Green/black china lava lite lamp

I decided to post a video of this lamp running by itself since it was too dark to see with other lamps running near by. There's nothing "wrong" with it, it just doesn't flow nearly as nicely as US lava lites. Considering this was $20, (same as my first aristocrat, and $5 more than my blue/yellow aristocrat) I will be buying used US lamps only from now on. (At least until lava lite improves, or mathmos starts selling in the US)

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Comment by Marley's Ghost on November 15, 2013 at 2:33pm: I really like this color, but as everyone has said, that blob flow has got to go!! I have a few like that too.

Comment by Joanne on November 13, 2013 at 1:25am: If anyone has any they want to donate to the cause Im willing to try to help some out !

Comment by Joanne on November 13, 2013 at 1:17am: I had some running pretty good but the combination of salt and bubble soap clouds up bad . so now im going to use glycerine to adjust water density and SLS ( Sodium Lauryl Sulfate Powder) as surfectant and making the goo go snakey

Comment by Brad on November 13, 2013 at 1:17am: joanne - can't wait to see what you find. it would be cool to see a before and after.

Comment by Loren on November 13, 2013 at 1:16am: Awesome...whip that crap into shape! LOL!

Comment by Joanne on November 13, 2013 at 1:13am: I am waiting on some empty 52's so i can practice on some !

Comment by Joanne on November 13, 2013 at 1:12am: Ok Loren give me a few days and I will be opening a few 20oz ones !

Comment by Loren on November 13, 2013 at 1:10am: Too much surf will actually destroy the lava...it'll just rip it apart. Not enough, and the blobs bounce apart like super balls, if they separate at all.

I would like to see what would happen if someone added a tiny bit more surf to a Chinese lamp, but the properties of the wax, like the fact that it seems to not melt properly, can't be so easily attributed to the amount of surf in the liquid.

Comment by Brad on November 13, 2013 at 1:08am: there appears to be an inverted U-shaped relationship between wax "stretchiness" and amount of surfactant added to the globe. too little and there's large globes. too much and you get lots of tiny globes. just the right amount and it's like sex in a bottle.