Why I rinse my soap before I put it away

sourav,

Have you tried blooming the soap and using the bloom instead of fresh water?
That includes using the bloom to pre-soak your brush.
Even though it is not attractive, the bloom is only soapy water.
It might help.

Mickey

I rinse my soaps after I use them because it's kinda disgusting to leave it in there. I bought a used tub of soap once and there was scum all over the top. I threw it away and will not buy used soap or use someone else's soap again.

I now give my soap a quick rinse under running water.
I also, for the past couple of months, since reading an article in DFS , leave the lid off until the soap dries.
The article said mould could form on and under wet soap. I checked every one I have and there was no sign of mould. But why take chances?

I now give my soap a quick rinse under running water.
I also, for the past couple of months, since reading an article in DFS , leave the lid off until the soap dries.
The article said mould could form on and under wet soap. I checked every one I have and there was no sign of mould. But why take chances?

I do the same thing.

I had a grated puck of vintage Williams that got moldy and I had to toss it. It was kind of strange because it was in my open to the air Old Spice mug.

Clayton

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I don't rinse my soap or my brush after shaving. In the process of shaving, water begins to dissolve and release soap from the puck and if left alone on the surface of the puck and it can be re-wetted and used the next day. By rinsing it off, perfectly good soap is being rinsed down the drain. Also, rinsing with water will encourage further release of soap from the puck which will be washed down the drain with it. I now don't rinse my shaving brush either. Today, I took my brush which I had used with some of my shaving cream I have been testing and wet the brush and began to lather inside the lid of my shaving cream container. Lather began forming, I added more water, lathered further and developed enough lather to do a complete shave! There was enough shaving cream in the brush from yesterday to do a complete shave and I wasn't expecting it but did enjoy a nice shave.

I rinse my soap and brush because of hygienic reasons, plus I want all of my shaving gear to be clean, and ready for the next shave.

Clayton

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I always rinse my soaps and brushes after each use.


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I rinse my soap and brushes. I never load off the container. I put a weeks worth of soap,in my cereal “dollar store” loading bowl. Works like a charm.


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Although my not rinsing a soap puck or not rinsing my shaving brush has been a new way of doing things for me, I now have rethought the idea and have been rinsing my brush because of this thread. If I think the brush still has a fair amount of lather (soap) left in it I will leave it but I will then rinse it out at the end of the next shave. For me it was experimentation in using my new shaving cream formulation and I just wanted to see how much lather was loading onto the brush for that and for my shaving soaps as well. I also have been a container latherer for years but when I try my samples, I use a lid to lather in, as the sample container is too small to create lather. It is probably a good idea for someone who is formulating a shaving cream to try it using all the methods of lathering that gentlemen use to make sure their formulation works for all of the different types. This also applies to shaving soaps as well.