I've just rehabbed a pair of Century using a Goo-Kit that was a Christms gift.
When I originally warmed the goo in the microwave, a solid plug started rising from the open top and was partially lost before I could contain it and continue the melting.
In any event, after two separate warmings of the goo for my two lamps I have one that flows white, the other pretty much clear. Any ideas the cause?
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I get the same thing occasionally
I suspect it is form the overheating from the microwave
the outer goo get s boil happening
Im going to start heating it in a water bath form now on and heat ALL of it even if i dont need it all for one lamp
Yes, I find the microwave nets undesirable results
Critter said:
After a few cycles it will not be clear. Oh, and when melting the wax always use a double boiler.
I'm confused. Are you guys saying that overheating the goo makes it turn opaque?
I've only heated goo in the microwave (not too long) and I've never been able to get goo to turn opaque even after many runs in the lamp. It's always translucent.
If I could get the goo to turn opaque, perhaps the blue goo dye would actually appear blue instead of translucent purple...hmm
Posable overheating it causes it, goo kit wax has the same thing with the first few runs but it goes back to a solid colour at some point.
Can anyone comment on the blue goo kit dye? If the lava is opaque, does the goo appear blue?
My blue dyed goo kit just looks purple with the lamp on and flowing. I figured it may be something to do with the color wavelengths that travel through or absorb with the goo being translucent.
The blue dye does appear to be violet when applied to the translucent goo. My translucent lamp did turn opaque for a while, then translucent again - go figure, I don't think it's due to microwave heat since my goo barely melted ( I used to goo kit recommended 30 seconds). Maybe the goo components have enough variance in melt temp that some of us aren't getting a uniform blend of goo. That might explain why my opaque goo had a serious doming problem until I added additional surfactant and some glycerine as well.
I added a small amount of blue to my translucent goo and got a nice UV purple but not wht I expected. Pics turn out bluish, but it is visually purple.
Well, goo kits work, but it is not an exact science sometimes.
I have one lamp recently, that I must have overheated the goo in the microwave
it is bubbly and a lot of it just floats to the top while the rest of it works properly.
I'm currently cooling it and will dump the floaters and fluid, and more new new goo
Water bath method for heating seem to work best for me
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