Model 101 - Green/Red Century - Restoration in progress

Wax is original, fluid has been changed. This is one stubborn lamp. Too much salt and it detaches from the coil. Adding dish soap makes the wax bubbly.

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Comment by Erin on July 3, 2012 at 7:01am: No, I have no way of checking. Good idea though!

Comment by kiramarie on July 2, 2012 at 9:46pm: Erin.. have you checked to see if this is UV reactive? looks like it could

Comment by Jonas Clark-Elliott on March 5, 2012 at 1:29pm: Erin, could you email me the process you used, or PM me? I have the same type of lamp, and it needs a refill badly. I'd like to know how to 'cleaned' the wax when you emptied it, and what liquids in approximately what proportions made it flow.

Might be interesting to see if the new mix, like the old stuff, will run for a day or more straight without overheating. The 60s formula with the lowest wax level could run for a day(s), and when it overheated you could turn it off for an hour, switch it back on and it'd keep going.

Comment by Metallica Man Trevor on March 5, 2012 at 10:51am: Beautiful

Comment by Mr MaGoo on March 4, 2012 at 3:00pm: Could be the remains of what was left of what didn't burn on a marathon lava lamp run. ;)

Comment by Erin on March 4, 2012 at 10:32am: Yes, it's the lower level of wax Jonas. You can see other pics of it here:

http://oozinggoo.ning.com/photo/model-101-green-red-century-after-filtering?context=user
http://oozinggoo.ning.com/photo/model-101-green-red-century?context...
http://oozinggoo.ning.com/photo/nothing-to-see-here-folks-literally...

Comment by Jonas Clark-Elliott on March 4, 2012 at 8:47am: Is this 60s "run for days" wax, i.e. much less wax than in the regular 52oz. globe?

Comment by Erin on March 3, 2012 at 4:42pm: Thank you! Much appreciated. :) I have another lamp I'd like to try and fix after this one.

Comment by Mr MaGoo on March 3, 2012 at 12:18pm: Looking good Erin, I got a nice container for the SLS and will be sending it out shortly. Very nice colors on that lamp!

Comment by Erin on March 3, 2012 at 10:51am: Thanks Jonas. I'm still working on it. You can actually see the original liquid in a jar behind it. It's so gross. The wax has been pretty resilient. This is probably my 6th attempt with this lamp.