"STICKY" post for soaps -Need HELP? read this!

• Nov 1, 2008

• #1

Jim

How To:

• How to make a great lather from soaps~ a Tutorial
• How to Mill any soap into a container ~ Photo Tutorial
• How to create custom labels on Ikea containers tutorial
• How to mill any soap into a container (food processor version) ~ Photo Tutorial
• Glycerin Soap Tutorial - Part 1
• Glycerin Soap Tutorial - Part 2
• Comprehensive guide to building superlative lather! ( Hot Pot Tutorial )
• Marco's process for making lather with soft soaps
• Guide to the Uberlather - Lather boosted with Glycerin

Shave Sticks:

• Tutorial - how to use a shaving stick
• Post Your Shave Stick Lathering Techniques
• Shave Stick Review Project

Compendiums:

• All Shaving Soap Compendium in Wiki
• More on shaving soaps in Wiki
• More help to make lather in Wiki

Other Useful Threads

• What's your soap for today?
• My Guess... 3017
• Shaving soaps and the cost per shave- Data mined from the 3017 thread.
• Vintage soap anyone?

For more help getting started, see this post-
'Wet shaving instructions and tutorials' New? Read this!

 

• Nov 1, 2008

• #2

scoopster

Jim, that is an excellent way to organize that content for the soaps section.

 

• Nov 1, 2008

• #3

Baloosh

Great compendium! If you can't get a decent lather and shave from any soap, read each and every thread in Jim's links... you'll be a master of lather in no time!

Great job Jim, and thanks for the one-stop solution for soaps!!

 

• Nov 1, 2008

• #4

Etoyoc_Rebmos

GREAT idea to organize the stickies. Clears up the screen and puts everything in one spot!

 

• Nov 1, 2008

• #5

Stauff

Excellent, Jim! I know I didn't know just what to do with the hard soaps when I started out. These threads are great.

 

• Nov 5, 2008

• #6

texcattlerancher

This is a good change Jim.

 

• Jan 27, 2009

• #7

Ru4scuba?

Man,

This is the reason I'm glad I'm on this site! I had no idea what to do with my glycerine soap fiasco this morning...but, with Scotto's thread, I'll give it another shot tomorrow!

 

• Mar 2, 2009

• #8

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mhdousa

This was awesome. I was getting to the point where I wondered if I'd ever be able to create good lather, and then I saw the tutorial.
Thanks!

 

• May 28, 2009

• #9

bogbrush

Thats good, every things nice and compact now in one place

 

• Jun 22, 2009

• #10

stripec30

Thank you and Kudos.

 

• Jul 17, 2009

• #11

FFJim

Thank you for posting these very helpful tutorials. Iv'e been trying a number of things and was just about ready to move away from soaps, but there might be hope for me yet.

 

• Aug 25, 2009

• #12

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proctologo_morboso

very helpfull and neatly organized tutorials. thanks!

 

• Feb 15, 2010

• #13

Juice Box

Amazing Thread. Answered so many of my questions --- thanks

 

• Feb 20, 2010

• #14

noxar

Thanks Jim!

 

• Jul 19, 2010

• #15

saabaru

Thanks Jim! Great info for the new users!!!

 

• Jul 28, 2010

• #16

global_dev

Jim said:

For more help getting started, see this post-
'Wet shaving instructions and tutorials' New? Read this!

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i tried to check this page out, but i get the following message..

global_dev, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

1. You must have 50 posts, and have been a member for 45 days to post in either the Buy/Sell/Trade or Review Sections. If you meet these requirements and are still unable to post, try logging out and logging back in again.
2. If you've just registered your account, you might not have activated it. Check your email for the activation link. You must click this to activate your account and begin posting.
3. Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
4. If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

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I am guessing the issue is Reason #3, but i don't really know. Any help would be great.
Thanks

 

• Jul 28, 2010

• Thread starter
• #17

Jim

Broken link fixed. Thanks for the heads up.

 

• Apr 20, 2011

• #18

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ned.alford19

Excellent, Jim! Thanks for sharing . These threads are great.

 

• Apr 28, 2011

• #19

Bond247

This is brilliant!
I wonder what would I have done if I hadn't gone through this post. I used the technique in this article for my first experience with soaps and whipped up an amazing lather with my Godrej Shaving Round, could have easily gone for 4 passes and more...

Thanks a lot Jim!

 

• Apr 30, 2011

• #20

Cuttingboard

Great sticky!!

Quick question, I have a lot of soft soap samples that I have to break into pea size pieces, how do you guys face or bowl lather with these? I have quite a few samples that I do not use because I have difficulty dissolving the whole piece while bowl lathering and the lather is sub par.