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Looking for a silver glitterball type lamp in the UK
Hi all, feeling a bit of prat as I missed out on a silver glitterball on UK Ebay the other day. Doubly so as I watched it get relisted after a low bid the week before....Anyways I just thought I…Continue
Started Nov 14, 2022
How much wax in Mathmos lamps, Astro vs baby?
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After a long long gap of decades, I purchased a new Mathmos Astro, and was slightly disappointed in the amount of "goo" it contained. Back in the 70s our Crestworth Astro seemed to have more wax,…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by jonny p Aug 9, 2021.
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White bottle with Copper base and green coloured light
"What king of heating element do you use? A reptile heater bulb? Id be very concerned about setting the right output."
White bottle with Copper base and green coloured light
"I have a white Astro in copper also - what is your source for the coloured SES bulbs?"
Looking for a silver glitterball type lamp in the UK
Hi all, feeling a bit of prat as I missed out on a silver glitterball on UK Ebay the other day. Doubly so as I watched it get relisted after a low bid the week before....Anyways I just thought I would ask if anyone here is thinking of selling a silver Mathmos glitterball, or if anyone can recommend another metallic lava option available to the UK. I've seen some Australian gold/silver metallics and US lunar silver metallics on the web which all look really nice and surprisingly inexpensive,…See More
"Astro have about 250ml on the old bottle thus got changed in mid 2000s to least wax and we'll the flow is more bug blobs than little ones or snakey flow than the 1970s-2000 bottles. I think it was done more likely to save money than flow and…"
"Just a suggestion, have you tried using a dimmer?
I've found the the snake type movement tends to happen when the lamp is running cooler. It may be worth trying a cheap dimmer socket first before dropping money on the vintage…"
"Thankyou for your expert replies. I'm "new" at this, despite having one waaay back in the early 70s, Im pretty clueless as there was no way of tapping into a wider knowledge base like now. I certainly wish we had kept it, however if I…"
"the new Astro bottle definitely contain less wax than vintage ones and the baby bottles. Back in the day an astro bottle had twice as much wach and fluid than baby bottles and when comparing a new astro bottle to a bottle I mad from two babies…"
How much wax in Mathmos lamps, Astro vs baby?
After a long long gap of decades, I purchased a new Mathmos Astro, and was slightly disappointed in the amount of "goo" it contained. Back in the 70s our Crestworth Astro seemed to have more wax, more activity and seemed to flow better.I recently added a Baby to the living room and it seems to have as much wax as its older brother and is consequently more interesting to look at. Am I imagining this? Has anyone compared volumes? Am I a nerd with no life? (Don't answer the last question).See More
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