Help with lathering Chubby 3

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I bought myself a Chubby 3 (in Best) as I wanted a brush that would give me loads of lather for 3 passes without having to go back to the puck. However, even if I load heavily, I only get one really good lather on the face, the 2nd and 3rd passes are thinner and thinner again.
I guess I'm doing something wrong, but can't figure out what.
My procedure is:
Soak brush for 15 minutes
Shake out brush and squeeze knot from base
Load for 1 minute (Razorock Dead Sea, sort of a croap)
Lather on wet face for one or two minutes, dipping brush tips gently in water if lather is too thick/pasty
Loads of lather on the first pass
Next pass, not much lather left on the brush, so only a thin layer of soap is available
When I try to get lather out of the knot, there is very little there.

Any help gratefully received.
 
A little, mostly just circular movements, though. I will try what you suggest. I think the brush has a narrow tolerance band for water, because when I have soaked it, then shaken it out, the inside of the brush contains very watery lather.
 
I've noticed, using the Maseto 2-band finest (granted, not a chubby), that dipping the tip (ha!) results in a minute amount of soap being lost... if you use your hand and essentially 'dribble' some water onto the brush it'll retain a bit more soapiness. Probably doesn't make a huge difference in the grand scheme of things, but seems to work for me!

Also agree with the above, go nuts on the soap, why not!
 
On a more serious note - try face lathering. You're going to load soap much easier on your whiskers rather than the brush. Saves time as well.
 
How long have you had the Chubby? I struggled with my Chubby 2 at first with the same symptoms as you and after a few uses it just came good. I'm not sure whether I got the hang of it or the brush broke in, but it sorted out.
 
chris.hale said:
How long have you had the Chubby? I struggled with my Chubby 2 at first with the same symptoms as you and after a few uses it just came good. I'm not sure whether I got the hang of it or the brush broke in, but it sorted out.
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I've only had it for a couple of weeks, used it maybe 4 or 5 times. I thought a minute loading of a soap was long enough, but obviously I need to load a lot more. I had very heard from other people about the Chubby's needing to break in, so am hoping that is the case. I've been disappointed because I had these visions of endless lather that have just not come to pass so far. I'll give the bugger a huge loading tomorrow and see how I get on ☺️
 
Brushes really hold soap (as well as water) rather than lather and it's that which allows you to generate lather in a bowl or on the face. Tbh I found my CH3 Super to be a bit silly, yes it can generate a lot of lather but you also need copious amounts of product as it is so incredibly dense and large. If you're going to persist I'd use it with creams as I find it difficult to believe you'd be able to scrub off and load the brush with enough soap for the brush to be truly effective.
 
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antdad said:
Brushes really hold soap rather than lather and it's that which allows you to generate lather in a bowl or on the face. Tbh I found my CH3 Super to be a bit silly, yes it can generate a lot of lather but you also need copious amounts of product as it is so incredibly dense and large. If you're going to persist I'd use it with creams as I find it difficult to believe you'd be able to scrub off and load the brush with enough soap for the brush to be truly effective.
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In other words it's one of those brushes that people buy for its exclusivity and ostentation rather than for its lathering ability?
 
chrisbell said:
In other words it's one of those brushes that people buy for its exclusivity and ostentation rather than for its lathering ability?
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Certainly not the case here. I bought it based on the perception that I could get tons of luxurious lather out of it. Nothing to do with exclusivity and certainly not ostentation.
 
jhnpennington said:
Certainly not the case here. I bought it based on the perception that I could get tons of luxurious lather out of it. Nothing to do with exclusivity and certainly not ostentation.
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Loads of luxurious lather from loads of luxurious product from the sound of it. I've not got a massive collection of brushes but I don't think I've ever loaded any of them for a minute and I'm usually fine for two or three passes. The other Chubby owners will probably know better but it sounds like too much water to me.
 
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