Multiple Waxes in One Vase?

[Silo]

Hey, all.

I'm just wondering why I've only seen one wax color in any given lava lamp (ignoring texture). Has anyone tried to put more than one color in a vase? Right now, the obvious ways I can think to try include:

1. Putting two waxes of different densities into a vase, assuming each wax behaves differently in the same liquid.

2. Slowly melting all waxes (same density) down side-by-side in a small pot as to keep their contents separate, then stirring the waxes together in a circular pattern using a spoon's side to create a swirl effect, finally putting the molten mixture in a vase.

3. Putting a thin, clear plastic divider(s) in the vase (fitted through trial and error) to separate it into sections, then putting different waxes into each section. Perhaps the divider could be perforated with tiny holes to allow liquid to flow through but not the lava, allowing all sections to stay even.

I'd love to try 2, but am worried that the waxes could combine over time. So I'm favoring 1, as Lava brand wax could easily be added to an otherwise unaltered Mathmos vase as extra wax (assuming the Lava wax would flow decently).

Could anyone please offer any help or insight about multiple waxes in a vase in general and on the approaches above in particular?

[Lucy, The Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal]

I would assume that there is a very good reason why this has not been attempted.

I like the idea of having a purpose built bottle, with 4 completely seperate chambers, allowing say 4 bottles in one, but I can't see how you would combine different waxes in one bottle without major problems.

i'll be interested to see what the experts say!

[Bohdan]

This is as close as i have come to with 2 different wax . One from LW and the other from a Excaliber neon vase They will mix and give out a color pattern. Anyother tries have failed the wax just floats around
in the liquid.

[Hambone the Vegetable]

nice leaves Bohdan! I had an idea that may work, what if you had 2 waxes, one with water base colorant, the other with oil base colorant, waddya think?

[Silo]

Thank you! It's great to see that it's possible and looks so incredibly cool. Something like this from a manufacturer seems really overdue.

As for wax floating, guess I should've saw that coming (though I'm still quite new to this and didn't). But what about lava from the same make of lava lamp or even similar models from the same company? Do waxes from the same make in different colors stay even a little distinct or do they eventually mix into one color?

Also, it seems naive to guess (especially reading differences between Mathmos Flock and Astro liquids), but I'm wondering if Mathmos, which offers models that look very similar but are known to use different liquid viscosity, might have two models in its own line with lava that could coexist but wouldn't outright blend. Guessing that combining lava between an Astro, Fluidium or Jet into each other seems obvious enough where tons of people have tried it. I'm just wondering what happens?

[Hambone the Vegetable]

Every time i have tried it mixes completely. I made peach with yellow/pink and orange with the obvious colors, but from diff. makers. tried vintage green with trident cheap green too, mixed.

[Bohdan]

I have tried all combinations here and there . If it could have been done the lava motion companies would have been all over it for a piece of the action.