Not enough lather for the third pass

Alex7 · Friday July 3, 2020

I have a Maggard 24mm synthetic shaving brush. I wet it about 2, 3 seconds under the faucet, then I squeeze the hairs to eliminate the excess water. I also give the brush a couple of shakes to also eliminate the excess water. After this I face lather a shaving cream, but I don't have enough lather for 3 passes. I'm using this cream: https://depotmaletools.com/en/prodotto-404-soothing_shaving_soap_cream.html. What am I doing wrong?

Drew71 · Friday July 3, 2020

Alex7 said:
I have a Maggard 24mm synthetic shaving brush. I wet it about 2, 3 seconds under the faucet, then I squeeze the hairs to eliminate the excess water. I also give the brush a couple of shakes to also eliminate the excess water. After this I face lather a shaving cream, but I don't have enough lather for 3 passes. I'm using this cream: https://depotmaletools.com/en/prodotto-404-soothing_shaving_soap_cream.html. What am I doing wrong?

Need more water. Shaking too much out of the brush.

Blademonkey · Friday July 3, 2020

Alex7 said:
I have a Maggard 24mm synthetic shaving brush. I wet it about 2, 3 seconds under the faucet, then I squeeze the hairs to eliminate the excess water. I also give the brush a couple of shakes to also eliminate the excess water. After this I face lather a shaving cream, but I don't have enough lather for 3 passes. I'm using this cream: https://depotmaletools.com/en/prodotto-404-soothing_shaving_soap_cream.html. What am I doing wrong?

You need more cream and or more water, I would guess if your lather was good but just not enough for 3 passes that you just need more cream to start with. P.

Nisse · Friday July 3, 2020

Try bowl lathering a couple of times: load by swirling 10 times, 20 times, 40 times and compare how much lather is then produced in bowl, no magic going on it is just at matter of soap + water + whip it good = lather

Boycie83 · Friday July 3, 2020

Remember that there's no rule that states 'thou must complete the shave with a single load'. I've reloaded for a third pass on occasions. There's also often a good amount of lather within the brush that can be squeezed out to help complete the third pass if you don't want to reload.

Roy · Friday July 3, 2020

Hi, I'd think you need more cream. I'm always amazed by those who can lather well with a pea size amount! Depends on tge water i suppose.

fly3k · Friday July 3, 2020

More cream or a bigger brush. A 26mm or above should be fine.

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