Which soaps need blooming in your experiences?
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All mine, including Stirling and croaps. I prefer loading with a well shaken-out brush, so all my soaps are bloomed. I pour the water off before loading and add drops as needed. I let them air dry before putting away and never had a soap become gooey.
Any soap that needs blooming is a soap that performs poorly, in regards to latherability.
I'm with the majority of the posters, I have never bloomed a soap, never had a problem. If a soap doesn't preform well it becomes body soap and doesn't get reordered (this has hardly ever happened).
MWF was the only one I used to bloom, now I don't even bloom that one.
None! I think it is totally unnecessary.
I've never gotten a bad lather out of an unbloomed soap, granted, I've never tried modern Williams without soaking it since everyone suggests doing so. I generally never bloom soap, because I don't feel the need.
Do you have soft water, and a good brush? That's miraculous.
I don't bloom any of my soaps, hard or soft, artisan or mass-produced. But, I do use a very wet brush for loading.
I personally don't think any soap needs blooming but if you like to do so then do so. To my mind blooming does two things:
1. Makes it easier to load soap into the brush
2. Brings out the scent a little more initially
All you need for a good lather is the correct soap to water ratio, which is different for each individual soap. Some have a wider sweet spot than others making them easier to lather. If you're not getting the volume or look to your lather you want then add more water, a little bit at a time. This can be done up front (blooming) or after loading. Slow and steady wins the race as they say.
1. Makes it easier to load soap into the brush
2. Brings out the scent a little more initially
All you need for a good lather is the correct soap to water ratio, which is different for each individual soap. Some have a wider sweet spot than others making them easier to lather. If you're not getting the volume or look to your lather you want then add more water, a little bit at a time. This can be done up front (blooming) or after loading. Slow and steady wins the race as they say.
In my experience, none. The most any soap I've tried needed was a few extra drops of water just prior to loading.
None. Blooming makes no difference whatsoever in lather quality, or strength of scent. ymmv
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