"You need more surfactant to break up the big snake The original lava lamp black wax was notorious for leeching the color into the fluid,. even after filtering, the haze would come back within weeks.
We have a non-leech true black…"
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Need advice for final tweek of liquid formula.
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I’ve had this lava lamp since 1999 - long story short. Liquid was milk - black lava was light gray.Over past month and dozens of concoctions and attempts using paraffin candle black dye chips - lava…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Claude J Apr 14, 2025.
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"Hey I appreciate your input.. but the wax was originally flowing fine. It was just the liquid was contaminated and I didn’t mess with the wax at all other than adding 1/ quarter” x 1/4” x 16th of an inch thick dye chip to…"
"If I were you I would have emptied the original liquid and kept the wax as is then refill using original lava lite liquid from a cheaper lamp purchased from ebay. When you mess with the wax you leach out chemicals that are already established in the…"
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Need advice for final tweek of liquid formula.
I’ve had this lava lamp since 1999 - long story short. Liquid was milk - black lava was light gray.Over past month and dozens of concoctions and attempts using paraffin candle black dye chips - lava is blqck again. - drain and cleaned - distilled water a dash of vegetable glycerin, and a splash of propylene glycol.I’ve even tried a dozen different lightbulbs and sorted them by recording the actual lumens and the thermal heat that they produced. I found that the GE appliance lightbulb 40 W 380…See More
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- Something Interesting About Me:
- Hold a couple patents in automotive safety systems
- Where I Live:
- USA
- My First Lava Lamp was:
- Circa 1975 brother hand me down
- My Collection Includes this many Lava Lamps:
- 3
- My Favorite Lava Lamp is:
- My harley oil can lamp
- Reason for joining OozingGoo:
- Fixed a few things on my own that I’d like to share and need help with the final piece of my puzzle
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