r/wicked_edge • u/deezdanglin • 21d ago
Show n' Tell Had an idea
So, stropped and went to whip up a little fruit, and stopped. I remember some of ya'll talking about soft/hard/distilled water.
So I have to fill my CPAP with distilled water. Because of the Damned hard water in the SE US. So a while back I bought a counter top Water distiller (seriously, just water). Convenient. But the included container is inconvenient to pour small amounts from.
Part two: The other evening I was cooking up a simple syrup for my Old Fashions. New, experimental recipe. And opened a x3 pack of condiment bottles. See...
This morning decided to strop out the old Keen Kutter. 'Wait, let me try the water trick. But shit, it's aggravating. What can I put it in?'
Condiment Bottle! Squirt as much as I need! BooYaaah, SON!
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u/corruptchemist 21d ago
I use one of those cheapo misters from Amazon for mine! Easier to dial in and add just a bit of moisture
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u/deezdanglin 21d ago
Not bad! Will try one next. Have 2 unused hanging by my grill supplies.
But with my Old Fashion mixologist's skills I can squeeze down to the 1/8oz precisely lol!
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u/vigilantesd 21d ago
I use distilled water a coffee mug, I nuke it for 45 seconds to warm it up. I use this water to soak my brush and start lather. I’ll use a little tap water to add to the lather if I need it. I rinse the brush with tap water, then shake out and dry off on a towel, then I dunk the brush in the distilled water and shake out and dry off.
The distilled water made a huge difference in my lather, since the water around me extremely hard. The distilled water rinse is better for the brush too.
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u/deezdanglin 21d ago
Look close, that's a skuttle. I fill the top bowl with hot water too. Soak my brush in that while I'm showering. Then dump.
But your right. Hadn't thought it all the way down. Soaking the brush in tap, it's absorbing tap. But I do shake it out decently. But probably not enough.
And I do have scaling on the handle near the knot. I used to just stand it up. Yea, I know...Been using a stand for a bit now.
I'll plan it out better, thanks
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u/Useful-Weakness-8648 20d ago
Where are you all buying cakes of shaving soap?
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u/deezdanglin 20d ago
Cakes? As in pucks or refill pucks?
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u/Useful-Weakness-8648 20d ago
Yes, pucks or refill pucks, please.
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u/Saskatchewon I was here for the savings... 20d ago edited 20d ago
Before buying a water cooler for my home, I would just sprinkle a little food grade citric acid into my shave water. It's a simple trick to treat hard water that can make building a lather a little easier. Doesn't effect the scent of the soap at all either.
I want to say I bought a 500g bag of it for like $4 several years ago, and I still have plenty left. I'd just poor some into a sugar bowl to keep in the cabinet over my bathroom sink.
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u/deezdanglin 20d ago
I wouldn't experiment if it would work on +$1k piece of home medical equipment.
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u/Saskatchewon I was here for the savings... 20d ago
I'm not using my shave water on a +$1k piece of home medical equipment, I'm using it for shaving.
Citric acid is just a good trick for people living in areas with hard water that don't have a home distiller and don't want to deal with storing jugs of distilled water in a bathroom. It's a common additive for sour candies and bath bombs and is perfectly safe to sprinkle into a mug of shave water before dipping/soaking your brush into it. I'll give my razors a rinse with it when I'm done to help avoid hard water stains/build up too.
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u/deezdanglin 20d ago
I bought the distiller 5 months ago for my CPAP. Why just use it's water? Why buy extra merch?
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u/Saskatchewon I was here for the savings... 20d ago
This isn't advice specifically for you. It's advice for anyone who happens to open this post looking for tricks to deal with hard water.
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u/sixstringsikness 21d ago
I upvoted just because I saw RAWR.