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Any ceramic icon collectors still out there? Sun and Moon ...
Started this discussion. Last reply by tweavs Jan 20, 2020. 5 Replies 0 Likes
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"The seal on a grande is a rubber stopper that plugs the opening and is held in place by an aluminum cap crimped onto the lip of the bottle. I don't think the stopper is glued into place normally. Or at least didn't use to be. Now that I…"
"I've never found a recipe for this but I read somewhere that it was possible to use mineral oil instead of paraffin wax. "
"Check out this patent. https://patents.google.com/patent/US3570156A/en
"Surprisingly, all four of the above-mentioned disadvantages can be overcome by this simple expedient, especially if the additive has a relatively high…"
New Sunflower lamp
"It looks nice, but it's not on the Spencer's Gifts website. Where did you find it?"
"Without pictures of it flowing, it may not be worth $5 "
"Has anyone replaced the liquid on the new lamps? I have a grande from 2017 that is balanced to run with zero propylene glycol. Just straight up distilled water, which of course is much easier to freeze than a lamp with say 30% propylene glycol."
"My understanding is hand held cappers won't work."
"There's somebody on Reddit who added bleach to an Astro mini to change the color of the liquid. I'm sure a little bleach would help prevent growth, although I don't know how the wax would react long term. "
"Since you are experimenting with propylene glycol you may be interested in this old patent.
https://patents.google.com/patent/US3570156A/en
In it Mr Walker describes using 30% pg to improve startup time and lessen the effects of ambient…"
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- My First Lava Lamp was:
- 20 oz blue and white
- My Collection Includes this many Lava Lamps:
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- At 9:53pm on August 24, 2017,
Modulo '70 said…
- Hi. Thanks for joining this great forum of the lava lamp world.
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