Antdads alum block (not rhyming slang)

[SirPrize]

This is all rather disconcerting - I was always led to believe that the Scottish definition of a homosexual is a man who prefers the pursuit of women to drinking, fighting and waking up in a pool of one's own ejecta.

Sounds like a good night out to me, and where can I get this ejecta stuff? Do you need to drink a couple of pints of it before does any damage? and will it help me win the fight?

You can have some of mine if you want! :lol:

 

[hando]

after using your Alum let it dry on your face for a while before applying anything else like balm or aftershave.

pat Alum dry when finished and let it air dry, i put mine in the airing cupboard

 

[IanM]

after using your Alum let it dry on your face for a while before applying anything else like balm or aftershave.

pat Alum dry when finished and let it air dry, i put mine in the airing cupboard

Excellent thread-save, hando.

Ian

 

[rangers62]

after using your Alum let it dry on your face for a while before applying anything else like balm or aftershave.

pat Alum dry when finished and let it air dry, i put mine in the airing cupboard

Hando
That's what I was looking for, before my heterosexuality was called into question

Regards

 

[hunnymonster]

after using your Alum let it dry on your face for a while before applying anything else like balm or aftershave.

pat Alum dry when finished and let it air dry, i put mine in the airing cupboard

I rest mine in a tapered beaker so the alum-rich water collects in the bottom and evaporates leaving the alum behind - in 40 years I might recover enough to make an extra block :lol:

 

[rangers62]

Tony
Thanks again for the blades and the alum. Gillette Bleue Extra are the bizzo in my Futur, bought 100 of them and will PIF a few when they arrive.
Alum I don't think it is for everyone but I have found it to be absolutely brilliant. Must admit when I got into this lark I looked at the alum application and thought " I smell shite" Wrong! Has made my shaves a whole lot more comfortable. I finish with cold water, splash of witchhazel, apply the alum and allow to dry. Marv.

Cheers

 

[antdad]

Glad you found a blade you liked.

I finish with cold water, splash of witchhazel, apply the alum and allow to dry. Marv.

Don't you find you end up looking like a Salt Lake if you leave the alum to dry without rinsing it off?

I usually go alum > cold water rinse > witch hazel/AS...I'm sure the others will contribute a different permutation.

 

[fozz77]

I also follow the Alum , cold water rinse, witch hazel. You will get the most benefit from the Alum when rubbed on a freshly shaved face.

 

[Pig Cat]

I rest mine in a tapered beaker so the alum-rich water collects in the bottom and evaporates leaving the alum behind - in 40 years I might recover enough to make an extra block :lol:

HM, have you a Shavocalypse date for your alum blocks? I reckon that with each daily use you should knock off 23 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds from the total to allow for a build-up of drips gradually creating "Son of Alum"! And, after a while you may also end up with a mini alum stalactite, perfect for those more intricate manouvres.

What else do you do? Collect excess lather in a bucket and harvest soap from it?? :shock:

 

[hunnymonster]

Well until the EU bans alum as well (like they did borax), I'm not too worried by it's demise...

 

[hando]

interesting that the majority of the chaps rinse the Alum off :?

i rinse - Alum - wait - a\s

should i be rinsing the alum off?

 

[Audiolab]

I find the alum blocks from the Indian supply stores tend to leave powder but the Osma block I have does not leave any visible residue. Don't know if this is true for all the Indian supply store ones. I sometimes rinse my face after using it but when using the Osma block it does not seem to make much difference.

 

[antdad]

Don't suppose it would do any harm if you didn't rinse it off. I've only ever used the Asian shop bought stuff but I have found it quite drying when I have left it on for a while plus there is that "just seen a ghost look" mentioned by Audio that I'm not that keen on.

If you slap some AS or AB straight over the top I suppose it will make little difference, Robert from the Gents shop does the same in his video.

 

[hando]

if i don't wait for it to dry and put the a\s on straight away it turns to gum :?

 

[Audiolab]

Usually for me it is shower, shave, alum, do some other stuff then a splash such as proraso, go eat breakfast, then balm (or light moisturiser if needed) and/or scent as I get ready to go.