"Didn't try the calcium chloride, I saw some people who moved on to the nitrate. The commercial glitter lamps I have had did not have calcium nitrate as far as I can tell, and they didn't smell like solvent. I can't make the glitter…"
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What bleach for fluid? (Solved)
Started this discussion. Last reply by Claude J Nov 16, 2022. 9 Replies 0 Likes
(Edit: I had to add more chlorine to make it go clear - 1 ml for an Astro bottle was more than enough. Less could do.)Some people have had success with bleaching fluids to clear. Despite concerns…Continue
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Looking for a source of glitter
Started this discussion. Last reply by Adrian Dec 19, 2022. 5 Replies 0 Likes
Hello, I am looking for a source of glitter, preferably 10*10 mm silver squares. It needs to be resistant to a calcium nitrate solution or maybe even also perchloroethylene.Holographic would also be…Continue
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Anyone interested in Triton X-100 in EU?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Arne Aug 19, 2022. 3 Replies 0 Likes
I'm considering to buy for example 1 liter of Triton X-100 surfactant from China. Best offer so far is 19 USD + 55 USD shipping. It's hard and expensive to get in EU, and almost impossible to find…Continue
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Lunar/iO bottle measurement
Started Apr 20, 2022 0 Replies 0 Likes
Hello, can anyone tell me the height from the bottom of a lunar cap (where the bottle starts curving in towards the cap) and up to the top of the cap? Like in the photo :)I got my hands on a Lunar…Continue
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"Thank you SO MUCH for the info Adrian! Have you tried Calcium Chloride? It's easier to get in larger quantities. I've read that there are problems with it in glitter lamps."
"I bought a big bag of fertilizer, but it's very impure. I filtered through cut out corners of vacuum cleaner bags in a funnel twice (hard to get the liquid through, the bags are waterprooof until squeezed many times while wet). You can get…"
"Hi Adrian,
It seems that you've already successfully made glitter lamps (except for the glitter itself). I want to try my hand at it, but I have no idea how much Calcium nitrate I need. How much do you use to produce a lamp that's…"
"it will take some searching,..but somewhere on here someone posted a recipe for mathmos master fluid"
"1% of about 500ml fluid is 5ml. That's a lot of drops. I now put in a few ml's of Triton X-100, that worked! I even have to replace some of the fluid because of too much surfactant now. Well, now I learned that Triton can do the trick. It…"
"I believe its a combination of SLES and Triton with Triton being only @1%"
"I just got my hands on Triton X-100, before I used SLES. So far no success, used 5 drops of Triton (small drops) in a Mathmos Jet bottle with wax from a new bottle. Still just one big round blob going up and down. I'll try to use more Triton…"
"Did you use TritonX as a surfactant?"
"It's Mathmos. I haven't heard of anyone successfully replacing newer Mathmos fluids - it only flows in big blobs that don't break up unless you add original fluid to the mix.It don't want to buy countless bottles of clear/plum to…"
"You should just use printer ink to re-color it - or some water soluble color (not food color in my experience, you get sediments in the top). Ink can make it a little hazy tho, but not much."
""I just tried chlorine (Sodium Hypochlorite) on blue Mathmos fluid, but it turned darker and into indigo!"
Well this is really good to know actually, I've been struggling with my indigos turning clear!"
"You require Solvent resistant glitterhttps://www.etsy.com/shop/Theglittersource?ref=nla_listing_details/"
"If its a newer Schylling Lava Lamp, yo can just replace the fluid with distilled water and some (SURF as required)"
What bleach for fluid?
(Edit: I had to add more chlorine to make it go clear - 1 ml for an Astro bottle was more than enough. Less could do.)Some people have had success with bleaching fluids to clear. Despite concerns about lava and coil, I want to experiment. I just What kind of bleach do people use? - Chlorine or chlorine-free? - Product name?- Active ingredient(s)?I just tried chlorine (Sodium Hypochlorite) on blue Mathmos fluid, but it turned darker and into indigo!See More
Looking for a source of glitter
Hello, I am looking for a source of glitter, preferably 10*10 mm silver squares. It needs to be resistant to a calcium nitrate solution or maybe even also perchloroethylene.Holographic would also be nice, even though I think I have some 5mm tinsel curtain that actually works. My 10*10 mylar confetti seems to look worse after getting into my nitrate solution, but not eaten away yet (it's been a few weeks). It's also maybe a little too transparent.I'm based in Denmark, EU.See More
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