Oozing Goo - The Lava Lamp Syndicate

Anyone interested in goo-kitting a Grande for a fee?  I would pay for the materials, the shipping both ways and a reasonable amount for the work.

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Honestly Jeff I would just do it yourself, its so easy. By the time you pay someone to do it, and to have it shipped twice you can buy another grande and a gookit. 

Follow these directions. If you have questions feel free to ask... a lot of us here have done these so someone will always be willing to help.

http://oozinggoo.ning.com/page/goo-kits

I have to do a Grande myself anyway, I'm located in MA and do OCD work. Look into shipping the globe drained with just the wax to reduce costs. 

PinkFloyd:  So does that mean you would be interested in doing mine as well?

Dr. What?:  I'd LOVE to do it myself....but I'm still living at home and my parents tend to freak out about stuff like this....they're the kind of people that if there's a sticker on something saying "Do Not Open", or "No user serviceable parts inside" they tend to get nervous if I "work" on it or "modify" it in any way.  I on the other hand love to take stuff apart and fix it, and "mod" stuff.  Most stuff they've come to terms with now and don't freak as much when I open up an electronic item or something to fix it, despite those labels...but with this having the potential to make a BIG mess I'm just afraid if 1 thing goes wrong and I ended up w/ wax on their counter or stove, or God forbid the walls and ceiling I'd NEVER, EVER live to hear the end of it.  Or I'd keep getting told that the thing was unsafe because I had changed the fluids in it, etc etc. 

So long story short while I'd absolutely LOVE to do this...I can't at the present...and it may be awhile before I have my own place.  So despite the fact that I 'm going to get killed on shipping (hopefully under $100 for both ways - if more than that I'd just junk the thing and try to buy another on ebay or something)....I'd still be interested in someone doing this for me since the lamp as it is now is junk.  I tried the socket extender on it and that got it going really good...but only for about 20 min then it seems to overheat as the was will just ball up at the bottom and kind of "roll" there lifted off the coil.  If I dim it down some, then it goes back to its usual little grape sized bubbles and that's it.  Crank the heat back up...it'll bubble for a good hour before giving me decent flow again, it only lasts 10 min or so, then its back to overheat.  Even when it does flow "good" its really runny...so there has to be something wrong w/ the wax itself.

Now the other one I have (the purple/orange) that was flowing kind of lethargically responded excellently to the socket extender.  That one flows awesome now...I get a mix of snakelike flow, bubbles, blobs, etc. and it'll run for hours (hasn't overheated yet, and I've ran it 10-12 hrs so far at a clip).  But the blue/yellow one is just crap unfortunately. 

Yes I would be interested in doing it, but I think Grande's can be bought for $100 brand new from the website:

http://www.lavalamp.com/c/12/grande-lava-lamp

http://www.sharperimage.com/si/view/product/27%22-Lava-Grande-Lava-...

They've only got the 2 colors nowadays though...I wouldn't want another orange/purple and I never really did care for the yellow/blue combo.  I'd love one in w/ clear liquid / blue or teal lava though...would that be possible w/ a goo kit?

There is a clear/black someone's selling on ebay right now...I'm keeping an eye on that one as well.

Yes that is possible, I am going to do my Grande in plain old white magma and clear liquid. If you want to pay for my goo-kit I will do yours at the same time if you cover the shipping. 

This way you know how many hours are REALLY on it. 

What is your zip?  I'm in PA...shipping shouldn't be too bad.  You'd just need the globe right?  Or would you want the whole thing?

Yes I'd pay for the gookits and shipping.  Paypal ok?

Yes I have a PayPal account, I will PM you my zip code. All I need is the globe and you can drain it before sending if you want. 

I contacted them and got the info I needed, drop me an email or txt message. 

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