"its just a guideline
Each lamp varies per type of wax
Work off the flow your get to make a decision"
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Need to rebuild my lamp
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IMG_2196.JPGGreetings all, I'm a newbie at this, tried to do the…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Claude J Jun 28, 2022.
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"Dang I was close. A teaspoon is about 4 ml if im not mistaken?"
"Just FYI I did another lamp last night and should have another to do today and I'd say I've been using approximately a teaspoon of surfactant rather than a tablespoon."
"It does, now I need to make or buy some orange wax and blue coloring for the water!"
"I've been buying 14.5" Chinese lamps left and right and fixing them. I've just blown through 11 lamps including a grande and this is what I've been doing. First you'll have to get surfactant from lavalabcreations.com…"
"Addendum
If it is a 14"/20oz lamp, it's almost not worth your time.the flow will never be great due to a lack of fluid volumeThe best to expect is small balls up and down
Bigger the lamp = better the flowThe PERC/Brake cleaner link is…"
"I have been working on one, and this Reddit post has been very helpful! https://www.reddit.com/r/Lavalamps/comments/glgqba/creating_your_own_lava_lamp_from_scratch_a/"
"Thanks, time to start researching!"
"everyone here will advise against using salt and dish soap these days, the main reasons being salt will corrode and dish soap contains other ingredients that may have unintended consequences. the ingredients people advise using in place of salt and…"
Need to rebuild my lamp
IMG_2196.JPGGreetings all, I'm a newbie at this, tried to do the saltwater/one drop of dish soap trick to clean up my lamp, and this happened. At this point I think I just need to start over with new wax and liquid, but the price to do that is more than a new lamp (granted it's an import) Since this is an import lamp, what would you do? Rebuild, sell for parts, or...?…See More
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- At 9:50am on June 13, 2022,
Simon Page said…
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- At 5:10pm on June 10, 2022,
Claude J said…
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