"too much salt has adjusted the specific gravity so it wants to float all the time"
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Fixing the Grande
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I moved from NY to GA and man did that thing get shaken in the truck. I…Continue
Tags: epsom, salt, water, solution, liquid
Started this discussion. Last reply by Claude J Oct 27, 2020.
Hello I'm new and have a Grande from lavalamp.com
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Hi everyone. I'm new and I just got my first Grande. I did the custom Grande and got the volcano tri color with a black base. I've had other lava lamps in the past and know they shouldnt be cloudy.…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by The Lamp Caretaker Mar 31, 2019.
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"Btw. Same problem here moved last year and found out after arriving that the rubber seal failed without me knowing. Alot of the solution ended up on the floor. Drained and stored old solution, took measured steps adding salt and soap. Now the lava…"
" unfortunately I did not do that this is what I have at the moment I have revived a couple of the regular I think 14 in lava lamps doing it the way that I have done but this was the first time I tried one of the Grande's"
"Tiy should have waited to see the floatation after it was heated up before adding anything that would change the specific gravity. "
Fixing the Grande
I moved from NY to GA and man did that thing get shaken in the truck. I needed to redo the liquid in it. I checked all over for ratios for the grande, but couldn't find any. So here's what I did- Rinsed out with distilled water- Refilled until about an 2 inches of space was left at top- Used 4 table spoons of dissolved Epsom salt in a new solution.- Poured that into lamp…See More
"What ratio did you use? How much Epsom salt per gallon? I tried filtering min and it was marginally better, but I think I'm just going to start new and create the liquid. "
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