Rockets-Lunars-Windows

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Comment by MileHigh on July 12, 2016 at 8:29pm

I think the stickers are made of a colored plastic film similar to what I used for my orange one.

If a hot bulb touches them they will burn/melt.

I discovered that when I tried putting a Fantasia glitter bottle on a Crestworth Rocket!

The 25 watt bulb that a Fantasia Glitter lamp uses is positioned about a half inch below the bottom of the bottle so the sticker does not burn.

Comment by andy ross on July 12, 2016 at 5:29am

Thanks for the info - fascinating, and like all good ideas, really quite simple... which is why it works well and looks great, I guess...

When you made your custom orange sticker, please may I ask - did you find out if the stickers were made of special heat-proof material, or is it coloured plastic film? or acetate?

I was thinking, there must be a 30 or 40w incandescent  bulb in these lamps, they're same kind of size as the Rockets, (though glitter may need less wattage?), and that would generate a fair bit of heat, wouldn't it?

Comment by MileHigh on July 7, 2016 at 8:51pm

Fantasia glitter lamps, including the Cosmic Window, came with 5 different color stickers that can be stuck on the bottom of the bottle to change the color of the glitter.

YELLOW - GREEN - RED - RAINBOW - BLUE

Without the stickers they would all look the same.

One of my Windows is using no sticker ( top center ) and I made a custom orange sticker for the one on the bottom right.

The Cosmic Window is my favorite lamp and I would like to obtain more so I could build a larger pyramid of them ( lol ) but they are super rare to find in good condition.

Comment by andy ross on July 7, 2016 at 3:46pm

I make it 7 Brits, 7 US...

Are the 7 Cosmic Windows the complete series? I've never seen so many up together, beautiful lamps!

And not a wire in sight

Comment by MileHigh on July 7, 2016 at 2:38pm

Yes, a Crestworth Rocket uses the same bottle as a Mathmos Jet.

Comment by martin ward on July 7, 2016 at 7:31am

Awesome collection the crestworth rocket could u use a mathmos jet bottle in them ? Love the copper lamp

Comment by Claude J on July 4, 2016 at 3:36pm

NICE!