It used to look like this, now it looks like THIS !!!

[Charles]

On this one my filter did its job. The original was so foggy I filtered it twice.

 

Here's the before:

 

 

 

[Charles]

Now look:

 

 

[Dr. WHAT?!]

Nice job, the filter works wonders as long as the wax corporates with you lol. When you filtered did you do it once and let it run for a good week or so and then filter again? or filtered twice in one shot?

[Charles]

Twice in one shot, it was so foggy. The only downside has been the lava seems a tiny bit less heat sensitive.

 

My foggy Marley grande I did just once, and its still a bit foggy. I'll put pics up over the weekend or early next week.

 

 

[Dr. WHAT?!]

Yeah sometimes when filtering it'll take out a small amount of the go-go juice. I have a old blue/white grande which was cloudy as hell when I got, I think I've filtered 4 times already (maybe more cant recall) and now I need to have a bulb extender on it for it to run like it should. It just shoots little blobs up without one. You may have to filter it again as time goes on.

[Charles]

what I want to do is put back in whatever chemical got filtered out erroneously....add a little extra glycol or ethylene glycol or whatever and improve the flow. The wax is fine, and I don't want to mess with it.

 

No room for a bulb extender.

[Dr. WHAT?!]

Well let us know how it goes.  I've never had a issue with a bulb extender not fitting on a giant or grande base. It'll put that bulb right underneath the globe and does make a difference on sluggish globes.

[Charles]

Ah there is room...just looked where would I get that..Lowes? Home Depot? Do they stilll make em for this ever rarer bulb?

[Kempton]

Dr.What, do you have to use a 75 watt if you use a bulb extender? When Bohdan was here still he had a pic where the globe cracked from the bulb being to close. Also would this make the globe brighter, as my grande green blue is very dark blue but crystal clear.

 

[Charles]

You know, it *is* a china so a cracked globe is not an impossibiliy....

[Dr. WHAT?!]

I don't remember where I got it,  I think Home Depot (it was so long ago) but I'm sure any hardware store will have it, they are like $3-$5. It will would work for the grandes bulbs or any bulb with the same sized brass threading which is most appliance bulbs.

 

@ Kemp no I still use the 100watt just on this globe since it's a sluggish one. I recall that globe Bohdan had and when it cracked. I had a 52 oz. do the same to me without a bulb extender on it and with a 40 w bulb so I think it just may have been a weakness in the glass. The older globes are definitely a thicker glass then the new china cramps (lol). The only time I've had to use a extender was on this blue/white grande and it's been a good 5 years with this still going. I've checked the bottom of the glass and all looks normal still. It wont make the globe brighter just a tad hotter. You should try putting it out in the sun for a couple weeks that'll lighten up the blue some.

 

[Kempton]

no, it wasn't cracked before and then a giant crack formed on the bottom.

[Dr. WHAT?!]

I know same with the 52 oz I had it was fine until one day it cracked.. Cheap lamps = cheap globes. There's other way to get your lamp to heat up more besides a bulb extender (like putting a towel about the globe), but a bulb extender is more of a permanent solution.