What's new

Fluoride in your water - Does it change your shave?

Anigai

Anigai

Hey guys I've been thinking about water with or without fluoride for shaving.

I can see hard water making a larger impact on your lather but I'm just curious if anybody has any experience with fluoride affecting them or not.

Now I'm no chemical scientist so I can only do a little guesswork.

So guys, does fluoride ruin your day by ruining your lather?
 
E

Eeyore

Fluoridation of drinking water is forbidden here (Netherlands), so I would not know.

I think the water in most European countries is not fluoridated as well, so I'm not sure if it makes a noticable difference.
 
sub vet

sub vet

Flouride may be marginally good for our teeth and bad for our bones since it will be taken up in lieu of Calcium but I can't see it affecting shaving at all.
 
Pepin

Pepin

Anigai said:
Hey guys I've been thinking about water with or without fluoride for shaving.

I can see hard water making a larger impact on your lather but I'm just curious if anybody has any experience with fluoride affecting them or not.

Now I'm no chemical scientist so I can only do a little guesswork.

So guys, does fluoride ruin your day by ruining your lather?
Click to expand...

They discussed the effects of flouride in the movie
"Dr. Strangelove"
 
BobbyB

BobbyB

I used either bottled water, or rain water when I can collect enough. Both give me a much creamier lather than our tap water here in Garland.
 
GoneRetroInOH

GoneRetroInOH

According to the USA CDC, nearly 75% of those on community water systems are receiving fluoride.
http://www.cdc.gov/fluoridation/statistics/2012stats.htm
The amount that is added is still minuscule at less than 1 part per million (ppm), and typically 0.7 ppm compared to 0.3 ppm that typically occurs in nature, though some groundwater systems may actually have a higher concentration in areas that are rich in fluoride.
At such a small level that is really not that far off from what occurs naturally, it is unlikely that fluoridation of community water systems makes an impact on lathering, or most any other everyday use for water.
 
Gabeson

Gabeson

Here in Australia, water fluoridation does occur. Its hard to know whether it affects the shave lather or not. Our water here is also hard, but i think that affects lather a lot more than fluoride. When i traveled across Europe, where the water is softer, i did notice it was a bit easier to lather. But again, that's due to water softness, not fluoride.
 
Scaramouche

Scaramouche

GoneRetroInOH said:
According to the USA CDC, nearly 75% of those on community water systems are receiving fluoride.
http://www.cdc.gov/fluoridation/statistics/2012stats.htm
The amount that is added is still minuscule at less than 1 part per million (ppm), and typically 0.7 ppm compared to 0.3 ppm that typically occurs in nature, though some groundwater systems may actually have a higher concentration in areas that are rich in fluoride.
At such a small level that is really not that far off from what occurs naturally, it is unlikely that fluoridation of community water systems makes an impact on lathering, or most any other everyday use for water.
Click to expand...

What he said. At a concentration of 1ppm, it will have zero effect on your soap lather....
 
Orville

Orville

Anigai said:
Hey guys I've been thinking about water with or without fluoride for shaving.

I can see hard water making a larger impact on your lather but I'm just curious if anybody has any experience with fluoride affecting them or not.

Now I'm no chemical scientist so I can only do a little guesswork.

So guys, does fluoride ruin your day by ruining your lather?
Click to expand...

Seeing as how I do not shave my teeth, I am going to say "no".
 
dieselfuel79

dieselfuel79

Fluoride doesn't bother me. But we also had an e.coli scare in the city water supply over the last two days. Thankfully it was false positive results. Now I can get my shave on.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

AimlessWanderer
Layering: My new (old) lather method
2 3
Replies
44
Views
5K
AimlessWanderer
AimlessWanderer
Mike the Beginner
Anybody use Shave Secret oil?
2
Replies
20
Views
4K
ButterfaceX
ButterfaceX
R
My skin sensitivity changed - anyone else have a similar experience?
Replies
1
Views
2K
lasta
lasta
T
Newbie saying hi, and small question
2 3
Replies
41
Views
3K
Tonikallinn
T
TheBeast
Speick, Cella, Palmolive - drying out on me. TOBS too foamy
Replies
14
Views
3K
TheBeast
TheBeast
Top Bottom