Oozing Goo - The Lava Lamp Syndicate

Bad Flow

Note: This guide only applies to American Made Lamps Pre 2003. If you bought a Chinese made Lava Lite Lava Lamp you more or less are stuck with how it flows. This guide is designed to help fix older lamps that have aged poorly due to misuse.

Most flow problems can be fixed by simply running the lamp. The lamp can be put on a timer to run the lamp for you. Set the timer to run the lamp for 8 hours on (or as long as it can be run without overheating), and 8 hours off. Run this cycle until the flow improves. If the flow does not improve after a month, than there might be a more severe problem with the lamp.

 

Does the wax all rise to the top and never falls?

First make sure you are using the appropriate bulb.

Older lamps were weight down by volatile hydrocarbons such as carbon tetrachloride. These hydrocarbons can evaporate out of older lamps that use screw top type caps. Unfortunately the only way to save these lamps is typically by replacing the formula entirely. You can attempt to add carbon tetrachloride back into the wax mix, but this requires a lot of trial and error and unless you have previous experience doing this you have a high chance of failure.

 

Does the wax never rise?

This is the opposite of the problem mentioned above, but it is much easier to fix. Again make sure you are using the appropriate bulb. If you are using the correct bulb it is possible for one reason or another you need to alter the density. See the replacing Lava Lamp liquid guide.

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