Oozing Goo - The Lava Lamp Syndicate

Just bought a Mediterranean model online. Think it will be great in my collection.  

Views: 252

Reply to This

Replies to This Discussion

Was it the Buy it Now for $144? That looked great! 

Yes, it was.  I snatched it up right away.  Expensive, but I had to have it.  Although I have had lava lamps for years, I am a new collector of the vintage ones.  Here's why: I was looking at my 1960's or 70's Century (orange wax/yellow liquid) that I snatched a flea market a few years ago and looked around my pad at some of the crappy Chinese lamps that I had.  Decided to replace them with the old, cool ones.  The colors are so much better, the models are so much better.  Now, I have more than I can display all at once so I rotate them.  Which is cool.  So I may as well continue.  That Mediterranean looked clear and in good shape.  So I took the plunge.

It's worth it. It looks like it was in excellent shape. Vintage Lave Lite is way better than their new stuff! Congrats on the great grab! It's awesome. 

Hi Erin, I guess maybe I should post this as a new thread but I'll ask you first since you are very knowledgeable.  I decided a rain lamp would be awesome.  So I bought one on Ebay for $41.00.  When I received it and unpacked it the thing stunk like a dead animal.  I wiped it down as much as I could but did not take it apart, as I do not know what I am doing.  I hosed it down with Febreze.  Still gross.  I ended up putting it in my storage attic upstairs to get it out of my house.  What suggestions might you have?  Is it a wash and should I forget it?  Do rain lamps that are clean spew oil all over the place when functioning properly?  Is it normal for the thing to get this smelly and gross or did I get one shipped from a "house of filth"?  Any insight you have would be great.

Dump all the old oil, give the thing a thorough dooshing and refill with rain lamp oil.  The oil was most likely stale and had picked up cooking odors, cat feces odors, cigarette odors and pot odors.  You will likely adore your prized rain lamp once you clean it up.

Derek Hyde said:

Hi Erin, I guess maybe I should post this as a new thread but I'll ask you first since you are very knowledgeable.  I decided a rain lamp would be awesome.  So I bought one on Ebay for $41.00.  When I received it and unpacked it the thing stunk like a dead animal.  I wiped it down as much as I could but did not take it apart, as I do not know what I am doing.  I hosed it down with Febreze.  Still gross.  I ended up putting it in my storage attic upstairs to get it out of my house.  What suggestions might you have?  Is it a wash and should I forget it?  Do rain lamps that are clean spew oil all over the place when functioning properly?  Is it normal for the thing to get this smelly and gross or did I get one shipped from a "house of filth"?  Any insight you have would be great.

They dumped the old oil out when they shipped it.  The smell of this thing is nauseating.  I guess it must be taken apart to be cleaned.  How do the fishing lines come off and go back on when it's cleaned?

Jim and member DooDad will know more about rain lamps than me. I don't have one. I'd get some hot water and some good cleaner like 409 or some kind of degreaser and go to town. I'm good at cleaning, but know nothing of rain lamps. :) Good luck!

I would leave the fishing line in place and just wipe them down with a paper towel.  The key is to thoroughly clean the main reservoir of oil real well. 

Derek Hyde said:

They dumped the old oil out when they shipped it.  The smell of this thing is nauseating.  I guess it must be taken apart to be cleaned.  How do the fishing lines come off and go back on when it's cleaned?

Problem is, the whole thing is so filthy I would need to get inside of where the fishing line is to thoroughly get it clean. 

The fishing line doesn't "come out," it's all one piece strung up-down-up-down etc.

If you can post a photo of the model here, I can tell you how it comes apart.

Reply to Discussion

RSS

About

Autumn created this Ning Network.

GooHeads

Groups

© 2024   Created by Autumn.   Powered by

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service