Lava at work

[Autumn]

So how many of you have lamps at work? I am considering bringing a giant to work just to see what people say.

[Samantha Gregory]

I love all of these displays would only do this though if i had my own business and i love how the neon watermelon lamps start out translucent then the dye mixes fully with the wax to create the watermelon color

[Ben]

Looks great! I haven't had as much luck finding used stuff lately. Great find!

[Samantha Gregory]

I don't have such luck with that at all except for when it comes to furbys

[Kirk]

It's getting a bit busy at the lava lamp alter this week!

The 3 Midnights - red/clear, rare pink/pink, and purple/clear I found on Craigslist and picked them up for $10 today.  The yellow/purple Costco Grande my colleague Ken found at his sister's house this week, and of course last week's 1987 Enchantress find.

I gave the red/clear and purple/clear Midnights to another co-worker for her girls, and kept the pink/pink for myself.  :>) 

[Ben]

Awesome! And very cool to be sharing lava with future generations.

[Samantha Gregory]

THat's really great and good we need more lava enthusiasts =)

[Newgoo]

Here's some of the lava I have at work.  I have matching 52 oz coming as well for the other two Grandes. 

All 3 of the Grandes arrived cloudy as heck and had to be filtered with an MSR filter.  The purple/pink had to be done twice.  All are crystal clear now.  I'm still looking for the other original colors they came in (It appears I need a black/clear, red/clear, and blue/white?)

I also have some smaller lamps scattered throughout the office.  

[Erin]

Nice, newgoo! Very pretty!

[Keith]

That's fantastic, Newgoo!!

[Ben]

They look great! Did you use the MSR or MSR EX (carbon)? Did you have to adjust the densities afterwards? I couldn't find the non-carbon model so I had to get the EX version and I've had mixed results. Some lamps are fine, and some need some salt adjustments afterwards.

Newgoo said:

Here's some of the lava I have at work.  I have matching 52 oz coming as well for the other two Grandes. 

All 3 of the Grandes arrived cloudy as heck and had to be filtered with an MSR filter.  The purple/pink had to be done twice.  All are crystal clear now.  I'm still looking for the other original colors they came in (It appears I need a black/clear, red/clear, and blue/white?)

I also have some smaller lamps scattered throughout the office.  

[Newgoo]

Mine was just the MSR with no carbon (that thing has been a life saver, I've filtered 5 lamps with it so far!).  No adjusting, I did have to top all 3 off with some distilled water.  The green/blue, and yellow/purple one had a really weird issue initially of a lot of small bubble sticking to the glass, but it worked itself out over a few days.  The purple/pink one did not. 

I had read though not to use the carbon attachment as it removes too much stuff in the liquid portion.  

Ben said:

They look great! Did you use the MSR or MSR EX (carbon)? Did you have to adjust the densities afterwards? I couldn't find the non-carbon model so I had to get the EX version and I've had mixed results. Some lamps are fine, and some need some salt adjustments afterwards.

Newgoo said:

Here's some of the lava I have at work.  I have matching 52 oz coming as well for the other two Grandes. 

All 3 of the Grandes arrived cloudy as heck and had to be filtered with an MSR filter.  The purple/pink had to be done twice.  All are crystal clear now.  I'm still looking for the other original colors they came in (It appears I need a black/clear, red/clear, and blue/white?)

I also have some smaller lamps scattered throughout the office.  

[Ben]

I don't see a removable "carbon attachment" on mine. If there is one if gladly remove it. Any ideas? Do I have to disassemble the filter cartridge?