"Yes it seems that the newer ones are clearer but the coating is still very fragile and scratches easily at least at the time they posted that review."
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Mathmos Astro - dirty wax
Started this discussion. Last reply by ImMelting Mar 22. 7 Replies 0 Likes
Hello everyone, this is my first post.I have a couple of crappy "made in china" lamps and always wanted to get a proper one and of course to my knowledge the best of the best is a Mathmos.I Iive in…Continue
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"Found this review a while back. its worth a look if your planning on getting one as it does have some issues:
http://robin0377.blogspot.com/2017/12/mathmos-astro-metallic-lava-lamp-review.html"
"Thanks. Yes it was pretty disappointing.
Before I ordered the mathmos lamp I bought a generic lava lamp in a local shop. I had to get it replaced because there was some dirt floating in the master fluid. the replacement lamp had strange particles…"
"Wow, what an operation, congratiulations!The repaired lamp looks phantastic. But it's really disappointing, that they sell such a contaminated wax with a new lamp."
"Looks super clean! Good job, I haven't rebuilt one yet but have an clear/orange with this issue. What were the fillings? I had a hunch that they may be a corrosion of some kind. Maybe a big powerful magnet could pull them from the suspension...…"
"Very interesting Pierre.
I guess dirty liquids is more common in Chinese made lamps but it shouldn't be in British made ones...
Actually, I have already cleaned the wax in my lamp a few days ago.
If you or anyone else is interested, this is…"
"Wow that coil and wax looks exactly like my lamp's coil and wax. I bought mine approximately 10 years ago at Walmart my lamp was made in china. You're probably correct about the dirty coil being contaminated from dirt that was picked up…"
"Okay so the store I bought the lamp came through with the warranty and sent me a replacement bottle. they even offered a different color so I got the yellow / orange one.
Now I want to try and clean the orange wax in the original bottle.
it looks…"
Mathmos Astro - dirty wax
Hello everyone, this is my first post.I have a couple of crappy "made in china" lamps and always wanted to get a proper one and of course to my knowledge the best of the best is a Mathmos.I Iive in Israel so shipping a Mathmos here is not so simple or cheap.So after some searching I finally found a proper shop that ships to Israel and ordered a brand new violet/orange astro.a week ago I finally got the lamp, but to my disappointment after the lamp starts to flow there are some very noticeable…See More
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