WHat happened to my poor teal 32oz globe???

[MattMJB0188]

I got this lamp brand new in July of 2006 and used it very heavily. I'm talkin everyday 8 hours and the flow is amazing but I noticed last year that when its on the lamp looks really cloudy especially toward the bottom. But when off it looks crystal clear, I am running it and this is not going away. I took a pic but it's kind of shitty since I took it with my razor phone since my digital camera broke :( I just noticed that since I'm not using my globes as much anymore a lot of them seem to be going to hell now.

[OSOLAVA]

This is meant to be funny but I know its not 'it looks like it mated with a china lamp got the ich(which is kind of like the crabs but worse)'....ok seriously... I'm sorry matt, I have no clue, the only thing I have seen with some of the american globes is the color of the red ones tinting the water.

[MattMJB0188]

HAHAHAHA that's funny, it probably did since I have like 4 or 5 :D But its weired because the flow is there its just the liquid went to hell?

[OSOLAVA]

try putting it in the fridge??? I remember one of the threads discussing that.

I am going through similar ailments with my mediterranean. I had it packed away for two years. When I unpacked it with plans to sell it, the once beautiful base is oxidizing. I came to terms with that, but then I fired it up and the lava is sticking to the glass, hanging out mostly at the top. I know what needs to be done. The globe and spring need to be cleaned, but I just am not good at that. So I guess, I will be selling it as is and hope that some colllector with experience in restoring will buy it and make it pretty again.

Back to the subject I also remember a thread on the old og, about putting it away in the closet for a year and not touching it.

[MattMJB0188]

Most of my globes have been in my basement for about 2 years now just sitting there and its kind of cool down there. But I noticed that my 32oz red purple globe has rust inside the bottle cap?? I'm like WTF? And by sitting there a few have lost their touch :( But I'm gonna start storing some in my closet.

[MattMJB0188]

Thanks Bohdan but I would prefer not to open it up because then its ruined. I always have ruined lamps that I have opened up. So this is permanent then? It wont ever go away? What caused this?

[Woodvetch]

Both of my teals, 2 blues, a purple, a red and a cranberry are exactly the same way, (all are Lava Lite globes). Perfectly clear cold , not clear running and they've been like that since I got them. I store them properly but have had no luck getting them to be crystal clear running by letting them sit or by running them.
I'm with Bohdan it's not a cloudy issue it's something else.

I wish us all luck with this problem.

K

[MattMJB0188]

Yea it definitely has to be something else. It's from Aug of 1997. Its just to bad the lamp use to look so nice and clear. :(

[MattMJB0188]

Here are some better pics of it. Right now it looks so clear. I'm so confused.

[MattMJB0188]

I'll post some pics of it once its warmed up. What's the batch code on your blue on Bohdan. This is from Aug of 97

[MattMJB0188]

Spencer your 96 teal is the same exact batch code as my blue white. That's funny.

[MattMJB0188]

And i have a 2001 teal globe that I got new. Crystal clear but it has what I call messy flow. So many little bubbles.

[MattMJB0188]

Well my 2001 teal globe is great with the exception of all the little bubbles.

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