Can someone help an upset granny?

[Lynn Saults]

Dear Goo guys--
Thanks SO MUCH to all who gave me help/advice on the original post (below)!! I have not used the www very much to communicate, except emails to friends and this was a really nice experience-- the cats are all undamaged, my daughter is not mad, plans are being hatched to replace the business end of the lamp... win, win, win... what a nice bunch of people-- your mamas raised you RIGHT! Sincerely, Lynn

My cats just knocked my daughter's BEAUTIFUL Yellow submarine lamp off the shelf-- I was storing it for her but didn't box it up as it's just so cool-- big mistake, obviously. I am almost done cleaning up the glass shards and liquid which sprayed over TWO rooms and not quite done crying but I have a couple of questions: The solid crap just looked like wax but is it or the blue liquid toxic to cats, dogs or grandbabies (visiting next Wed.)? Are there replacement bottles? Do they cost a fortune? Could I make something that would work?? Thank you so much-- Lynn

[Lynn Saults]

Hi-- The base and cap survived fine-- thank you for the idea for getting a new bottle. Am I going to poison the cats if I don't get every molecule of blue stuff up off the floor? Thanks, Lynn

[Lynn Saults]

Oh, gosh, you poor thing! What a horror story! There is an AMAZING amount of glass in those suckers, isn't there? I spent about an hour crawling around with wet paper towel and am planning to vac it over a good couple of times-- want it safe for cats, dogs, grandbaby and ME. At least it's not as bad as years ago when the dogs chased the goats into a shed and knocked a pail of roofing tar down on all of them-- spent SEVERAL hours down at the creek with turpentine, dish soap and furious animals. I had to work the tar out with turpentine, scrub the turpentine out with dish soap and then toss them in to rinse off... not exactly eco-friendly but the tar would have been really bad to leave in fur for any length of time-- Thank you so much for your info and encouragement! Lynn

[Lynn Saults]

Eeeeuwww! You poor little thing! Those suckers have an amazing amount of glass in them, don't they? I THINK I have it all up now. I'll keep looking for a while. I'm glad we own our house so we don't have to deal with anyone else's wrath at least. Also glad that we're not poisoned, although I may reconsider on the cat that knocked it off... Thank you!

[Lynn Saults]

Yeah, maimed would have BAD... although, actually, killed would have been a really good story... unfortunately for somebody else to tell. Hmmm... outdoors where nobody walks past... a long extension cord... a video camera on a tripod... You could RULE youtube... No no, pay no attention to an evil old lady with evil ideas...

[Kris]

LL's are non toxic. I would not go drinking them, but they won't hurt anything. Get all the fluid up, then vacuum really good a few times. Put a fan on it to dry it out, then vacuum again several times. Only bad thing with carpet is - the fibers when wet, will hold glass shards. Needs to be dried out then vacuumed heavily to make sure your good.

[Diana]

Hello Lynn,
My name is Diana and I was sorry to read about your circumstances with your lava lamp. But I was wondering if maybe you could help me with my problem. My daughter had a lava lamp in her room that she used as a night light. Needless to say I had warned her about leaving it on too long. Against my wishes she continued to use it as a night light and it exploded all over her furniture, walls, carpet, and piano. I have absolutely no idea how to clean this stuff up. I tried using a toothbrush, warm water, wet papertowels, and cleaners supposidly made for theses kind of messes? Could you PLEASE help me.
Thank you,
Diana

[jay]

yellow sub lava lamp in blue just turned up on ebay for what it's worth....J