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Posted by Zach
on June 8, 2009, 11:23 am, in reply to "Question about Mitchell's Wool Fat"
Hi Murray.
Had you ever gotten the advice to soak the puck? Meaning, did you at any time fill the container with water and allow it to soak in overnight, based on the thinking that this will allow people who have a hard time with the soap to make a better lather? It was quite commonly handed out a couple of years ago, this advice.
When you do that, what happens is a separation of the 'fat', and you might have noticed it the next day; you would have seen a 1/4" layer of gel on the top of the soap that made a slick, satisfying lather, at the expense of all the rest of the lathers that soap could have yielded.
That's all I have on the topic, though; if you didn't soak the puck I'm at a loss; but I would toss it and buy a new puck, I would not try to 'fix' it by grating it or soaking it or anything else.
all the best my friend,
Zach
--Previous Message--
: I used to use this shaving soap with no
: problem, but lately I have not been able to
: get a decent lather out of it.
:
: I'm starting to wonder if the cake of soap
: could have undergone some deterioration
: after a period of disuse.
:
: Has anyone here had a similar experience?
:
: - Murray
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