Lathering Issue

I like your approach CHSeifert!

Dino de Soto , what's the good word on your lather?

After building up a good amount of protolather, only then start adding really small water additions, like Merkur man does in his video, spAringly.

Merkur Man?

Yes, that is what he goes by on this forum. Check out his excellent lathering video.

Dino de Soto , what's the good word on your lather?

+1

Yes, that is what he goes by on this forum. Check out his excellent lathering video.

Gotcha I'll have to check out his videos.

Yes, that is what he goes by on this forum. Check out his excellent lathering video.

Gotcha I'll have to check out his videos.

Wow I have never heard anyone having trouble lathering Phoenix and gingers garden soaps, they literally lather themselves. It might be a combination of the boar hair and your water, I don't use my boar brush for lather lasting reason, it will build a lather but with some soaps for some strange reason the lather dies after the first pass and I hate that, so I use badger and mostly my plisson synthetic. Maybe you should try to move to a synthetic brush?

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Dino de Soto , thanks much for your service.

Load more than you think you need and add water gradually for best results. Would also be helpful as Oli mentioned to know what kind of soap you have and brush too.

These. Do you seem to get better lather from either of your two brushes? In my experience, it's way easier to get good lather from the synthetics. But you do have to start with less water. Since the synthetics "hold" water, but don't really absorb it, if you start with a brush that's too wet then you'll just squeeze it all onto the top of the soap when you try to load, creating a nice thin, airy, bubbly mess that won't get you to a proper lather.