Century Problems: ALL of the wax floats

Started by Austin Van Laar in Problems & Questions. Last reply by Austin Van Laar 4 hours ago. 14 Replies 0 Likes

Hi! Recently I found a great vintage Lava Lite Century model, dated 1974. It has blue liquid with yellow wax and one serious flaw—all of the wax floats to the top and stays there. I know several lamps have the issue where some floats and some stays at the bottom, this one has zero wax at the bottom. The liquid is not cloudy at all, in fact it is clearer than any of my other vintage lamps. The wax was floating when I purchased it with kind of a disgusting granular looking appearance (but it was…Continue

Refilling an old yellow/green lava

Started by Lorenzo Gerace in Collecting. Last reply by Lorenzo Gerace 10 hours ago. 3 Replies 0 Likes

So I opened up one of my lavas that had (and unfortunately still has) water bubbles in the wax.I manager to get rid of most, but since I ran it without cap for some time, a little of the water has evaporated and the overall level at the top has lowered.What to do? Will just the right quantity of distilled water do? Distilled right? Not demineralized water.other?I’ seal it back once I’ll have it at the right level.ThanxContinue

Lava floating

Started by Zapiao in Problems & Questions. Last reply by Zapiao 12 hours ago. 11 Replies 0 Likes

Hello, I have a problem with my lava.I used distilled water to replenish my lava and what is happening is thatwhen the water is hot the lava floats to the top and stays there unmelted.It's just distilled water, I didn't mix Epson salt or dishwashing detergent. Why is this happening? Thanks.Continue

Dimmer Switches

Started by Pretzel Gal in Problems & Questions. Last reply by Claude J 15 hours ago. 18 Replies 0 Likes

Ok folks... what are you using for dimmer switches? Can you please post links or photos?

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Refilling an old yellow/green lava

Started by Lorenzo Gerace in Collecting yesterday. 0 Replies 0 Likes

So I opened up one of my lavas that had (and unfortunately still has) water bubbles in the wax.I manager to get rid of most, but since I ran it without cap for some time, a little of the water has evaporated and the overall level at the top has lowered.What to do? Will just the right quantity of distilled water do? Distilled right? Not demineralized water.other?I’ seal it back once I’ll have it at the right level.ThanxContinue

Ways to get water bubbles out of wax?

Started by Fin Crowe in Problems & Questions. Last reply by Fin Crowe yesterday. 2 Replies 0 Likes

So, i have had Aeolus for a couple weeks now, and he has had water bubbles in his wax from the beginning (which was an issue i knew about before buying him). I have been trying to cycle him by using the following method:1. Leave it on until it is in full-flow.2. Turn off for about 5 minutes, or until all the wax has merged into a dome at the bottom, but isnt cooled off.3. Turn on again and make sure the bubbles at the top of the dome are popping or merging.4. Turn off again when the bubbles…Continue

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Spencer's lava lamp archive?

Started by Fin Crowe in General Goo. Last reply by Galaxy_9 on Thursday. 4 Replies 0 Likes

Is there an archive anywhere of all the lava lamps spencers has had in stock?Continue

Aduki Battery

Started by Maurice in Problems & Questions. Last reply by Maurice on Wednesday. 10 Replies 0 Likes

Hi,i bought a Aduki. But the Battery is defect i guess. When I pull the plug it starts flashing. Can I change the battery?Continue

help me out here

Started by susan in Problems & Questions. Last reply by susan on Wednesday. 5 Replies 0 Likes

So-I suck at math.I just emptied and cleaned the glass-it only holds 2 cups of water. The goo kit includes enough to refurbish a 250 OZ lamp. 20% goo to water ratio.If my lamp holds 2 cups that is 16 oz so this means I add 1/4 cup of goo to 3 cups water right?Duh. Thanks!Continue

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SOLD OUT!!!

Started by The Lamp Caretaker in Collecting. Last reply by Claude J on Wednesday. 9 Replies 0 Likes

If you were one of the very lucky ones to purchase one or multiple SPENCERS EXCLUSIVE LUNAR ECLIPSE LAVA lamps by LAVA LITE/SHYLIING as of yesterday they are officially SOLD OUT!!! What this means is that the price is going to sky rocket for those that did not want to spend 27.00 and some change to buy when they were available / without discount 37.99 shipping not included.  Ok - now for those that purchased expect prices for this lamp to exceed 200 plus on the open market like Ebay just to…Continue