Anyone notice that the last few shaves of a soap sometimes are lacking in certain aspects of all or some of, slickness, cushioning, fragrance, or just plain lack of good lather?
The last few shaves of soap puck
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kelbro
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That's when I mash the new one down on top of it.
I haven't really noticed that, but I have so many soaps that I really haven't finished one yet.
I think the qualities you mentioned are still there, but one has to do some extra work with the brush to capture them.
I suspect is more your lathering technique. I have great lather until it is gone. I have one mug I'm trying to empty so I can try some Mitchel's Wool Fat I have waiting in the wings, and it just won't quit. There is little more than a thin film along the edges of the bottom of the mug and it just won't quit.
This has not been the case with my Haslinger's pucks, which are good until the end! YMMV, especially with different products.
Same sentiment, but with Stirling Soaps.
Once I can see the bottom of the center of the container more than a little bit, I rearrange the soap so that it peaks in the center and drops off toward the sides and "start over." When that has a hole more than an inch or so across, I do the same thing again. This technique will get you good lather all the way down to the last bits.
I think the problem you're experiencing is that it's harder to load the same amount of soap as you are used to loading, so you're getting weaker lather because there aren't enough dissolved soap solids in the lather.
I think the problem you're experiencing is that it's harder to load the same amount of soap as you are used to loading, so you're getting weaker lather because there aren't enough dissolved soap solids in the lather.
Yes. I've come to the conclusion that the last remnants of the soap are spent due to the hardness of water one has. If you have soft water then it's technique.
In general though the last remnants of a cake of soap will be saturated with whatever water you have. If it's hard expect performance to degrade rapidly.
Chris
In general though the last remnants of a cake of soap will be saturated with whatever water you have. If it's hard expect performance to degrade rapidly.
Chris
Here is what I do when that happens:
Take for example my current puck in my mug, D. R. Harris Arlington- it has shrunk down to less than 1/3 it's original size. Along with that it has cracked and it's lather is slick but lacking in that moisturizing/ body element. A new puck of Williams has more body than my Arlington at this moment. What I do is I add a touch of Arko or Proraso cream to the scuttle, and lather it up.
When my soap is small enough to smush onto my next puck, I just wait. It happens. No biggie. That's when creativity saves the day! Happy shaving!
Take for example my current puck in my mug, D. R. Harris Arlington- it has shrunk down to less than 1/3 it's original size. Along with that it has cracked and it's lather is slick but lacking in that moisturizing/ body element. A new puck of Williams has more body than my Arlington at this moment. What I do is I add a touch of Arko or Proraso cream to the scuttle, and lather it up.
When my soap is small enough to smush onto my next puck, I just wait. It happens. No biggie. That's when creativity saves the day! Happy shaving!
When I get too low, I just toss. It is only soap, after all, and not expensive.
I either mush it to a new soap or use the scrap as a shave stick and rub it all over my face.
The manufacturers do that on purpose ... they put all the slickness, cushioning and fragrance on the top of the soap, so you'll be very impressed when you break in a new puck.
And as those qualities decrease as you get towards the bottom, it encourages you to buy a new one sooner than you really need to.
So that they can sell you more soap, and they make more money, faster.
Solution: Take a brand new puck, and turn it upside-down in the bowl. It will just keep getting better and better the more you use it.
This is what I do as well. I have too many soaps waiting in the wings to worry about getting the last remaining bit.
That's what the Frankensoap tub is for.
This is the best thing I've read all day. [emoji3]
my thoughts exactly !!!..I always find more reasons to buy
Agreed, the horror! I don't want to see the same thing even with soaps I don't like so much!
Duh! EVERYBODY knows that the only way to get consistent performance out of a soap is to stack 3 pucks, flip that stack to the side and put it in a deep mug. That way you get all the bad and the good at the same time for all the duration of soap use...
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