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
Are we talking about residual lather in your brush or the lather remaining on your puck? Second question...why would you want to?
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 Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk
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.
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.
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.
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.)
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.
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.
A lot of my soap containers are uncovered. I guess some day I will catch something. Does not seem to hurt the soaps though.
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.
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!
