Replacing Liquid: Am I Doing Something Wrong? - Oozing Goo - The Lava Lamp Syndicate2024-03-29T13:42:13Zhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/forum/topics/replacing-liquid-am-i-doing-something-wrong?commentId=1566398%3AComment%3A624556&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noIn my (admittedly limited) ex…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2016-06-10:1566398:Comment:6245562016-06-10T15:03:11.228ZJonas Clark-Elliotthttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/JonasClarkElliott
<p>In my (admittedly limited) experience, distilled water and a bit of soap only works with the 1960s lava.<br/><br/>Ben, can you show a photo of the stringy flow? If you're getting what's termed serpentine flow (I'll need a photo to say for sure) you're very lucky.</p>
<p>In my (admittedly limited) experience, distilled water and a bit of soap only works with the 1960s lava.<br/><br/>Ben, can you show a photo of the stringy flow? If you're getting what's termed serpentine flow (I'll need a photo to say for sure) you're very lucky.</p> Just thought I'd give a quick…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2016-06-08:1566398:Comment:6248232016-06-08T22:08:23.451ZBSP016https://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/Ben233
<p>Just thought I'd give a quick update-</p>
<p>I tried again about a week ago with tap water and aquarium salt, using glycerin as my surfactant. I poured the water in about 3/4 of the way up, and added salt solution to fill the rest of the space. I finally have some flow! The blobs are a bit stringier than I want, and I've been cycling it daily to see if they'll change. I may have to buy some clear dish soap as I hear this can make the blobs more like the familiar round blobs (I only have blue…</p>
<p>Just thought I'd give a quick update-</p>
<p>I tried again about a week ago with tap water and aquarium salt, using glycerin as my surfactant. I poured the water in about 3/4 of the way up, and added salt solution to fill the rest of the space. I finally have some flow! The blobs are a bit stringier than I want, and I've been cycling it daily to see if they'll change. I may have to buy some clear dish soap as I hear this can make the blobs more like the familiar round blobs (I only have blue Dawn dishsoap). At this point I'm just glad I have flow at all.</p> I'll post a picture below. Cu…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2016-05-11:1566398:Comment:6209212016-05-11T22:42:39.035ZBSP016https://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/Ben233
I'll post a picture below. Currently I've been using the original liquid and the flow has gotten a bit worse. It doesn't produce as many blobs and columns a bit more now, and only flows properly for about an hour before going into "complete column mode". Do you use any salt solution when you use the glycerin? And how much do you add?
I'll post a picture below. Currently I've been using the original liquid and the flow has gotten a bit worse. It doesn't produce as many blobs and columns a bit more now, and only flows properly for about an hour before going into "complete column mode". Do you use any salt solution when you use the glycerin? And how much do you add? Got a picture?
tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2016-05-09:1566398:Comment:6204032016-05-09T02:15:02.830ZSentrexhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/Johnhatkow
<p>Got a picture?</p>
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<p>Got a picture?</p>
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<p></p> I use glycerin on mine and th…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2016-05-09:1566398:Comment:6204002016-05-09T02:14:18.410ZSentrexhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/Johnhatkow
<p>I use glycerin on mine and the key is to add it while the lamp is HOT. I don't pre mix with the h2O, just leave 3-4 inches at the top and level off with h2O when it looks right.</p>
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<p>Don't try to do too much in one night IMO. Cycling them is key - at least for me.</p>
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<p>I dilute my glycerin 50/50 with refrigerator filtered water and use a condiment bottle to ad it 5-6 drops at a time til the mound starts arisen. Never used PG but have had great success with the…</p>
<p>I use glycerin on mine and the key is to add it while the lamp is HOT. I don't pre mix with the h2O, just leave 3-4 inches at the top and level off with h2O when it looks right.</p>
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<p>Don't try to do too much in one night IMO. Cycling them is key - at least for me.</p>
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<p>I dilute my glycerin 50/50 with refrigerator filtered water and use a condiment bottle to ad it 5-6 drops at a time til the mound starts arisen. Never used PG but have had great success with the glycerin.</p>
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<p>Good luck.<br/> <br/> <cite>Ben said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://oozinggoo.ning.com/forum/topics/replacing-liquid-am-i-doing-something-wrong#1566398Comment619599"><div><div class="xg_user_generated">Would glycerin work as a substitute for propylene glycol? Also I put the original liquid back in, heated up, and we're flowin'</div>
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</blockquote> I may have some extra brand n…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2016-05-06:1566398:Comment:6197142016-05-06T19:57:29.829ZClaude Jhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/ClaudeJohnson
<p>I may have some extra brand new blue fluid form dumping out globes for glitter conversions</p>
<p>got to check</p>
<p>I may have some extra brand new blue fluid form dumping out globes for glitter conversions</p>
<p>got to check</p> The original fluid is light b…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2016-05-06:1566398:Comment:6197132016-05-06T19:53:57.385ZBSP016https://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/Ben233
The original fluid is light blue and the wax is green. I heard that the blue/green combo is very prone to getting bubbles in the wax.
The original fluid is light blue and the wax is green. I heard that the blue/green combo is very prone to getting bubbles in the wax. I hear it might
Its all adjus…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2016-05-06:1566398:Comment:6197102016-05-06T03:00:37.674ZClaude Jhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/ClaudeJohnson
<p>I hear it might</p>
<p>Its all adjust the specific gravity</p>
<p>For the record, Clear dishsoap will only adjust the consistency of the lava</p>
<p>what color is the fluid?,</p>
<p>I hear it might</p>
<p>Its all adjust the specific gravity</p>
<p>For the record, Clear dishsoap will only adjust the consistency of the lava</p>
<p>what color is the fluid?,</p> Would glycerin work as a subs…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2016-05-06:1566398:Comment:6195992016-05-06T02:34:59.644ZBSP016https://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/Ben233
Would glycerin work as a substitute for propylene glycol? Also I put the original liquid back in, heated up, and we're flowin'
Would glycerin work as a substitute for propylene glycol? Also I put the original liquid back in, heated up, and we're flowin' What Claude said is basickly…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2016-05-06:1566398:Comment:6197072016-05-06T02:07:47.306ZTim Gillhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/TimGill
<p>What Claude said is basickly what you need to do but start again as its probably not going to work with everything else in there <br></br> <br></br> <cite>Claude J said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://oozinggoo.ning.com/forum/topics/replacing-liquid-am-i-doing-something-wrong?xg_source=activity#1566398Comment619904"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I use a approximate ratio of 70/30 distilled water and propelyne glycol</p>
<p>No salt-no need</p>
<p>Not sure what will happen now that is…</p>
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<p>What Claude said is basickly what you need to do but start again as its probably not going to work with everything else in there <br/> <br/> <cite>Claude J said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://oozinggoo.ning.com/forum/topics/replacing-liquid-am-i-doing-something-wrong?xg_source=activity#1566398Comment619904"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I use a approximate ratio of 70/30 distilled water and propelyne glycol</p>
<p>No salt-no need</p>
<p>Not sure what will happen now that is been subjected to all those different combinations</p>
<p>Might want to boil/clean clean your spring too</p>
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