PS. I totally agree what @JayGee just said. The Palmolive is by far a better product. YMMVThe stick is rubbish, it's not you that's for sure.
The tub & cream are very good though.
I'd use the stick to wash your hands & run with the Palmolive. Palmolive cream is the equal of many higher end products
Welcome to TSR btw
Hello and welcome to the forum @Rhubarb .
I am a relative newbie but I would suggest you try grating the stick using a cheese grater into a dish and lather it from there.
I have used this method and have found some very positive results.
Hope this help
Wayne
I have a trick for all sticks where by I slice off slivers and push down into my lather bowl or scuttle. Never failed even with Erasmic. I did find the stick needed more of a heavy work out.I've been using Palmolive Cream (Good stuff) for my first few weeks of DE shaving. Never had an issue with it. Leathers up nicely no matter what I do. In fact it would probably be an achievement to make it not lather.
anyway, this isn't a post about Palmolive.
I bought a stick of Erasmic (red box/tallow) today. Took it and tried using it. I did what it said to do (wet face and rub,) but this didn't deposit much on my mush so I wet the stick and went at it with my brush (synthetic). I managed a lather after a time but the weirdest thing happened. I had a nice lather on one side of my face but as soon as i went to the other side it started to disappear! I ended up chasing lather around my face for a few minutes. I eventually gave up and tried shaving. Utter failure. I stopped after the first few strokes and washed it all off and used my Palmolive.
Dreadful. Is this a thing with this soap? it disappears as you load it on your face?
Smells like a knackers yard as well.
However, I am not a man to give up at the first hurdle.
Any tips to make it work? My water is super soft. I did use it with cold water though. Is this a hot water soap?
38 minutes to lather it up?!Ah, the Erasmic stick. Useless in stick form. However, allow me to show you my lathering video of said soap after I'd grated it into a puck.
Ha38 minutes to lather it up?!
heh. no wonder it didn't work. Thanks for the video. Good work.
You could push Erasmic? BlimeyI have a trick for all sticks where by I slice off slivers and push down into my lather bowl or scuttle. Never failed even with Erasmic. I did find the stick needed more of a heavy work out.
Hot knife and soften the slivers by bloomingYou could push Erasmic? BlimeyIt's one of the hardest sticks I've ever come across. Trump could build his wall with them easily
That said, when treated like a fresh puck of MWF (soaked), it softened nicely, and makes for a nice soap to use.
I would chuck it in the bin the new formulation of the stick just makes it crumble very easily and the lather dissipates! YMMV of course.....
Update.
After reading many a review that the Amber manufactured red box Erasmic is utter garbage and that the lather does indeed disappear quicker than you can make it, I took it back and got a refund.
I normally wouldn't be bothered with a refund for the money it cost as YMMV with this kinda stuff, but it was just so genuinely awful I felt offended that they made/sold this.
I'm turning into a grumpy old man lol.
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