Oozing Goo - The Lava Lamp Syndicate
Black light bulb in a motion lamp?
...or any color bulb, for that matter?
I noticed in HomeDepot the other day a large assortment of 25w and 40w bulbs, including a black light model. Now, I haven't had a black light bulb since the 80's, but it seems to me the thing burned hotter than a normal bulb. Was that just me?
Has anybody here tried this?
They also had red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple bulbs. I can't help but wonder if they all might work. I know I said elsewhere that I'd rather use gels, but if these bulbs work well then they are fairly cheap, and readily available to me.
Claude J
I have only found A-19 /E-26 base bulbs.
Whatever you do, do not add UV Blacklight Luminescent liquid dye pigment to the fluid of a Lava Lamp
it will explode from expansion
Nov 22, 2016
Claude J
I thought the standard IS the 4.5"?
The 3" being an appliance bulb
It is too tall
The globe will wobble on top of the bulb
On a grande,its a different story
Nov 22, 2016
Claude J
only true BL wavelength is achieved from fluorescent anyway.
Incandescents just dont cut it
Nov 22, 2016