Thanks for the compliment on my kitty... she's a Siamese mix (adopted from the shelter) and the funniest cat I've ever had... that's her baby pic. she's bigger now, but is still "stretchy" :)

Hi, I just picked up your message. I haven't realy thought of a price yet. Nothing to compare them with because there were only a few made for retailers. What do you think?

Thanks so much for the lovely gift and the welcome!!   I noticed a bottle of "Black Jack" in your pictures.  There's something great about a man who drinks Black Jack from Tennessee and lives in London.  :) 

Hi, I'm new here. You have a really nice collection! Markus.

You are most welcome!   You have wonderful taste in both your lamps and your Tennessee liquor!    Our "canine" babies all agree!  Best Regards, Libby

Hi Modulo '70,
you visited Mathmos factory in Poole, did you? Could you take a look at the workers filling the bottles?
Did they wear protective clothing like gloves or a mask or something?
I wonder if it's a good idea to do exchange of the fillings or other work on lava-lamps in my kitchen and the basin of my kitchen... where I also prepare my food.
Markus.

Thanks! It's very French so here in the US you don't run into it a whole lot!

Hi Modulo '70,

I picked two of them up in the mid-90's from a second hand record shop in either Gloucester or Cheltenham, 25 quid each at the time I think.

Cheers,

James

Thank you, this site is so much fun.

Thanks so mch.

Thanks so much

Why doing me, silly. Under neath my Lava-Lamp, Of course.

thanks Modulo for the comment and the welcome! :)

hi modula, since 2002 ive seen 3 mistrolites all in the last month, crazy !!!

Hey Jerome,

I can see that you have a very nice collection as well.

I particularly like your Glitterama Bullet lamp - really nice and really unbelievable how low of a price you paid for it!

A wild Stratos Zero appears!

Ah! A fellow Ferrari Modulo fan! 

Happy birthday Jerome... stay your way !

Pete xxx

Thanks, Modulo '70!

I'm a novice at this stuff, but I hope to gain some knowledge as well as share what I've been up to.

I guess I should jump right in. I've emptied the contents of a store-bought lava lamp into another bottle to fabricate a new custom lava lamp. I know that manufacturers uniformly discourage opening them, and most say that doing so will ruin it. But at the same time, enthusiasts uniformly deny and disregard that directive...Haha. I have already emptied the contents of the store bought lamp into my custom bottle.

What I have seen very little about is the re-capping process. Is it better to do it cold? Or do it while it is hot and in motion? I think if if I cap it cold positive pressure (probably significant) will develop. If I cap it hot, it will draw a vacuum as it cools. One person I found online said you cap it cool and "burp it" as it heats up the first time. I think that would leave me back in the vacuum scenario when it cools again.

Any thoughts or experience on this one? I admit I haven't perused the site much yet so for all know this is the most F.A.Q. 

Thanks,

Rob

For the moment all my lamps are in boxes. I moved some months ago. Nest year I will make a rack so I can put them on display again. Can't wait.

Nice buy on the rain lamp! Photos to come? I've not seen one verifiably from Italy before; in the US they used to have a reputation for being an Italian thing, through they were actually invented in the USA.

Thank you for the kind words, I'm happy to be in nice company, and like-minded people should share all which inspires, soothes or is just plain groovy.

And thanks for your approval of my membership - Club Lunar is one club i'm really glad to join. 

Muhaha well your welcome here anytime. Im in Houston. Bigger and better than Dallas. ;)

Jk

Thank you! I appreciate your greetings and warm welcome! :D

Thanks so much!!! The fire happened in July and insurance has been good to us. Gotta start replacing our lava lamps. 

Thanks for the welcome, have been a lurker for a while, have purchased from several of the people in the group through ebay as well. The Lava Library has been a great resource. Wish I had a better understanding of the ups and downs of the market....although no desire to sell....and don't have the space or the scratch for purchasing at the moment.....unless anybody has another original 60's USA glitterlite they'll sell for $36!

Very jealous of all the incredible UK lamps that are so easy, and not so easy, for you to get.

Thanks for the welcome...Yeah...my collection is always growing...I'm a freak for these things and apparently I am not alone

LOL thanks, who doesn't like the Swedish Chef right?

Thanks, It does have it's moments.  Lamping right along.

I have two, though they are not too functional now/wax separation I think ... Don't know the models .... got them a long time ago .... Haggerty Enterprises on Irving Park so it's "carbon tetrachloride " ? Don't know how to do the fix as the two will kinda work for awhile then one quits and the other has lots of 1" balls

Thanks for the welcoming! BC is rainy and green, as always haha. I have done a liquid replacement on my lava lamp, 3x now. Used just red coloring first, then just blue coloring,and now Ive tried for a violet with mixing blue and red. Looks more pink but still very cool. Thanks again and take care!

Hey, Happy to join, found this site by accident, just trying to find a lunar lamp to buy and add to my collection!

Thank you! Such a kooky and wonderful website. Glad I stumbled onto it. The new teal wax lamp is certainly gorgeous. Water still a bit cloudy, but will run my lamp for a few days and see what happens. Really nice flow. After reading about changing the liquid, I'm getting excited to try one myself. Will have to learn more about the Goo Kit (?) Anyway, cheers!

Thanks for the warm welcome Mr. Modulo.  Hopefully someone out there in Lavaland has an extra screw type cap to get my baby back running again. 

Thanks for the welcome note! I'm from Illinois.