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"The tiny blobs indicate that your lamp gets extremely hot. Try using a dimmer or a lower wattage bulb. I also find that coils are more effective at getting the wax to recombine than a screen, so just use the coil given that yours is still usable. I…"

"its the lava"

"IMG_20200519_164606.jpg PG was clear when in, ran well, cooled down and clouded. Run it again and it clears up. Factory lava 1997."

"I've yet to have PG go cloudy on me, even when I had to use 50%PG and 50% DW Cloudiness is a factor of the chem makeup of the lava"

"Agreed on the salt, but keep in mind the cloud point of PG. and yes people can buy your surf, or buy SLS or SLES."

"You should NEVER use salt It is a corrosive It will eat away sat the coil and destroy the wax Use propylene glycol to adjust the specific gravity A mix of 60 Distilled water /40% PG is a good start unless your using MT goo Need SURF? Go to my eBay…"

"So I bought some of the polmolive clear thinking it would be great. Try this, make a salt solution. Then make a soap solution. And mix them together and let them sit. The soap will make the salt crash out of solution usually you can see the chain…"

"I'm bumping your post just to see if anyone sees it and responds, as I'm also experimenting with making lamps and want to see answers on the clouding."

"About three months after my last post, my orange lamp, as well as the purple, started to cloud. My green lamp is hazy too, but clears up when running. I did use the Palmolive Clear detergent as surf so either I put too much or I ran my lamps too…"

"Is called a hobo lava lamp.  Seen them on youtube."

"nice!"

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