Fixing Frenchie, part deux - it's lava time!

[Erin]

I paid $115 for this about a year or so ago. Got it on eBay France. It came half empty and the fluid was all over the package. The glitter was getting eaten away by the fluid. So I took some of the fluid and topped off my other lamp and sent the rest to Autumn to top off hers. 

So, it sat in the basement for awhile. 

 

A long while.

 

I saw a lamp on here that I believe used to have glitter (no wait, looks like lava) in it and the owner dumped and refilled it with a faded blue/white. 

This one: https://oozinggoo.ning.com/photo/1566398:Photo:32345

 

So that's what I'm going to attempt to do. I have faded an #03 globe (blue/white) to clear...cream, it appears. 

 

Right now I am soaking the globe with Jungle Jake de-greaser. This method worked well for my Capri restore. I'll keep updating this thread as I make progress! 

[Modulo '70]

Cool, will look great i'm sure. I love French glitters from this era.

[Erin]

Clean globe. 

 

Coil put back in (a little wonky though):

 

And the lava put in:

[Erin]

Well, Frenchie turned out pretty good! I'm happy with the results. For some reason, the blue part of the glass base doesn't seem to color the lava as much as the red/orange, but I'm still happy.

 

This isn't the base it's staying in, but I'm having problems removing the other base and it needs to be re-wired for the US. So for now, it's in this one:

 

 

 

[Erin]

The video is crap, but here's the lamp running:

[kiramarie]

this is gonna be genius...

[Erin]

Notes from this evening:

 

The bottle is 28 oz.

 

The colored painted strips on the bottom are eroding from the heat of the 40W bulb I used tonight. Is there any paint that can stand the heat of a 40W bulb?