52oz elvis presley lamp with gems

[kero48]

there is one near me for $35. are these rare? should i buy it?

[kero48]

I am tempted to redo this lamp with lava lamp royal yellow lava, distilled water and surf. Thoughts?

All photos I have seen look nothing like my color combo

[Claude J]

Here is mine

(A bit cloudy in the pic from shipping but it cleared up)

If your lava is "brown" it might be cooked

[kero48]

Mine is nothing near that the fluid is this odd off orange color and the lava is brown or very dark odd green.

I wonder if something bled into the other?

Either way the colors are not what they are supposed to be so I wonder if I should redo it like I mentioned prior.

[Claude J]

it should be orange to match the gems

[kero48]

What should be orange?

The lava is some really odd off color like brownish green.

Can you take a photo of your bottle like mine out of the base cold so I can see the difference as there certainly has to be.

[Claude J]

Sorry, Mine is all packed away somewhere in a pile of boxes
this one just looks cooked

Have you fired it up yet?

[kero48]

Yes, of course I ran it for 5 hours today. Worked fine but the wax color looks pukey in color. So what ya think, yellow royal lamp lava in clear fluid?

[Claude J]

As I recall, (And from all the pictures available) it should be yellow wax (not cooked brown) and orange fluid.
If you need some vintage yellow wax, let me know

[kero48]

I have neon yellow wax from a royal that only has a few uses on it. Is there a difference between vintage yellow and the new neon yellow? Also, I would have to keep the fluid clear as I find McCormick food coloring ruins lava lamps.

Also don't forget the new wax places nicely with distilled water and surf. I don't know if the vintage yellow would and I don't want to use anything other than water and surf. I don't have no want to get PG etc.

[Claude J]

That wax from the Royal would work

Its just a matter of personal taste

I have NEVER had any problems with McCormick food coloring at all

Vintage will require either PG or magnesium sulfate (Epson Salts)\

I just redid my colossus with Mag Sulfate (A lot of it due to the density of the vintage lava) and distilled water (and some SLES)

It cleared up to a perfectl clear in a few days

[kero48]

Well, since I know the royal lava works with surf and water that is what I will probably use. I have had problems with the food coloring ONLY when using with lava lamp wax and lava lamp fluid. I never tried with the distilled water and the surf. When used with lava lamp fluid and their wax, the lamps never worked the same again and did weird things.

[Claude J]

I never had any issue either way