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Something Interesting About Me:: Poet, musician, horticulturist, linguist, mason, and, yes, lava lamp builder and enthusiast!

Where I Live:: SW Harbor Maine

My First Lava Lamp was:: A humble, glitter-filled thing of little consequence...

My Collection Includes this many Lava Lamps:: 5

My Favorite Lava Lamp is:: A standard issue refill of my own mixing... Crimson ooze with greenish water

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Could use some guidance with the retro formula experiments.... Please help!

I have been working with the Retro recipe to refill an older lamp, as well as build a homemade colossal lamp out of a 3 gallon carboy, or glass jug, suitable for brewing. I have had some success getting the smaller lamp to run well, but on both projects, the ooze does stick to the glass! So that's the first issue; how to stop the sticking. I have read about the varying levels of success using clarifying shampoo. Does this really work? There seem to be mixed…

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Posted on January 1, 2013 at 10:48am — 1 Comment