All Discussions Tagged 'replacement' - Oozing Goo - The Lava Lamp Syndicate2024-03-29T05:04:37Zhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=replacement&feed=yes&xn_auth=noReplacement bulb for Astro Baby?tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2021-11-10:1566398:Topic:8525282021-11-10T00:39:05.560Zm1kehttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/mike163
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<p>I'm struggling to locate a replacement bulb for my Astro Baby. I'm in the US and am searching for the #'s printed on my stock bulb: GU10 240V 28W.</p>
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<p>Might anyone have recommendations for a place to get a replacement bulb?</p>
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<p>I'm struggling to locate a replacement bulb for my Astro Baby. I'm in the US and am searching for the #'s printed on my stock bulb: GU10 240V 28W.</p>
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<p>Might anyone have recommendations for a place to get a replacement bulb?</p> I trashed an EXCALIBUR last night.tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2021-04-24:1566398:Topic:8422882021-04-24T18:17:01.405ZThe Lamp Caretakerhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/TheLampCaretaker
<p>I trashed one of my EXCALIBURS last night that I only fired up a couple of times and of all my EXCALIBURS not only was it one of the newest it was also one of my favorites from a set of two I acquired NEW sometime back. Both lamps are the same color etc. so I'm glad I have an extra back up lamp. Now I have a lonely base and topper. Actually I have two since my niece trashed a pink glitter EXCALIBUR I'd given her for her apartment several years ago. I've read that the bottles for the…</p>
<p>I trashed one of my EXCALIBURS last night that I only fired up a couple of times and of all my EXCALIBURS not only was it one of the newest it was also one of my favorites from a set of two I acquired NEW sometime back. Both lamps are the same color etc. so I'm glad I have an extra back up lamp. Now I have a lonely base and topper. Actually I have two since my niece trashed a pink glitter EXCALIBUR I'd given her for her apartment several years ago. I've read that the bottles for the LUNARS fit the EXCALIBURS. Anyone have a clue as to what size replacement globes or bottles I can use to create new lamps that will fit the EXCALIBUR lava lamps and if so where to buy? By the way if anyone wants the wax and coil from the Excalibur send me an address and I'll gladly send your way. I hate throwing away good used parts. No charge. I'll drop it off at USPS the next time I have to return a package in a week or so. I usually go every two weeks. I saved it since it was not at all damaged when the lamp hit floor and shattered. And - YES - I'm still whining about it because it was so preventable had I not been so careless when moving it. All it took was a second and it was gone for good making other EXCALIBURS around the globe even more valuable and rare now that there are two less globes in the world. As each globe gets destroyed the ones remaining become more valuable. SPENCERS only sold so many at each location when they were first introduced so there are not as many as some regular lava lamps. This from a manager who sold me the two I'd purchased several years ago. I think I'm down to three glitters now and three with Lava. Ok - time to wipe my eyes and move on. </p> Wave Machine Guy Trying to Restore Vinatge Lava Lamps. (Help!)tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2019-09-23:1566398:Topic:6978932019-09-23T20:46:45.807ZHughesWaveMotionMachinesLLChttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/phreaktor
<p>Hi guys, it's been some time since I have visited the boards. I was recently contacted about restoring four vintage Lava Lamps for an older art installation. I don't have any experience working on them, but I do have a basic understanding of the chemistry. Can these lamps be restored to the original color and performance? The first photo is from 1986 and the rest are of the current state. What model are these? Can someone recommend a vendor for the replacement goo and perhaps a hands on…</p>
<p>Hi guys, it's been some time since I have visited the boards. I was recently contacted about restoring four vintage Lava Lamps for an older art installation. I don't have any experience working on them, but I do have a basic understanding of the chemistry. Can these lamps be restored to the original color and performance? The first photo is from 1986 and the rest are of the current state. What model are these? Can someone recommend a vendor for the replacement goo and perhaps a hands on tutorial for cap removal/replacement, filling and closure etc? Thanks for any help you experts can provide!</p>
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<p>Hello, everyone. My family just moved and our kids have been thrilled watching our lava lamp collection on display (our previous apartment didn't have any good places to put them), but one lamp in particular is giving us problems. The wife and I have an old tiki Hot Rock Lite from Spencer's, just like the one seen here:</p>
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<p>As a fan of all things kitsch and…</p>
<p>Hello, everyone. My family just moved and our kids have been thrilled watching our lava lamp collection on display (our previous apartment didn't have any good places to put them), but one lamp in particular is giving us problems. The wife and I have an old tiki Hot Rock Lite from Spencer's, just like the one seen here:</p>
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<p>As a fan of all things kitsch and tasteless, I can't get enough of tiki statues and the kids love the funny face on it, but the bottle makes it useless at this point. A good portion of wax is stuck the sides and what little wax is left will only bubble up to run along one side of the bottle and stay there until you turn it off, after which it just settles back to the bottom.</p>
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<p>I'd really like to get this thing up and running again, but I don't know what kind of bottle would be best to replace it. We tried replacing it with one of the bottles from our standard lava lamps and it fit nicely enough, but my wife didn't like how the narrow top looked with the the broad cap. "It looks like a little man wearing an oversized hat. And not in a good way." Her words, not mine.</p>
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<p>So any thoughts on what would work for this thing? I'd rather not hunt down another Hot Rock Lite as 1) it can be a pain getting some of these discontinued items and 2) it seems these things inevitably screw up in this manner anyway. I'd rather just get an official Lava Lite brand bottle that I know will work properly.</p> Using a Mathmos Bottle in an Old Lava Lite Basetag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2016-02-19:1566398:Topic:6107702016-02-19T21:21:52.265ZGushttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/Gus198
<p>I own a lava lite model e127444-b that I got a long time ago. The base is 98 mm wide and around 51 mm deep (measured from the top of the bulb).</p>
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<p>The wax is starting to deteriorate so I want to get a replacement. The new lava lite models seem to be of questionable quality, but the Mathmos ones seem exceptional. Unfortunately, the cost of a new Mathmos plus the cost to route it through a temporary address to the U.S would be somewhere around $200 which is a bit ridiculous. Could…</p>
<p>I own a lava lite model e127444-b that I got a long time ago. The base is 98 mm wide and around 51 mm deep (measured from the top of the bulb).</p>
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<p>The wax is starting to deteriorate so I want to get a replacement. The new lava lite models seem to be of questionable quality, but the Mathmos ones seem exceptional. Unfortunately, the cost of a new Mathmos plus the cost to route it through a temporary address to the U.S would be somewhere around $200 which is a bit ridiculous. Could I get a much cheaper replacement Mathmos bottle for the astro model and put it in my base? My concern is that it might not fit or the bulb might not work properly for it.</p>
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<p>Thanks!</p> Lava Bottles & Capstag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2015-09-04:1566398:Topic:5935732015-09-04T14:58:25.436ZElectricMonkeyhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/ElectricMonkey
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<p>This is my second attempt at this post as the last one disappeared as I was clicking to add and I hadn't saved elsewhere!</p>
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<p>We are moving warehouses to a smaller space and are reluctantly having a clear out of some lava bottles and other spare parts. The bottles are either brand new or used once and returned to us with faulty bases. Some have already been listed on eBay on fixed price listings but thought I'd mention them here too in case anyone…</p>
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<p>This is my second attempt at this post as the last one disappeared as I was clicking to add and I hadn't saved elsewhere!</p>
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<p>We are moving warehouses to a smaller space and are reluctantly having a clear out of some lava bottles and other spare parts. The bottles are either brand new or used once and returned to us with faulty bases. Some have already been listed on eBay on fixed price listings but thought I'd mention them here too in case anyone has been looking for spares. ebay listings can come down if anyone purchases by contacting me here.</p>
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<p>I've listed them below with approximate UK shipping costs and would be happy to send to the US providing shipping costs are not too prohibitive for the purchaser - just ask for a quote.</p>
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<p>Bottles available:</p>
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<p>2 x Smart Astro Bottles in Clear/Yellow, one boxed - £12 each plus approx £8 p&p</p>
<p>1 x Lava Grande Bottle in Blue/Yellow - will send in full lamp box and can also throw in a non-working base if anyone fancies a project - £20 plus £11 UK p&p</p>
<p>1 x Lava Lite Premier Bottle in Purple/Yellow - £10 plus approx £8 UK p&p</p>
<p>1 x Lava Lite Accent / Mini Bottle in Blue/Yellow - looks slightly cloudy - £4 plus approx £3.80 p&p</p>
<p>1 x Lava Lite Accent / Mini Bottle in Pink Glitter - £4 plus approx £3.80 UK p&p</p>
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<p>Caps available:</p>
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<p>1 x Yellow Fluidium cap, possibly light scratching due to storage - £2 plus approx £2.80 UK p&p</p>
<p>1 x Mathmos Astro pre 2013 cap - Matt, not high shine - £2 plus approx £2.80 UK p&p</p>
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<p>I also have a fireflow bottle with dodgy wax (was clear/green) which Is going free to anyone who purchases another item and asks for it, just postage costs apply.</p>
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<p>Please feel free to ask for postage quotes etc. I need to sell these by end of September ready for stock arriving so will list them on eBay over next couple of weeks if no interest here.</p>
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<p>Pictures available on request - I tried adding to this post but it wouldn't submit for some reason...</p>
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<p>Many thanks.</p> Mathmos Herritage Bottles Don't Work with a Polished Base!?tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2015-05-15:1566398:Topic:5808952015-05-15T06:13:35.526ZMathmos Loverhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/MathmosLover
Hey guys,<br />
I just tried to buy a turquoise astro replacement bottle with a polished silver stand and a polished silver cap on the Mathmos site. They emailed me back saying that the bottle is not suitable for the stand. What the heck? Is there a real difference in the heritage stand and the polished stand? I thought they were just different in terms of finishing Color no? Can someone clear this up for me? I am trying to cancel my order and just order a turquoise bottle with a black base; that is…
Hey guys,<br />
I just tried to buy a turquoise astro replacement bottle with a polished silver stand and a polished silver cap on the Mathmos site. They emailed me back saying that the bottle is not suitable for the stand. What the heck? Is there a real difference in the heritage stand and the polished stand? I thought they were just different in terms of finishing Color no? Can someone clear this up for me? I am trying to cancel my order and just order a turquoise bottle with a black base; that is their heritage option. There is not an explanation as to why the polished base doesn't work with the turquoise, plum, or pink and clear bottle. Can anyone explain to me why they don't work with the polished silver base please?<br />
Does anyone reading this have a Mathmos turquoise astro I could buy please? Making Replacement Capstag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2014-03-11:1566398:Topic:5207412014-03-11T04:54:04.061ZKemptonhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/Kempton
<p>I am sure many of you have had problems with loosing caps, breaking caps, or just getting a lamp without a cap. Well i believe I have come up with a solution.</p>
<p>As some of you may know there is a technology called 3d printing. You make a 3d model on the computer in a number of programs (auto-cad, inventor, ext.). Well there are online sites where anyone can upload models for people to purchase (purchase a copy printed out) their models. The site takes some money and the rest goes to the…</p>
<p>I am sure many of you have had problems with loosing caps, breaking caps, or just getting a lamp without a cap. Well i believe I have come up with a solution.</p>
<p>As some of you may know there is a technology called 3d printing. You make a 3d model on the computer in a number of programs (auto-cad, inventor, ext.). Well there are online sites where anyone can upload models for people to purchase (purchase a copy printed out) their models. The site takes some money and the rest goes to the creator. </p>
<p>Knowing this if we were to have someone create a cap replica in a 3d model program and then put it online we could then buy replacement caps for lamps. I would think the first ones made would be non-screw caps because they would be much easier to make. So we could make 8, 12, 20, 32, 52, and grande size caps for our lamps.</p>
<p>The main problem I see is finding someone who can successfully make the models. I have little experience in auto-cad, but am decent with inventor. If someone on here is in a career that uses these could start and online shop for us to make some extra money. The main online 3d printing site is called <a href="http://www.shapeways.com/" target="_blank">ShapeWays</a> and offers users to have a number of options for the material of what is being printed. It can be many colors of plastic and nylon, silver, gold, aluminum, sandstone, and maybe some more things.</p>
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<p>This is just an idea so give me some feedback below. I just think this would be great for the site since i see people trying to buy caps frequently.</p> Replacement Fiber Optic Spray Updatetag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2013-08-18:1566398:Topic:4774032013-08-18T17:45:15.948Zjmpenny32https://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/jmpenny32
<p>Well, I am going to give this another go. My first few attempts at reproducing these replacement sprays for the Fantasia lamps has been nothing but a nightmare! The process is lengthly and the art at shaping these is.....well....an art. There is no easy way of trimming them and that is where my road block has been from getting them rolled out for sale. That and this obnoxious "Slean coating" that was applied to the fibers during the manufacturing process. Apparently they coat the fibers in…</p>
<p>Well, I am going to give this another go. My first few attempts at reproducing these replacement sprays for the Fantasia lamps has been nothing but a nightmare! The process is lengthly and the art at shaping these is.....well....an art. There is no easy way of trimming them and that is where my road block has been from getting them rolled out for sale. That and this obnoxious "Slean coating" that was applied to the fibers during the manufacturing process. Apparently they coat the fibers in this coating to prevent them from "Fanning Out" during the spooling process.....welllll I kinda need them to do exactally that! "Fan Out" so I apparently need to soak the spray first in an alcohol solution to breakdown and remove this coating before I can attempt to trim them. I was doing this step before, I am just letting you all know the involvement of the process. So I contacted the sales rep where I got the fibers and he said that they can do a run of the fiber without this coating (slaps head and sighs) I said are you kidding me! I wish I had known that before hand..lol. Oh well, live and learn and this is surely a learning process.</p>
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<p>I do have a new trimming stand that I will be able to work better around so I am hoping that will help. The spray you see soaking in alcohol is the super long 17" spray commonly seen on the Black Sunburst 4000 models....I will keep this updated as to all of the progress and even a short video on trimming these sprays so you can all see just how tedious this process is. I hope to have these for sale soon for those of you interested in purchasing a replacement spray, I apologize for any delays in getting these rolled out! Thank you all for your patience :-)<a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3036765329?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3036765329?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024"/></a></p> Consort globe needed!tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2011-08-16:1566398:Topic:3189042011-08-16T21:16:35.394ZVintageKhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/VintageK
Hi gang. I would like to complete my 1967 Expo lamp, otherwise known as the "Blue Magoo" lamp after having the seller break the original screen printed globe while wrapping it up a number of years ago.... I had fashioned a bottle out of a small ketchup bottle which worked nicely but I would like to get a proper consort globe, it can be useless, or empty inside, but I would like a black cap or a cap that is pretty beat up that I could paint black. Any help would be greatly appreciated! See…
Hi gang. I would like to complete my 1967 Expo lamp, otherwise known as the "Blue Magoo" lamp after having the seller break the original screen printed globe while wrapping it up a number of years ago.... I had fashioned a bottle out of a small ketchup bottle which worked nicely but I would like to get a proper consort globe, it can be useless, or empty inside, but I would like a black cap or a cap that is pretty beat up that I could paint black. Any help would be greatly appreciated! See similar photo of Bryan's complete lamp attached. Ready to sell it Bryan? ;)