with MWF. The answer is to live in God's own county and preferably in spitting distance of Bradford and use proper Yorkshire water (...or you could try the Pentland hills version... YMMV). Run the tap, filter out the sheep shit and you're good to go (tha' knows!)
Burgundy said:It takes a fair bit more persuasion in hard water areas - in my experience. I've attacked MWF a number of ways, but I've now settled with soaking the puck with warm water, loading heavily with a shaken-dry brush, and face lathering patiently. Too much water to begin with and, while still usable, the lather's bubbly and dries out. It's one that I leave to my two-band and boars.
Gairdner said:I just get the brush, gie at a guid shake and get wired in aboot it. Works braw but then we have the Big Felly's own personal annointing water fair rolling doon the Pentland hills in ma wee corner o' fair Caledonia. After lathering cheap hand soap for years, what comes off the MWF is pure luxury and I almost feel guilty for spoiling myself so. Always make a mess with it though as I get carried away and the bathroom ends up like one o' yon foam parties. Lather flying aboot like champagne in the Welsh dressing room!