Hi, I had a search and couldn't see a post helping with this but I'm sure it has come up before so sorry for any repetition.
It doesn't matter whether it's an old broken in boar brush or a recent purchase - 21mm or 28mm, I cannot seem to produce enough lather for the second and third passes.
Also - same issue whether DR Harris soap, Razorock, Cella or Arko
This relates to face lathering
I have tried loading heavily e.g. for over 60-75 seconds but still no success after the first pass.
The initial face lather is great and perfect for a cushioned 1st pass, but then the second time around is thinner and nothing like the first. I can squeeze a bit of lather out of the base of the brush by hand but it's not much and then nothing left for the rest of the 2nd pass and I have to reload to complete the pass or for touch ups or a 3rd pass.
Any advice? What am I doing wrong?
Thanks in advance
Semogue 610 and a Zenith B08 28mm - the big aluminium one - they are both broken in. New brush - Zenith unbleached 505RC XSE 26mm - it's only a problem with my boar brushes when face latheringWhat brushes are you using?
I don't get this with my well used or new boar brushes. I can get a good 2 passes out of the ones I use on a regular basis, sometimes maybe enough for a third pass if I wanted to.
Semogue 610 and a Zenith B08 28mm - the big aluminium one - they are both broken in. New brush - Zenith unbleached 505RC XSE 26mm - it's only a problem with my boar brushes when face lathering
I would go with not soaking the boar bristles for long enough. If not soaked long enough the bristles tend to soak up the soap and the result is low lather. I soak the boar bristles in warm water for at least 10 minutes before I start a shave. A viable alternative is a synthetic hair brush which doesn;t need to be soaked - a Tuxedo knot mimics a broken in animal hair brush.Hi, I had a search and couldn't see a post helping with this but I'm sure it has come up before so sorry for any repetition.
It doesn't matter whether it's an old broken in boar brush or a recent purchase - 21mm or 28mm, I cannot seem to produce enough lather for the second and third passes.
Also - same issue whether DR Harris soap, Razorock, Cella or Arko
This relates to face lathering
I have tried loading heavily e.g. for over 60-75 seconds but still no success after the first pass.
The initial face lather is great and perfect for a cushioned 1st pass, but then the second time around is thinner and nothing like the first. I can squeeze a bit of lather out of the base of the brush by hand but it's not much and then nothing left for the rest of the 2nd pass and I have to reload to complete the pass or for touch ups or a 3rd pass.
Any advice? What am I doing wrong?
Thanks in advance
Thanks - yes I have some synthetics but I love boar brushes and just want to make them work better. Will try longer soaking along with some of the earlier tips from othersI would go with not soaking the boar bristles for long enough. If not soaked long enough the bristles tend to soak up the soap and the result is low lather. I soak the boar bristles in warm water for at least 10 minutes before I start a shave. A viable alternative is a synthetic hair brush which doesn;t need to be soaked - a Tuxedo knot mimics a broken in animal hair brush.
Long soaks can make boar go moppy.Thanks - yes I have some synthetics but I love boar brushes and just want to make them work better. Will try longer soaking along with some of the earlier tips from others
The other variable I neglected to mention is the soap or more accurately the soap ingredients. If you have soft water you can probably shout "Boom! Lather!" with just about any soap or cream but with hard water a tallow based soap including wool fat soap will be harder to lather. My water in Cambridgeshire is hardest of the hard and I find soft soap which we know as croap the most successful and shaving cream second. The soaps I use ranked in order from best to worst is Extro, 3P, TOBs cream and Haslinger.Thanks - yes I have some synthetics but I love boar brushes and just want to make them work better. Will try longer soaking along with some of the earlier tips from others
@pighbut the issue is not whether it lathers but whether there's sufficient soap left on the brush for a second pass.
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