All Discussions Tagged 'Astro' - Oozing Goo - The Lava Lamp Syndicate2024-03-28T09:11:49Zhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=Astro&feed=yes&xn_auth=noMATHMOS SMART ASTROtag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2020-08-24:1566398:Topic:7150182020-08-24T12:00:38.732ZMattyGhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/MattGallimore
<p>Hi Guys</p>
<p>Just to let you all know I am selling a Mathmos Smart Astro on eBay now if anyone is after one. Here is the link to the item:</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/164350167911">https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/164350167911</a></p>
<p>Hi Guys</p>
<p>Just to let you all know I am selling a Mathmos Smart Astro on eBay now if anyone is after one. Here is the link to the item:</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/164350167911">https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/164350167911</a></p> Smart Astro Base Problems - Advice Appreciatedtag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2020-06-02:1566398:Topic:7119992020-06-02T19:00:04.587ZElectricMonkeyhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/ElectricMonkey
<p>Hi All,</p>
<p>I have a Mathmos Smart Astro base which hadn't previously been used. I got the lamp set up last night but after it had been lit for about 30 mins to an hour I could see white steam/smoke coming out of it so panicked and switched it off.</p>
<p>I tried to get hold of Mathmos today to ask for advice but no-one has got back to me so I'm turning to you as you are likely to have had some experience of similar issues.</p>
<p>This evening I've switched it back on and the LEDs…</p>
<p>Hi All,</p>
<p>I have a Mathmos Smart Astro base which hadn't previously been used. I got the lamp set up last night but after it had been lit for about 30 mins to an hour I could see white steam/smoke coming out of it so panicked and switched it off.</p>
<p>I tried to get hold of Mathmos today to ask for advice but no-one has got back to me so I'm turning to you as you are likely to have had some experience of similar issues.</p>
<p>This evening I've switched it back on and the LEDs originally seemed to light ok but went off within a few minutes. The same happened when I tried again but now they seem to be back to cycling ok. Although I have no idea whether it's heating properly as it hasn't yet had time to get to temp. I guess the LED issue could just be because I touched the smart button at the wrong point...</p>
<p>Do any of you have any suggestions of what might be the issue? Anything I need to do to get it going properly? I know i might be clutching at straws but I'll be gutted if it doesn't work.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance</p> Looking to swap smart Astro for a fluidiumtag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2020-02-08:1566398:Topic:7065832020-02-08T17:43:08.238ZGaryhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/Gary960
<p>I have a smart Astro which is blue / green</p>
<p>would like to swap for a fluidium please </p>
<p>I have a smart Astro which is blue / green</p>
<p>would like to swap for a fluidium please </p> IO bottle on Lunar Basetag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2020-02-01:1566398:Topic:7065072020-02-01T23:20:04.105ZCritterhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/Somhtam
<p>Lava Fans,</p>
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<p>Last fall when Marcel bought a new Mathmos IO lamp to use with his glitter bottles he posted the Yellow/Orange lave bottle he chose for sale on the forum. I didn't pick up a IO (yet) but I was definitely interested in the new Yellow/Orange bottle Mathmos was making. So when Marcel said he was selling his new Y/O bottle I grabbed it up for my Lunar. I was not sure if the IO bottle contents would run well on the Lunar since they are using different light sources…</p>
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<p>Last fall when Marcel bought a new Mathmos IO lamp to use with his glitter bottles he posted the Yellow/Orange lave bottle he chose for sale on the forum. I didn't pick up a IO (yet) but I was definitely interested in the new Yellow/Orange bottle Mathmos was making. So when Marcel said he was selling his new Y/O bottle I grabbed it up for my Lunar. I was not sure if the IO bottle contents would run well on the Lunar since they are using different light sources and perhaps a different formula, but I figured with all of my lamp experience I could make it work if it didn't. </p>
<p>Well, the bottle (and a few other goodies...more on those later) arrived from Marcel yesterday and I can happily report that the formula in the Y/O IO bottle runs in a spectacular fashion on the Lunar base! I fired it up this morning for its virgin run and it is magnificent!</p>
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<p>See pic of it in action:</p>
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<p>Hello everyone, I'm looking for a lantern astro as photo for <span>shape (crestworth original and not LAVA (R)), color of fluids doesn't matter</span>, anyone interested in selling it is asked to contact me to talk about it, thanks in advance :-)</p>
<p>Hello everyone, I'm looking for a lantern astro as photo for <span>shape (crestworth original and not LAVA (R)), color of fluids doesn't matter</span>, anyone interested in selling it is asked to contact me to talk about it, thanks in advance :-)</p> Mk 0 Crestworth Astro?tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2017-05-22:1566398:Topic:6519492017-05-22T03:41:05.707ZModulo '70https://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/JeromeDopson
Hi fellow gooers,<br />
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Did anyone else see the recent eBay auction for the really early copper Crestworth Astro? This example was exceptionally early and featured the Mk1 open two-piece base which was painited inside and the very earliest in-line switch. The odd thing apart from the completely ancient and shot original liquid was the very shallow copper cap, much more shallow than even the Mk 1 Astro. Any Crestworth experts on here know about this lamp. It went for a whopping £310 at the auction…
Hi fellow gooers,<br />
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Did anyone else see the recent eBay auction for the really early copper Crestworth Astro? This example was exceptionally early and featured the Mk1 open two-piece base which was painited inside and the very earliest in-line switch. The odd thing apart from the completely ancient and shot original liquid was the very shallow copper cap, much more shallow than even the Mk 1 Astro. Any Crestworth experts on here know about this lamp. It went for a whopping £310 at the auction end. Maybe this exact model was a pre-production model with that very unusual cap. Did anyone here win it?<br />
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Jerome Color Question / Mathmos Astro Babytag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2017-05-09:1566398:Topic:6509602017-05-09T10:09:47.750ZPeter Panussihttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/PeterPanussi
I just found an Astro Baby on Ebay UK where the seller says "Green with yellow lava".<br />
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Does anyone know, if Mathmos had this combination in the past? On the photos it looks different than the standard blue/green, but I'm not sure if this isn't an artefact?<br />
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I attached pictures, any comment would be highly appreciated...<br />
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Furthermore: Does anyone have a list of all the color combinations Mathmos used to have in the past? Or even…
I just found an Astro Baby on Ebay UK where the seller says "Green with yellow lava".<br />
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Does anyone know, if Mathmos had this combination in the past? On the photos it looks different than the standard blue/green, but I'm not sure if this isn't an artefact?<br />
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I attached pictures, any comment would be highly appreciated...<br />
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<a href="http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Mathmos-Astro-baby-Lava-Lamp-/182564527117?hash=item2a81b19c0d:g:8igAAOSwTM5YzZc1">http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Mathmos-Astro-baby-Lava-Lamp-/182564527117?hash=item2a81b19c0d:g:8igAAOSwTM5YzZc1</a> Has anyone experiences with Mathmos 3-in-1?tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2017-05-09:1566398:Topic:6509532017-05-09T03:40:09.300ZPeter Panussihttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/PeterPanussi
<p>High Folks,</p>
<p>after reading nearly the whole lava talk archive of oozinggoo in the last couple of weeks, I now signed in to get into touch with the oozers here and exchange tips and tricks.</p>
<p>My name is Peter Konrad, I am from Hamburg, living in Berlin, and I have been a Lavalamp buff and experimentator for a while now. I am proud owner of 8 Astros, 2 Astro Babies, 2 Jets and 6 Haggerty Lamps (plus a couple of no-name cheapos), and the collection will grow. I dream of an Astro…</p>
<p>High Folks,</p>
<p>after reading nearly the whole lava talk archive of oozinggoo in the last couple of weeks, I now signed in to get into touch with the oozers here and exchange tips and tricks.</p>
<p>My name is Peter Konrad, I am from Hamburg, living in Berlin, and I have been a Lavalamp buff and experimentator for a while now. I am proud owner of 8 Astros, 2 Astro Babies, 2 Jets and 6 Haggerty Lamps (plus a couple of no-name cheapos), and the collection will grow. I dream of an Astro rainbow for my chillout lounge (aka my living room).</p>
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<p>Most of the Astros I bought were really cheap occasions (~20 Euro) with cloudy liquid, and I got some routine in changing the liquid (distilled Water, SLES, Epsom salts and food color work great with Mathmos) and thereby making them nicely to watch again. Until now I never tryed to dye the goo, but that will surely come to happen in the near future.</p>
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<p>Now I just purchased a Mathmos Astro 3-in-1 in mint condition, with crystal clear fluid. The seller told me she hadn't used it often and it stayed in a locker most of the time, far from sunlight. I only paid 30 Euro for it and are eagerly waiting to hold it in my hands.</p>
<p>Unfortunately there are no bulbs coming with it. And the only colored E14 bulbs I can find on the internet are 25W. That's not enough, I'm afraid. (Obviously Mathmos put some special, hard-to-find 40W bulbs in it?)</p>
<p>On my other Astros I use 35W halogen cold-light mirror lamp bulbs, and I want to use one of them in the 3-in-1 too and plan to use color filter foil for spotlights to colorize the light and therewith the lava. Big advantage of that approach should be the potential range of dozens of color shades instead of just 3.</p>
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<p><strong>Has anybody of you experiences with these 3-in-1 bottles? Are they the same as used in Smart Astros? I read that these have a different, more dense liquid?</strong> These questions are not so relevant for the 3-in-1, cause that lamp can be started without any manipulation on the bottle, but I am curious.</p>
<p>But I also purchased a lone bottle with white lava and cloudy liquid, I think also from a 3-in-1. And with that bottle I am planning to put new liquid in, but before I want to try to dye the lava to a nice, luscious pink. <strong>Has anybody dyed a white Astro before?</strong> I plan to dispose the liquid, then melt the lava inside the bottle and put some liquid candle dye into it. <strong>Do you think that will work?</strong></p>
<p>And afterwards comes the new liquid, and therefore it's important to know, if the standard procedure will work on that kind of bottle. <strong>Any opinion, if that could fit? Or do I need different ingredients?</strong></p>
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<p>Thanks in advice for any answers,<br/>Greetings from the other side of the world,<br/>Konrad</p>
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<p>P.S.: On German Ebay there's currently a new, nerver-used smart Astro blue-red in original packaging for sale. It'll cost 140 Euro (=128 bucks). For me that's too expensive, and I would prefer a green-yellow smart Astro anyway. One day I will get it...</p> Crestworth 'Astro Slimline' Boxtag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2017-05-07:1566398:Topic:6508882017-05-07T19:09:55.137ZAnthony Phttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/AnthonyPeck
<p>Hello everyone</p>
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<p>Yesterday I was browsing my local vintage emporium store when I found a boxed Crestworth Astro Mini for £20. I instantly picked it up and inspected it and found it to not have the original bottle but a Mathmos Glitterbaby bottle (Which I am now using in my Mathmos Neo). I also found inside the box a late Crestworth brochure / poster which I hope to get framed at some point. As I was walking around with the box I realized something wasn't quite as as…</p>
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<p>Yesterday I was browsing my local vintage emporium store when I found a boxed Crestworth Astro Mini for £20. I instantly picked it up and inspected it and found it to not have the original bottle but a Mathmos Glitterbaby bottle (Which I am now using in my Mathmos Neo). I also found inside the box a late Crestworth brochure / poster which I hope to get framed at some point. As I was walking around with the box I realized something wasn't quite as as expected so I inspected further and found out it was a box designed for a Astro slimline. On most sides of the box the slimline name was sticker-ed over and mini put in its place written by hand in red pen. Not only that the shape of the lamp illustrated was much slimmer in shape and then I realized it was the shape of the Astro Illumination featured on this website by CrestworthLimited.</p>
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<p>I have posted pictures of the box in the replies section for everyone to see. Ive searched for the 'Astro Slimline' everywhere and I couldn't find any information on it and I couldn't find any other boxes like this one. Has anyone else ever seen a box like this?</p>
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<p></p> Lunar-Faze-Hybridtag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2016-11-15:1566398:Topic:6368382016-11-15T13:59:18.658ZDan Zingerhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/DanZinger
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong><span class="font-size-4">Lunar-Faze-Hybrid - I love it!</span></strong></span></p>
<p>Check it out: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMjADJb9MK4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMjADJb9MK4</a></p>
<p>Seems an attractive addition for all Mathmos Lunar owners.</p>
<p>Various light effects from the moment the lamp is turned on.</p>
<p>Massiv lower power consumption of only 15 watts thanks to LED technology.</p>
<p>The bottle is sandblasted and…</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong><span class="font-size-4">Lunar-Faze-Hybrid - I love it!</span></strong></span></p>
<p>Check it out: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMjADJb9MK4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMjADJb9MK4</a></p>
<p>Seems an attractive addition for all Mathmos Lunar owners.</p>
<p>Various light effects from the moment the lamp is turned on.</p>
<p>Massiv lower power consumption of only 15 watts thanks to LED technology.</p>
<p>The bottle is sandblasted and comes with a black hard plastic lid.</p>
<p>The color transitions in "fade" and "smooth mode" are very fine. Much better than shown in the youtube-video.</p>
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