All Discussions Tagged 'refill' - Oozing Goo - The Lava Lamp Syndicate2024-03-28T22:37:26Zhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=refill&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHelp, Refilling Enchantress, Keeping Original Waxtag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2023-10-30:1566398:Topic:8792152023-10-30T03:29:16.730ZKaeliehttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/Kaelie
<p>I have an enchantress that wasn't flowing well and had lost some liquid so I thought I would try to replace the liquid.</p>
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<p>I tried a bunch of things, all of them failed. I want to try to reuse the original wax if I can, but I need help.</p>
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<p>I have heard that using epsom salt can damage the coil and shouldn't be used, but I don't know how to change the density of the water if I don't use epsom salt. Will pickling or canning salt also cause damage to the…</p>
<p>I have an enchantress that wasn't flowing well and had lost some liquid so I thought I would try to replace the liquid.</p>
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<p>I tried a bunch of things, all of them failed. I want to try to reuse the original wax if I can, but I need help.</p>
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<p>I have heard that using epsom salt can damage the coil and shouldn't be used, but I don't know how to change the density of the water if I don't use epsom salt. Will pickling or canning salt also cause damage to the coil?</p>
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<p>I had a magma tower goo kit from another project, so first I tried simply cleaning and refilling the globe with reverse osmosis water and a small amount of surfactant. I filled the globe to about an inch under the top and dropped the surfactant in a little at a time, and eventually ended up using 2/3 of my 6oz bottle (had to syringe liquid out to add more surfactant), but the lava just sat in a liquid blob at the bottom of the lamp.</p>
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<p>Then I did a trial where I started getting some movement with epsom salt, but didn't add any surfactant at all in the beginning and wax stuck to the sides (later read it was important to swirl it around the globe to prevent sticking). In this trial, it took 3 tablespoons of epsom to get any movement in the wax. 3 TBSP seems like a lot in a globe that has only 3-4 cups capacity for liquid. Even though I had movement, the wax was stuck to the side (really bad in one spot, it was like an anchor) so I dumped it out, totally fed up, and left it sitting empty for 2 months!</p>
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<p>Today I thought I'd try again. I have the lamp, the globe emptied and cleaned again. I swirled 7ml of surfactant around the globe (wax cold, no liquid) then added 2 cups of reverse osmosis water (about 1/2 the globe is full). I turned the lamp on for several hours and the wax melted. The globe looks incredibly clean having been heated up and had a little water and surfactant in the globe. Nothing moved though. </p>
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<p>What should I do now? Add more RO water until it's full? Dump it out and refill it then add surfactant? Seems like that's exactly what I did the first time and it didn't work. I am weary because I feel like I have tried a lot of things, but have not found results and been told I was wrong to use epsom salt, which was the only thing that gave me some results.</p>
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<p>Please help!</p> Refilling a yellow fluidiumtag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2021-09-29:1566398:Topic:8503812021-09-29T10:45:17.857ZCraig Bellhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/CraigBell
<p>Hi, I've tried to refill my old yellow fluidium using a few recipes I've found on here, none have worked so far. It now looks like magma tower is down for the foreseeable future so I'm not sure how I should go about trying to fill it.</p>
<p>If anyone has any tips or knows anywhere else to obtain premade wax I'd really appreciate it </p>
<p>Hi, I've tried to refill my old yellow fluidium using a few recipes I've found on here, none have worked so far. It now looks like magma tower is down for the foreseeable future so I'm not sure how I should go about trying to fill it.</p>
<p>If anyone has any tips or knows anywhere else to obtain premade wax I'd really appreciate it </p> Refilling liquid - Wax wont melttag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2012-03-20:1566398:Topic:3808012012-03-20T03:45:33.448ZDa9Lhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/DanielJoergensen
<p>When redoing liquid from scratch i usually start by just filling the globe with destilled water with a tiny bit of SLES .. Plan was to the add small amounts of glycerin when the wax has heated up so i can get the flow i want, but heres the problem.. It seems that with some lamps, i cant even get the wax to melt ! It can be sitting for allmost 2 hours and still be stiff..</p>
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<p>I have even experienced that the wax would the begin to rise stff to the top of the lamp with the coil! Is…</p>
<p>When redoing liquid from scratch i usually start by just filling the globe with destilled water with a tiny bit of SLES .. Plan was to the add small amounts of glycerin when the wax has heated up so i can get the flow i want, but heres the problem.. It seems that with some lamps, i cant even get the wax to melt ! It can be sitting for allmost 2 hours and still be stiff..</p>
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<p>I have even experienced that the wax would the begin to rise stff to the top of the lamp with the coil! Is it because i need to add something to the liquid that would make the wax melt or am i forgetting something other ? I dont really get it ..</p> Question about changing the lamp's water.Salt/wax/soap solutiontag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2012-01-29:1566398:Topic:3696272012-01-29T05:20:12.218ZBowlerhathttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/7053
<p>OK.So what I've got here is a cloudy lava lampo and I'm going to change it..</p>
<p>I wonder is it safe to clean the bottle with the cooled wax in it?</p>
<p>Or should I pour out the wax first?</p>
<p>and do you need to add small amount of salt to the water,</p>
<p>Or just add salt into some amount of water first,then add it to the globe?</p>
<p>Can I use another kind of salt other than canning/ pickling salt? How much do you use to change the lamp?</p>
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<p>OK.So what I've got here is a cloudy lava lampo and I'm going to change it..</p>
<p>I wonder is it safe to clean the bottle with the cooled wax in it?</p>
<p>Or should I pour out the wax first?</p>
<p>and do you need to add small amount of salt to the water,</p>
<p>Or just add salt into some amount of water first,then add it to the globe?</p>
<p>Can I use another kind of salt other than canning/ pickling salt? How much do you use to change the lamp?</p>
<p></p> I have successfully refilled a Mathmos Glitterball.....tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2011-03-22:1566398:Topic:2046082011-03-22T20:58:47.312ZEron Rozmoshttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/EronRozmos
<p>I have <font face="Arial" size="2">successfully refilled a Mathmos Glitterball Lava Lamp with pure 100% (not diluted) Glycerin.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2">It works perfectly.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2">I loosened the cap, gently pored off the existing liquid and refilled with pure Glycerin leaving enough room for expansion at the top.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2">My cloudy Gliiterball that was two inches low is now perfect…</font></p>
<p>I have <font face="Arial" size="2">successfully refilled a Mathmos Glitterball Lava Lamp with pure 100% (not diluted) Glycerin.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2">It works perfectly.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2">I loosened the cap, gently pored off the existing liquid and refilled
with pure Glycerin leaving enough room for expansion at the top.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2">My cloudy Gliiterball that was two inches low is now perfect in every aspect.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2">If you are in the same boat as me and do not want to risk what is left of
your Glitterball, put your mind to rest and forget about those<br />
hesitations, it worked without a hitch!</font></p>
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<font face="Arial" size="2">Hope this is helpful.</font> Using a goo kit in a Grande - how it went.tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2009-12-21:1566398:Topic:1267472009-12-21T16:02:46.632ZJ Whttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/JW
I received my goo kit as well as an emtpy Grande lava lite. I'm going to fill the grande with the goo kit and thought I'd post my comments, photos, etc. here<br />
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I haven't done anything yet, but can give you my initial impressions of the goo kit.<br />
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It comes well packaged with a lot of stuff inside! There's a litre of goo in a plastic bottle, a smaller amount of surfactant and a wire mesh to be used as a coil. Three colour-dye containers offer yellow, blue and red. You can mix these colours to make…
I received my goo kit as well as an emtpy Grande lava lite. I'm going to fill the grande with the goo kit and thought I'd post my comments, photos, etc. here<br />
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I haven't done anything yet, but can give you my initial impressions of the goo kit.<br />
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It comes well packaged with a lot of stuff inside! There's a litre of goo in a plastic bottle, a smaller amount of surfactant and a wire mesh to be used as a coil. Three colour-dye containers offer yellow, blue and red. You can mix these colours to make anything you want. If you want to use the goo uncoloured, it will be an opaque-white colour. I assume it's going to be more transparent when it's running in the lamp, however.<br />
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To mix the colour, add the lightest colour to the goo then slowly add in more of the darker colour until you get the desired shade. I'm planning on making a reddish-orange, so I'll add the yellow then add red until I get a nice shade.<br />
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The extras in the kit are really nice. There is a plastic dropper with mL graduations for 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5 and 3.0 mL. There is a plastic funnel for pouring the goo into the lamp as well as a long plastic tube that fits nicely over the spout of the funnel. These three pieces are inexpensive plastic, but will work great for the project. It's a nice touch that will make the kit easy to refill your lamp. I also think that using the funnel and plastic hose will make it easy to add the distilled water into the lamp without disturbing the hardened goo at the bottom of the lamp.<br />
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An instruction manual comes in the form of a three-panel "brochure" with photos and tips. The entire process sounds very easy.<br />
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I will be refilling the lamp this week and will post more information and photos as I work on the kit.<br />
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At this point, the goo kit rates top marks! Lunar bottle refill with a Lavalite Glitter Grandetag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2009-07-31:1566398:Topic:1065222009-07-31T06:55:22.858ZPascalhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/Pascal
When i have a Lavalite Glitter Grande. And i want to refill my empty Lunar bottle with this glitter fluid.<br />
Is the subtance in the Glitter Grande enough to refill a Lunar bottle?
When i have a Lavalite Glitter Grande. And i want to refill my empty Lunar bottle with this glitter fluid.<br />
Is the subtance in the Glitter Grande enough to refill a Lunar bottle? Bottle capper for a 52oz lamptag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2009-07-18:1566398:Topic:1049632009-07-18T04:33:32.084ZNolan Guesshttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/NolanGuess
found an inexpensive lamp and globe (52oz) without goo in it, and no cap on the bottle. It looks like someone just refilled it with colored water. I bought it cheap at the second hand store here... My question is what is the best type of bottle capper to use to re cap the bottle after I refill it?<br />
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edit> and what do I need to use as a replacement coil? there isn't one in this lamp... I assume it is a china lamp, but I'm not sure.
found an inexpensive lamp and globe (52oz) without goo in it, and no cap on the bottle. It looks like someone just refilled it with colored water. I bought it cheap at the second hand store here... My question is what is the best type of bottle capper to use to re cap the bottle after I refill it?<br />
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edit> and what do I need to use as a replacement coil? there isn't one in this lamp... I assume it is a china lamp, but I'm not sure. Know anywhere to buy discontinued 32 oz. refills?tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2008-03-28:1566398:Topic:305922008-03-28T19:45:57.388ZMiddyhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/Middy
I'm bummed that my ~6 year old custom lamp got knocked over when it was warm and is now cloudy. When I bought it, you could mix and match a silver or black base with any color lava globe. It seems the globe refills are discontinued now, but all I want is a clear liquid/red lava globe. It's a shame to waste the perfect base and cap by buying one of the new 32 oz. lamps w/ clear/red or just getting a new 20 oz one.<br />
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I also really love the coach lantern style. I'd sacrifice my silver base for…
I'm bummed that my ~6 year old custom lamp got knocked over when it was warm and is now cloudy. When I bought it, you could mix and match a silver or black base with any color lava globe. It seems the globe refills are discontinued now, but all I want is a clear liquid/red lava globe. It's a shame to waste the perfect base and cap by buying one of the new 32 oz. lamps w/ clear/red or just getting a new 20 oz one.<br />
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I also really love the coach lantern style. I'd sacrifice my silver base for that. I just wish it came with clear/red!!!<br />
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Well, can anyone help?