Mathmos - Power Converter or Bulb?

Started by Sentrex in Problems & Questions. Last reply by Shannon D 3 hours ago. 8 Replies 0 Likes

Hi Folks -In a fit of lava induced euphoria I ordered my first Mathmos Astro and now need to figure out how I am going to get it flowing once it arrives....Seems that there are two camps here - (1) Power Converter and (2) Light Bulbs.Some posters indicate that a simple plug converter and 130V bulb is sufficient - no need for a converter or re-wiring...  …Continue

Get ready for Saturn

Started by Jezza in Collecting. Last reply by Susan yesterday. 85 Replies 0 Likes

New BIG lava lamp from Mathmos. Yep even bigger than the IO. Go tl their website and look at their youtube channel for 3 videos. Looks a lot like the Crestworth princess. But not as classy. Looks like only 1 colour too. Yellow with Red wax. Movement looks sluggish, nothing like the princess. Too big for me and probably expensive too. What are your thoughts? Continue

Water replacement for new Lava brand lamp - is salt needed?

Started by Robin Miller in Problems & Questions. Last reply by Robin Miller yesterday. 5 Replies 1 Like

Hello!I have an almost new Lava brand 16.3" lamp, with purple liquid and yellow wax.When I received it I was pleased that the liquid wasn't cloudy like some of the really bad examples i'd seen photos of, but over time I've been getting frustrated with how dark the purple fluid is, and when heated it's not exactly cloudy but also not perfectly clear. It's almost like there's microscopic particles of something in it which block the light, and also make it harder to see the wax.I want to try…Continue

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Pair of custom chromed Wizards

Started by Claude J in Buy/Sell/Trade Zone yesterday. 0 Replies 0 Likes

$400 for OG members https://www.ebay.com/itm/284546658751 Selling our personal (and last) of our custom wizard collection Custom 32 ounce Blue Lava/Blue Fluid Globes made in our labComes with brand new light bulbs.Both wizards have the long cone top and were chrome plated by a local company at great expense. Difficult and expensive to chrome plate, since the plating company has to multiple plate them in copper…Continue

ATTENTION COLLECTORS $$4U

Started by Claude J in Buy/Sell/Trade Zone. Last reply by Claude J yesterday. 8 Replies 1 Like

Do you or someone you know lost interest in the lava lamp hobby?Preferably in or near the midwest USAI am a cash (or Paypal) buyer for the entire collectionOne lump sum and I'll take them allLavalabcreations@gmail.comContinue

Trying to crack the original formula- why was kerosene used?

Started by Ant Bee in General Goo. Last reply by Claude J yesterday. 139 Replies 4 Likes

In my quest to figure out exactly what the original formula is, one thing I haven't figured out is why they used Kerosene in the mixture.  It seems like it was a very small part of the mixture, something like 7% by volume.But what was the point?  Did it act as a preservative, or enhance the flow, or help to bind everything together?Speculations?Continue

Liquid with wax blobs at the top

Started by L Yu in Collecting. Last reply by Claude J yesterday. 4 Replies 0 Likes

Hi everyone, wondering if anyone has advice what this liquid is that is accumulating on the top of my lamp after a few hours of operation.  It appears clear with lumps of wax inside.  This is a 1977 lamp that I recently changed the water (distilled) and used glycerine to get the wax moving.  I’ve removed some of this liquid with a syringe and it appeared to be wax so I put it back in.   Disappears when the lamp cools down when turned off.   I thought it may have been glycerine but it is not.  …Continue

Hiding ugly wires

Started by Claude J in General Goo. Last reply by Cody Rankins on Sunday. 1 Reply 0 Likes

I rewired my shelving units I ran into a dilemma with wiring the fiber optics to their own remote-controlled power strip. The heavy 220V power cube, attached to a 220/120 convertor and then into a loaded 8 outlet power strip was too much weight to attach to the back of the shelf unit. SOLUTION 6 glass tilesSome aluminum angles, flat stock, and 3M double-faced sticky tape, velcro, and plastic sheets. In retrospect, I could have used one of those expensive aluminum hobby boxes, cut the front and…Continue

New Spencer’s Optical Illusion Lamp

Started by Kyle S in Collecting. Last reply by Cody Rankins on Sunday. 2 Replies 0 Likes

I picked up probably one of my new all-time favorites today at my Spencer’s. White wax with clear liquid, this lamp is glamorous! The wax looks yellowish in photos but it truly is a beautiful white pearl color in-person. It has a real trippy look going for it with swirling illusions all around, and also looks cool displayed alongside the Psychedelic Swirl series, must I add. It’s like that black n’ white swirl that we never got. Overall it looks nicer in-person, the photos just don’t do it…Continue

Glitter transplant ?

Started by lampfancy in Problems & Questions. Last reply by lampfancy on Thursday. 6 Replies 0 Likes

Have a Mathmos Neo bottle I’m thinking of repurposing as a glitter, but with the now prohibitive costs of getting glitter kits in the UK I was thinking of just buying a cheap generic glitter lamp as a ‘donor’ and transferring the contents over - just wondered if anyone else had done similar?

Seems it should be straightforward enough, in theory, but I wonder if there might be factors I hadn’t considered?

Also a bit worried about the health and safety aspect with the potent solvent based fluids…Continue