Cloudy Grande Fluid Replacement

[James Greystone]

Hi Folks,

I was on the old forum but lost all my info. So time to start fresh.

 

I was reading here about the Goo Kits and was wondering.

 

My black Clear Grande arrived cloudy a few years bakc, and I tried all the techniques to clear it..... Cycling on and off, in a cool room etc. Nothing worked.

 

Would it be possible to purchase some of the Goo Kits surfactant and just replace the fluid leaving the black wax in the bottle? I really love this lamp but it's so cloudy it really is useless as is.

Thanks for the help.

 

[Erin]

I added tap water to mine and it actually flowed.

http://oozinggoo.ning.com/forum/topics/tinkering-with-a-grande-surp...

Might as well tinker around with it! 

[Dr. WHAT?!]

I dont think gookit surf will work in conjunction with LL wax. I don't recall when, but I do remember someone saying they tried it and made the wax bubbly. I would try Erin's technique or try Deb's with distilled and sea salt. http://oozinggoo.ning.com/photo/from-blue-yellow-to-clear-yellow-gr...

If neither works then gookit it ;)

[Da9L]

I have replaced the fluid in both my grandes.. I used destilled water, sodium lauryl ether sulphate, and glycerin..

At first i just added some destilled water, making enough room so i could add some glycerin.. I turned the lamp on and waited for the wax to melt.. Ofcourse, with just plain water there were no flow at all, so now i began adding glycerin untill the wax began to rise.. When it just began to rise a little i added some sodium lauryl ether sulphate (SLES).. the SLES is the surfactant in the lamp.. I just added  50 ml right away, because that was what the gookit tutorial stated would be needed in a grande.. After this i added the last amount of glycerin needed for the best flow, and the result has turned out perfect for me.. Crystal clear lamp, and perfect flow..


I bought SLES on ebay ..

If you have trouble getting Glycerin, you can use Fog fluid instead as its basicly the same thing..

[James Greystone]

Hmm this sounds promising as well but I did a search on Ebay for sodium lauryl ether sulphate and nothing came up? Do you remember the seller?

 

Cheers.

Don't know if this is the same but shipping may be a problem for me.

 

Lauryl Sulfate (Sodium dodecyl sulfate) 250 grams 99.5% Sigma L-5750     Returns: Accepted within 14 days

Buy It Now

$34.70 +$61,139.20 shipping

[James Greystone]

Can you tell me the ebayer that sells S:ES, I can't seem to find one that is liquid and with ether in the name.

 

Thanks
 
Da9L said:

I have replaced the fluid in both my grandes.. I used destilled water, sodium lauryl ether sulphate, and glycerin..

At first i just added some destilled water, making enough room so i could add some glycerin.. I turned the lamp on and waited for the wax to melt.. Ofcourse, with just plain water there were no flow at all, so now i began adding glycerin untill the wax began to rise.. When it just began to rise a little i added some sodium lauryl ether sulphate (SLES).. the SLES is the surfactant in the lamp.. I just added  50 ml right away, because that was what the gookit tutorial stated would be needed in a grande.. After this i added the last amount of glycerin needed for the best flow, and the result has turned out perfect for me.. Crystal clear lamp, and perfect flow..


I bought SLES on ebay ..

If you have trouble getting Glycerin, you can use Fog fluid instead as its basicly the same thing..

[James Greystone]

could you also tell me roughly how much glycerin so I buy the right amount. 1 oz 8 oz?? thanks.

Da9L said:

I have replaced the fluid in both my grandes.. I used destilled water, sodium lauryl ether sulphate, and glycerin..

At first i just added some destilled water, making enough room so i could add some glycerin.. I turned the lamp on and waited for the wax to melt.. Ofcourse, with just plain water there were no flow at all, so now i began adding glycerin untill the wax began to rise.. When it just began to rise a little i added some sodium lauryl ether sulphate (SLES).. the SLES is the surfactant in the lamp.. I just added  50 ml right away, because that was what the gookit tutorial stated would be needed in a grande.. After this i added the last amount of glycerin needed for the best flow, and the result has turned out perfect for me.. Crystal clear lamp, and perfect flow..


I bought SLES on ebay ..

If you have trouble getting Glycerin, you can use Fog fluid instead as its basicly the same thing..

[Da9L]

i think that 8 oz of glycerin should do it .. 

and heres one that sells SLS, which can also be used just fine :)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sodium-Laureth-Sulfate-SLES-Solution-Quart-...

[James Greystone]

Any suggestions on what I am missing. This is after I added 10 oz of glycerine. It just sits there like this. Do I need more glycerine ?

 

Thanks Gang.

[Vision]

More Glycol/Glycerine, possible more surfactant, although I would wait before adding surfactant. Glycol and Glycerine both have natural surfactant qualities.

[James Greystone]

Success. Here it is in it's oozing glory. It actually never looked this good when I bought it. Flow is great and super clear.

Thanks for all the advice gang.

Now I only wish I hadn't thrown away my other 3 Grandes, whose flow had stopped. :^(.

 

 

[Loren]

T...thrown...away...?

*CRIES*