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Decided this morning to see if using soft water made any difference to my shave.
So boiled just over a litre of Evian and soaked my brush in a mixture of the boiling Evian and room temperature Evian (to prevent wrecking my lovely brush). Then put a teaspoon of boiling Evian on my puck of soap and showered (not in boiling Evian!) When I came to lather up, the lather seemed to develop almost immediately (without any effort whatsover). To be totally consistent, I even used boiling Evian in the sink to dip my razor. That was a bit of hassle though because I didnt really have enough water to rinse my face between passes.
Conclusion: well the lather did seem much easier to make than normal and the shave may have been slightly closer than normal, but it was a bit more hassle (especially the fact that I could not rinse between passes which I do like to do). I am wondering if instead there are ways to soften the water that comes out of the tap (apart from fitting a mains water softener). I have heard that you can just add Borax to the water, but isn't Borax toxic? Presumably, not great then to massage into your face!
Anybody else got any ideas / views on this?
So boiled just over a litre of Evian and soaked my brush in a mixture of the boiling Evian and room temperature Evian (to prevent wrecking my lovely brush). Then put a teaspoon of boiling Evian on my puck of soap and showered (not in boiling Evian!) When I came to lather up, the lather seemed to develop almost immediately (without any effort whatsover). To be totally consistent, I even used boiling Evian in the sink to dip my razor. That was a bit of hassle though because I didnt really have enough water to rinse my face between passes.
Conclusion: well the lather did seem much easier to make than normal and the shave may have been slightly closer than normal, but it was a bit more hassle (especially the fact that I could not rinse between passes which I do like to do). I am wondering if instead there are ways to soften the water that comes out of the tap (apart from fitting a mains water softener). I have heard that you can just add Borax to the water, but isn't Borax toxic? Presumably, not great then to massage into your face!
Anybody else got any ideas / views on this?