Oozing Goo - The Lava Lamp Syndicate

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astro smart re release

Hey peeps!!! anyone know when the astro smart is gonna get re released all new and improved!!! and possibly with that 3rd colour combo????

Added by Oliver Cunningham on April 14, 2011 at 12:41pm — 3 Comments

My Goo Status Update

I'm polishing !

Added by Pete on April 13, 2011 at 3:50pm — No Comments

colored water

can anyone tell me how to color the water in a "retro" lamp. it has wax and distilled water, Thanks    Mike

Added by MIKE BEAGEN on March 29, 2011 at 1:14am — 2 Comments

Mathmos Glitterball Refilled Successfully...

I have successfully refilled a Mathmos Glitterball Lava Lamp with pure 100% (not diluted) Glycerin.

 

It works perfectly.

 

I loosened the cap, gently poured off the existing liquid and refilled with pure Glycerin leaving enough room for expansion at the top.

 

My cloudy Gliiterball that was two inches low is now…

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Added by Eron Rozmos on March 22, 2011 at 2:30pm — 4 Comments

Mathmos Glitterball - NEED HELP FAST!

Hi, I bought a Mathmos silver glitterball on ebay. Plugged it in and the bottle had a crack and leaked all over. I salvaged 90% of the glitter and liquid and put it in a spare bottle I had. I need help with the following:

 

Why so smelly? The glitterball liquid was like syrup and smelled really nasty.

 

What is that inside of the bottle that smelled so bad and Is that smelly stuff toxic?

 

What can I use to top it off? It's about two inches…

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Added by Eron Rozmos on March 16, 2011 at 6:00pm — 1 Comment

Things in threes?

Well was having a rubbish day, so decided to trawl the local flea market and charity shops for some globe lampshades for a deco ceiling fitting. Had no luck with that but found a Telstar for a fiver. Was very welcome as I was having no luck on Ebay, the last one I was looking at just jumped to £18. Little dissapointed by the lime green wax/clear colour and was going to swap in a red/violet, but now I've got it plugged in and working I've completely changed my mind.

So hoping I might…

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Added by D Newnham on March 4, 2011 at 4:00pm — 1 Comment

pictures

how do you guys take such good pics of lava lamps. All my pics end up with white out, you can't even tell what color the lava is. Thanks  Mike

Added by MIKE BEAGEN on March 2, 2011 at 2:18am — 4 Comments

Top Day

Decided to stop buying lamps for a while, to try and save money, but ran into a Lamp Topper (boxed) for a couple of quid so decided that didn't count and snapped it up. Wonder what else I can spend my money on the next couple of months that's not actually a lamp?

Added by D Newnham on February 28, 2011 at 2:18pm — 5 Comments

AM/FM/Surf Clock Radio - Lava Wave Machine for Sale on eBay

For those who may be interested I posted an AM/FM/Surf Clock Radio - Lava Wave Machine for Sale on eBay. 

I like this unit as it's versatile, but since it sits in the box idle I may as well offer it up. 

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140515391909…

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Added by WeeboTech on February 25, 2011 at 6:00am — 6 Comments

Crushed

No Valentine's love for me. I got home to find that my Landlady had smashed one of the Hot Rocks lamps I have been collecting for a large artwork. On the bright side it was only one and I still have 26 more left.

Added by D Newnham on February 15, 2011 at 3:56am — No Comments

Bits and Pieces

Still not gotten around to photographing any more of my lamps. I have made a few more purchases and converted a friend to Lava with a lovely orange/violet Astrobaby that I found at the market.

I also picked up a wonderful bottle that will turn into a lightly complicated lamp build. I think it might be worth it though, as there i actually a chance Bhodan might not have made one already. Won't go into details as it will ruin the surprise... many month down the line that is when I…

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Added by D Newnham on February 7, 2011 at 3:39am — No Comments

My New Method to Create 1/3-2/3 Ratio "Perc" - Wax Ooze in 5 Minutes.

After spending about 4 hours trying to make perfect 1/3 - 2/3 volume ratio ooze (being super anal like I am, it is quite difficult to heat and cool the ooze quickly and get any sort of accurate volume measurement), I had a thought; why not just use mass instead of volume? Duh. I don't know if it is going to work yet, the Lava Lamp is heating up right now.

 

Simply use a scale (a cheap letter scale works fine) to measure 1/3 perc and 2/3 wax by mass. I used a plastic container…

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Added by Gordon Freeman on January 17, 2011 at 2:50am — 9 Comments

Unforeseen Consequences

After stabilizing for a few days, my first ooze batch separated into a light ooze and a heavy ooze and it seemed no matter what I tried the lamp stopped working. I bought a dimmer switch to tweak the heat, but it didn't seem to do much. The light ooze was floating on top of the water and had a slightly pink color to it (the original lamp had red lava in it and I think I didn't clean the spring completely) and the heavy ooze was static at the bottom.



I started over with fresh paraffin… Continue

Added by Gordon Freeman on January 16, 2011 at 3:00am — No Comments

Unfortunately I didn't document the early process.

Yesterday, Saturday January 8, 2011, I started my first Lava Lamp Project (using an old Lava Lamp I had laying around). I found a formula at:

 

http://www.oozinggoo.com/ll-form5.html

 

I followed the instruction as close as I could with my limited jars/scales etc. to try to be as accurate as possible. More on that later.…

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Added by Gordon Freeman on January 9, 2011 at 9:00pm — 3 Comments

Looking for a Lava Lamp Wave Machine

Hello,

I deeply love this model (Adriatic model) and would love to know if someone is willing to sell theirs or if there is a new piece available.Lava Lamp has discontinued making these and I am having a hard time finding one.

Kindly let me know if you have any information.This model is the one I am crazy about and deeply wish to own one in this lifetime :)…

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Added by Sandy Dhanwada on December 13, 2010 at 7:04pm — 5 Comments

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Added by Mark Goo on November 29, 2010 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Lamp overdose

I seem to have filled my studio space with crappy generic lamps of all sizes and shapes. However the upside is mt bedroom just has one Astrobaby in it now and I can actually move around. Well there is another boxed which will go as a christmas present and once I've cleared my Fluidium that will come back... hmm as might the Magma, but I have great hopes of not letting too many of them back into the house, it's like they breed when they're together. I have to think of my housemates, my ability… Continue

Added by D Newnham on November 15, 2010 at 4:16pm — No Comments

LavaBox

Hi,



I am a new member.



I just posted my first smartphone app (for Android), called LavaBox. It's a musical lava lantern ! I'd love to hear what you think.



Here is a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKlD458TQaQ



More info:… Continue

Added by AsterLUX on November 4, 2010 at 10:43am — 1 Comment

Late Entry

Hi folks, I have managed to move house twice since my last post. Sorry for not manging to continue the blog and this is the first time I've checked ino OG for many months, but things are a bit more settled now. However I have continued to collect and make lava lamps in the mean time and i now have an art studio space in which to work. I will post a pic of my cocktail shaker lamp soon and then have to decide what to start on next, glass slipper, fish, rain drop or body. I do also have to do my… Continue

Added by D Newnham on October 25, 2010 at 4:50pm — No Comments

Epic Failure

well, i tried dismantling one of my lava lite lamps to get the socket out, to use for a rewire on my jet. but i failed miserably. is there a special way to get the bottom of the base off? to me it looks to be stapled or souldered together.

just figured id keep everyone posted on my progress with everything haha. so if anyone has any input feel free to give your opinions :)

Added by Diin on July 29, 2010 at 11:53pm — 5 Comments

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