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Hey.. Another ?.. I have had my midnight 32oz's since 2003. was wondering what are the symtons of the wax goo when it gets old? Im waiting on my gookit to come so I can restore one of my other 32oz globes. Thanks for the info..

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Permalink Reply by Erin on September 8, 2011 at 10:06am

Sometimes I've seen wax get "cooked" or overheated. When this happens, you can (but not always) see little chunks/flakes in the wax when it's fully heated. Or sometimes you get bubbles in the wax. If you have lamps from 2003, it's not likely that there's a problem with the wax unless someone ran it on a 60W bulb for days on end.

However, I've noticed that some US-made Lava Lites around 2002-2003 have funky issues with wax.

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Permalink Reply by Tim Gill on September 8, 2011 at 3:46pm

With my old china lamp (my very 1st lamp) the wax in it is dead and the sings of that were basically the slowing down of flow until all flow of wax stopped altogether no-mater how long it was left on for.

I am going to refill it with another lamp which i will goo kit - that's a project I will do at some time.

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Permalink Reply by Da9L on September 10, 2011 at 7:05am

I can confirm what you are saying Erin .. The Green mathmos lamp i have, is supposed to run with a 30 watt bulb, but ran it with a 40 watt bulb for a long period where it would be on for a whole day.. (this was before i knew what you guys have learned me!) and now it has lots of chunks in the wax.. A shame though ..