All Discussions Tagged 'SLES' - Oozing Goo - The Lava Lamp Syndicate2024-03-28T19:46:21Zhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=SLES&feed=yes&xn_auth=noLooking for SLES in European Uniontag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2022-01-12:1566398:Topic:8552602022-01-12T21:11:57.467ZAdrianhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/Adrian646
<p>Is there anyone in EU with a little SLES they would sell me? It could be sent as a letter to Denmark. Looking for enough to do a 2,5 liter bottle and maybe some Astrobaby sized bottles.</p>
<p>Is there anyone in EU with a little SLES they would sell me? It could be sent as a letter to Denmark. Looking for enough to do a 2,5 liter bottle and maybe some Astrobaby sized bottles.</p> Grande Refill and Color Changetag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2019-01-09:1566398:Topic:6858062019-01-09T01:41:35.048ZKevin Barkerhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/KevinBarker
<p>What's up goo people. I recently bought a purple/yellow grande and i didn't like the purple liquid when it was off and the overall red glow when it was on. I wanted to change it from day one. I ordered a 16 color wax dye kit from Amazon, Some water based food dyes, pure SLES, Perc (Brakleen), and I had some glycerine around. I opened it after it cooled for a long time by prying off the metal lid with a small flathead screwdriver and then pulled off the rubber stopper. Dumped out all the…</p>
<p>What's up goo people. I recently bought a purple/yellow grande and i didn't like the purple liquid when it was off and the overall red glow when it was on. I wanted to change it from day one. I ordered a 16 color wax dye kit from Amazon, Some water based food dyes, pure SLES, Perc (Brakleen), and I had some glycerine around. I opened it after it cooled for a long time by prying off the metal lid with a small flathead screwdriver and then pulled off the rubber stopper. Dumped out all the water into the sink refilled with distilled water by pouring down the walls of the globe. I saw that someone on here mentioned they refilled with distilled water and it ran fine with no modifications so I started heating it up to see. It did not run right. After 5 hours the wax was still in one giant clump but some had broken free and risen to the top. I started to think that maybe some of the perc of whatever solvent is combined with the paraffin in the factory had evaporated so I added a little perc (maybe 10ml). This made the wax melt evenly and it looked great. However after coming up to full heat it remained on the bottom and with some air bubbles. I heard that glycerine is great for breaking up air bubbles and also adds density to the water which should make the wax rise better. It did just that and i used probably about 60ml. Now i needed the wax to break apart easier and release smaller balls so i added SLES as a surfactant. It helped a lot but make sure to mix with hot water in a cup and then add that as it is bad about clumping. I didn't add any food coloring bc i thought the yellow wax with clear liquid looked pretty cool. I let it run for a while to stabilize and just kept adding a little glycerine to get the wax to flow great and at good intervals. I wanted a little more of an amber look so I added a few flakes of orange wax dye to it while it was running to get the right shade. Its running better than it was before i opened it. Here are some pictures. I also added a plumbing plug that seals as the nut is tightened on the top. I machined a little of the bolt and some plastic down so that the top brushed metal can sit as low as it normally does. Check it out<a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/699479338?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a>! Added a dimmer as well so I can control the flow. </p>
<p><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/699507818?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/699507818?profile=original" class="align-center"/></a></p>
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<p><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/699514686?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/699514686?profile=original" class="align-center" width="423" height="317"/></a></p> SLES does not change my flowtag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2012-03-06:1566398:Topic:3779692012-03-06T15:33:54.866ZDa9Lhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/DanielJoergensen
<p>I replaced the liquid in my jet and i got the wax to flow up and down with a few blobs.. However it only makes blobs and no columns, so i began adding SLES to the mixture in very small ammounts. However my problem is that this doesnt seem to change .. It has changed a tiny bit to column shapes, but nothing close to what it was before. Its still mainly blobs.</p>
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<p>Should i just continue to add SLES? I think its allmost at the state where i have around 45 ml in the Jet which is…</p>
<p>I replaced the liquid in my jet and i got the wax to flow up and down with a few blobs.. However it only makes blobs and no columns, so i began adding SLES to the mixture in very small ammounts. However my problem is that this doesnt seem to change .. It has changed a tiny bit to column shapes, but nothing close to what it was before. Its still mainly blobs.</p>
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<p>Should i just continue to add SLES? I think its allmost at the state where i have around 45 ml in the Jet which is allmost as much as i have in a grande !</p>
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