Can you dry out and reuse lather?

Discussion in 'Shave Soaps' started by Fly2High, Jul 8, 2017.

  1. Fly2High

    Fly2High Breaking Frugal

    I had way too much lather that I whipped up in a bowl. Can you let lather dry out overnight and rewhip it up and use it?

    Anything bad about reusing the soap?

    Thanks
    Frank
     
  2. Primotenore

    Primotenore missed opera tunity

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    Are we talking about residual lather in your brush or the lather remaining on your puck? Second question...why would you want to?
     
  3. chevyguy

    chevyguy Well-Known Member

    To me that would be like leaving lather on bar soap. I always rinse off my soaps. It just keeps everything looking nice and clean.

    Clayton

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  4. Fly2High

    Fly2High Breaking Frugal

    Neither. I am a bowl latherer. It was left over lather in the bowl, unused.
     
  5. stingraysrock

    stingraysrock PIF'd away his custom title

    If I have lather left in the brush, I always scrape the excess back into the container; I find that it gets better with age.
     
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  6. Shaver X

    Shaver X Well-Known Member

    Why not just rinse it out? Soap is cheap.
     
  7. Primotenore

    Primotenore missed opera tunity

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    :signs011:
     
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  8. Primotenore

    Primotenore missed opera tunity

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    Me too...:)
     
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  9. theFAT98

    theFAT98 Well-Known Member

    I dont see it getting thick and dense again but i could be wrong.


    I just rinse it out and start new the next shave.
     
  10. Bookworm

    Bookworm Well-Known Member

    As I usually lather on the puck, I often leave excess in the bowl with the puck/soap. I don't bother saving any from the brush. I've found that the dried lather simply whips up faster the next day, and seems to help create new lather a bit better. Not enough to make it really worth it on a regular basis. If there's any soap on the sides of the bowl - I rinse everything out.
     
  11. Bama Samurai

    Bama Samurai with Laser-like Focus

    Sounds frugal.
     
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  12. RyX

    RyX DoH!

    This is Frugal Frank who asked the question. ;)
    I can't see much difference between reusing lather that's been allowed to dry out & the next time you load your brush off the puck. There's a possibility of bacteria from your face or brush either way. Keep it covered to avoid airborne contamination and enjoy.
    (If your soap contains tea tree oil, it's already anti-fungal.)
     
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  13. Bookworm

    Bookworm Well-Known Member

    I don't know which is worse. Covering your now damp soap so it stays damp, which attracts "stuff" to grow on it, or leaving it uncovered so that you get cat hair and dust from the air on it while it dries. Adding triclosan isn't going to help anything.
     
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  14. wchnu

    wchnu Duck Season!

    The only problem I see is that over time it would build up if the bowl were not cleaned out regularly. Put the extra lather back into the container with the soap cake. That should be ok I would think.
     
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  15. wchnu

    wchnu Duck Season!

    A lot of my soap containers are uncovered. I guess some day I will catch something. Does not seem to hurt the soaps though.
     
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  16. Jim99

    Jim99 Gold Water Shaver

    I don't see much of an issue as long as we're talking about the soap drying in the bowl. Moisten it up and it's good to go again. Why wash it down the drain? You will need to clean your brush.
     
  17. RyX

    RyX DoH!

    5 Things to Know About Triclosan straight from the F.D.A. Because they are always right, right?
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  18. Bookworm

    Bookworm Well-Known Member

    The only thing that's necessary to know (for most consumers) is that even the FDA has ordered manufacturers to stop using triclosan for hand washing because nobody has shown any evidence that it's better than soap and hot water. *shrug*

    I've never been a fan of 'anti-microbial soap'. if you're that worried about microbes, alcohol!
     
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  19. wchnu

    wchnu Duck Season!

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  20. Bama Samurai

    Bama Samurai with Laser-like Focus

    Is this a metaphor that I don't understand?
     
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