hot or cold water?

Bogeyman said:
If you're getting bad shaves, water temp would most likely not be the prime culprit. As well, they squat to shit over a hole in the ground in India. Would you recommend that? :D ;) Having spent time in the Third World I quickly realized that most there do things merely out of expediency and/or ignorance and not due to some innate cleverness.
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But were talking about the mechanism of warm water and surfactants as per your post?? Not just hot water.

Regarding squatting, yes I would prefer to. Why? It's better for you.
http://www.squattypotty.com/5-problems-with-sitting-on-your-toilet/

Now I don't squat and defecate but I do have a particular posture.

Personally I think we have a lot to learn from third world countries. India is far from that now, in areas. A very famous rich man once said to me, a third world country doesn't necessarily produce a third world brain
 
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Bogeyman said:
It's easier for surfactants to remove oil, dirt & dead skin from your face using warm or hot water. That's why you wash your whites in hot water. You should do this before shaving. The soap/cream will provide any lubrication you need for the shave.
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makes sense, we use hot water and soap to clean, but when we use soap to shave we don't want it to remove the oils , we just want it as a slippery cushioning layer to keep the blade from scraping the skin, so if cold water inhibits the soaps ability to remove oils that can only be a good thing.
i suppose the ultimate shaving material would be something that has the slickness of soap but none of the cleaning ability and water soluble too. i have thought about using hair conditioner but i believe it closes the "scales" on the hair follicle and makes them difficult to cut.
 
thackeray said:
makes sense, we use hot water and soap to clean, but when we use soap to shave we don't want it to remove the oils , we just want it as a slippery cushioning layer to keep the blade from scraping the skin, so if cold water inhibits the soaps ability to remove oils that can only be a good thing.
i suppose the ultimate shaving material would be something that has the slickness of soap but none of the cleaning ability and water soluble too. i have thought about using hair conditioner but i believe it closes the "scales" on the hair follicle and makes them difficult to cut.
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I think you misunderstood me. Perhaps I should have been clearer. You want to wash the oil (sebum), dirt & dead skin from your face with a cleanser BEFORE you apply your shave soap/cream. A good shave/soap cream will provide all the lubrication you need for the shave and if not you need to change your product (or prep time/method). I wash with a cleanser afterwards as well as I don't want shave cream on my face all day and to 'mop the floor' before applying an after shave. I generally use a different cleanser before & after shaving just to mix it up a little.
 
Nishy said:
But were talking about the mechanism of warm water and surfactants as per your post?? Not just hot water.

Regarding squatting, yes I would prefer to. Why? It's better for you.
http://www.squattypotty.com/5-problems-with-sitting-on-your-toilet/

Now I don't squat and defecate but I do have a particular posture.

Personally I think we have a lot to learn from third world countries. India is far from that now, in areas. A very famous rich man once said to me, a third world country doesn't necessarily produce a third world brain
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+ 1..Its Folks in the West that have went Backwards..:D

Billy
 
Bogeyman said:
I think you misunderstood me. Perhaps I should have been clearer. You want to wash the oil (sebum), dirt & dead skin from your face with a cleanser BEFORE you apply your shave soap/cream. A good shave/soap cream will provide all the lubrication you need for the shave and if not you need to change your product (or prep time/method). I wash with a cleanser afterwards as well as I don't want shave cream on my face all day and to 'mop the floor' before applying an after shave. I generally use a different cleanser before & after shaving just to mix it up a little.
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maybe you should re-read my post, my point was that the soap you use to shave with is not intended to do any cleaning, just lubrication,
 
I think it's good to start cold water shaving in the summer and then to shave in water at the summer cold temperature come winter - problem with that is that my water got warmer and warmer in January and February.

Don't fancy iced water, Roby - but imagine it would work well. Are you talking beer ice cold or 0C/32F cold? Aha! Florida winters - yes, I can see ice water would be good there.
 
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