Bubbly...

[Anson Cheung]

My Mathmos Astrobaby lamp has a lot of bubbles in it.  Not air bubbles, but wax bubbles.  The little bubbles never merge back into the wax pool?  Any help?  Or is the lamp already ruined?

[Tim Gill]

Check this section out on how to deal with chunky or bubbly wax - http://oozinggoo.ning.com/page/chunky-wax

[Modulo '70]

Smaller lava bubbles tend to form if the lamp has been on for a while and could be getting too hot. It is not always advisable to run a lamp for more than 6 hours at a time although some lamps are unaffected buy long periods of usage.

[Anson Cheung]

Don't want to open the cap though...

[Tim Gill]

Opening the cap on a Mathmos lamp isn't much of a issue and it can be reused easily.

Is the problem when the lamp is running or when the wax is solid.

Anson Cheung said:

Don't want to open the cap though...

[Anson Cheung]

When the lamp is off, there is nothing.  But when the wax is melted, the bubbles are here in about 30 minutes.

PS: Not those 'too hot' bubbles, but very very small wax bubbles.

[Tim Gill]

Intresting - can you post a picture of it so we can see if we can sort it out

[Autumn]

This doesnt apply.

 

Post a photo, some of these little blobs are normal.

Tim Gill said:

Check this section out on how to deal with chunky or bubbly wax - http://oozinggoo.ning.com/page/chunky-wax

[Anson Cheung]

Here.  Can you see som in the middle?!