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Arrowhead said:I wondered if you had a finicky soap which needs just the right amount of water or else it sulks ... still none the wiser as I've never used Provence Sante. Fido's initial advice sounds just right to me though: have fun getting to know the brush.
Shanky, what's wrong with that? It's a bugger when you forget yourself and start with the against the grain pass though :blush:
chrisbell said:I think I was mislead by the prodigious lathering capability of the finest silvertip knot that I failed to load the brush sufficiently. I had considered following mantic's advice about keeping the centre of the brush closed, but, in face-lathering the maca root today, the brush seemed to work best when splayed a bit more.
man of leisure said:chrisbell said:I think I was mislead by the prodigious lathering capability of the finest silvertip knot that I failed to load the brush sufficiently. I had considered following mantic's advice about keeping the centre of the brush closed, but, in face-lathering the maca root today, the brush seemed to work best when splayed a bit more.
"Just loads more soap to start with would be my take on it." Was my quote this morning I do believe. :angel::angel::angel:
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Pete
Sounds like a plan.chrisbell said:I have a 1305 and I follow antdad's prescription for hard soap lathering. I splay the brush, pump it, swirl it and generally give it a mullering.
Tardisbasher said:I had the same problem but the other way around when I bought my first boar (Semogue 1305) after using badger exclusively. Couldn't for the life of me get a decent lather out of it even after the breaking in period. Think I'll go back to it with a different approach.
Drubbing said:After owning a bout 6 Semouges and now trying a few omegas., I think break is in way overstated on forums. I even did it to begin with, following the 'conventional' wisdom. They just work differently, but when you know how to use them they can work great right out of the box, no matter how big or dense.
The Semogues can be a bit more finnicky. Why? I have no idea, some of them just are.
The pedant merchants on you know where do my head in. There a numty who doesn't let a new boar touch his face for 2 weeks and ritually lathers and blowdries it,daily then hand lathers. He probably puts an ad in the paper when its ready to use. FFS.
What I do with a new one is let it soak for a minute at most. A good shake and load it well. After a week of so I pull back on the soaking as I find they can go too soft and this impairs their loading ability. I find a damp but firm boar loads up really well and never runs short of lather.
chrisbell said:I'll bow to your greater experience, save to say that I agree that boars load better when damp, whereas badgers tend to load better still partly wet, I find.
As for "the other place" having lurked there a bit, I'm amazed at how pedantic they are (and I'm a self-confessed pedant myself).:icon_rolleyes:
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