Water evaporating?

Ok--so I haven't decided if it's just my imagination or not, but I feel like maybe a tiny bit of water is evaporated out of my recently kitted 32 oz. This lamp does NOT have a rubber stopper--just the bottle cap. When I recapped it, I used a hose clamp to tighten the cap about as far as I was comfortable with. I did not use anything else to make a seal.

I half think the evaporation is in my head because I'm super paranoid, but if it's not and I notice the water really is going down more, is there something I can do to keep it from happening? I've read plumber's tape works, but it seems like that would just pop off as soon as I recap the bottle.

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Permalink Reply by NoneofyourBusiness Nosey on February 13, 2015 at 11:04am

I thought the same thing was going on with my recently purchased grande from amazon... If you want you can get some clear tape and put it on the globe, mark a line on the tape when it's cold and then again when it's flowing full tilt. shut her down and let it cool completely then check your lines...repeat a few times and you should get a good idea of what's actually going on! Good luck!!!

(keep the lamp in the same place the whole process)

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Permalink Reply by Keith on February 14, 2015 at 10:19am

I have had lamps that lost fluid due to evaporation, I noticed that the inside of the cover cap had some condensation in it and sometimes would drip down the side, but never noticed a drop in fluid level inside the lamp.

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Permalink Reply by Chris on February 14, 2015 at 3:15pm

I do wonder if that's really all that's happening with mine. The instructions on the Goo Kit say "Seal with plastic wrap and plumber's tape", but that's all it says. It doesn't tell you what you're supposed to DO with those materials.

Keith said:

I have had lamps that lost fluid due to evaporation, I noticed that the inside of the cover cap had some condensation in it and sometimes would drip down the side, but never noticed a drop in fluid level inside the lamp.

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Permalink Reply by Keith on February 14, 2015 at 3:31pm

I don't use anything to seal other than the bottle cap. I have used caps from coke bottles if the original is in poor shape. Just make sure that the cap liner is in place and not torn. Oh, and I tighten more than I'm comfortable with, lol

Chris said:

I do wonder if that's really all that's happening with mine. The instructions on the Goo Kit say "Seal with plastic wrap and plumber's tape", but that's all it says. It doesn't tell you what you're supposed to DO with those materials.

Keith said:

I have had lamps that lost fluid due to evaporation, I noticed that the inside of the cover cap had some condensation in it and sometimes would drip down the side, but never noticed a drop in fluid level inside the lamp.

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Permalink Reply by Carol on February 14, 2015 at 4:28pm

I don't even seal my kits!!! I really don't care if the water evaporates because I can just add a tad more of distilled. I did call Kim at MT Goo and he said they absolutely do not need to be sealed. They have a huge lamp that they use to test their dyes in and he said that is loosely capped and all is well. I asked him if this might be the issue with my fogging problem and he said absolutely not. If you just recently kitted them, I doubt that you would get evaporation that fast anyway. I'm not denying that it wouldn't happen over a long period of time, but I've kitted lamps in the summer and run them every day and they are just capped with an Izzy Soda bottle cap and the water hasn't gone anywhere. I would enjoy them and don't worry about them losing water. it's no big deal even if they do as they are kits.

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Permalink Reply by Chris on February 14, 2015 at 4:36pm

I'm sure you're right--I think I'm just being paranoid, and I do have this lamp capped tightly enough where the cap doesn't even spin. There is probably some water collecting up along the sides that is making it appear that the water is going down a little bit, but that shouldn't be a big deal. This is a picture of it warming up, by the way. This is my Silver Streak that I got on eBay a few weeks ago. I eventually decided the wax was shot and kitted it. I'm so happy with the results:

Carol said:

I don't even seal my kits!!! I really don't care if the water evaporates because I can just add a tad more of distilled. I did call Kim at MT Goo and he said they absolutely do not need to be sealed. They have a huge lamp that they use to test their dyes in and he said that is loosely capped and all is well. I asked him if this might be the issue with my fogging problem and he said absolutely not. If you just recently kitted them, I doubt that you would get evaporation that fast anyway. I'm not denying that it wouldn't happen over a long period of time, but I've kitted lamps in the summer and run them every day and they are just capped with an Izzy Soda bottle cap and the water hasn't gone anywhere. I would enjoy them and don't worry about them losing water. it's no big deal even if they do as they are kits.