a friend knocked over my lamp all liquid gone help

[Nicole Mallory]

A friend knocked my 1973 red starlight lamp over. The cap broke and all the liquid is gone.I will try to glue cap back together but I need to know if it can ever work again. Not sure I know what his into the water. I smell dish soap .please if someone could help me I really need it. And does anyone have spare caps for these lamps ?

[Nicole Mallory]

I think its the same one you are talking about Jonas I have some of the smaller ones but this is the big one

[Nicole Mallory]

Thank you so much for the help guys. I have never tried to refill or fix one before so I have been at a loss to do anything to fix it. This one was a real crystal clear one with great flow. It made me sick to see it all over the floor.

[Keith]

Post in this discussion, that keeps it close.  :)

Nicole Mallory said:

Can I post the pic of the base in this discussion or do I need to post it separate one ? I just snapped a pic of it. Its a gold century model

[Loren]

My heart goes out to you, and I wish you luck getting your lamp back! It's not impossible!

[Loren]

...And I pray that I don't run into the burglar that can put a colossus in a sack and throw it over his shoulder. @_@

[Nicole Mallory]

I know what you mean Loren I was shocked to see it gone. But they got a big screen TV too. What they didn't take they smashed. That was the last thing I'd see gone. I had to really save and be patient to find one :(. I had been in the hospital for a few days so they had plenty of time

[Nicole Mallory]

I am on my phone and don't see where I click to add the photo. So how do I post it ?

[Ben]

I've done the distilled water & pickling salt approach with my '73 Aristocrat.  I used Joy soap.  Flow is excellent but the wax gets bubbly.  The bubbles go away on cool down but always come back next time.  Lately I've been getting a filmy buildup on the inside of the globe, though.  I brought this on myself, though-- I dumped the fluid like an idiot and found this site in my attempts to fix it, and because of the timing, I'm now a Colossus owner and have a dozen and a half lamps.  It all started with coming here to fix my screw up!

As for the cap, I crazy glued my cap when it broke.  It looks ugly but it is sealed.  

[Deb]

That's the same type of lamp that brought me to this site. Cracked lid, liquid evaporated, lousy flow. I glued my lid to seal it, lightly sanded and repainted it. Looks pretty good. Topped off with distilled water. Brad's recipe is exactly how I replaced the liquid in my Grande lamp although I used sea salt instead of Epsom. Sorry you lost the liquid but it is fixable. Definitely lots of great info and help here. :)

[Ben]

If it bugs me enough, I'll have to redo mine again due to the bubbles and filmy buildup, but sadly it's low on my list of priorities right now. Deb, I did the same with my cap!

[Stephanie]

your friend better feel terrible! i'd make him replace it

[Deb]

LOL @Stephanie... shit happens.