VINTAGE LAVA LAMP TROUBLE

[BRENT HENDERSON]

HI EVERYBODY.....NEWBE HERE!!!

MY NAME IS BRENT....I LIVE IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN

I INHERITED MY GREAT GRANDMOTHERS LAVA LAMP....IT HAS BEEN A PRIZED POSSESSION OF MINE FOR MANY YEARS!!!!  IT HAS TO BE AT LEAST 50 YRS OLD!!!!  I SET IT ON MY GUITAR AMPLIFIER AMD ADMIRE IT AS I PLAY.

IM VERY WORRIED I MIGHT HAVE RUINED IT TODAY.....I PUT A NEW BULB IN IT TODAY......A FROSTED 60 W BULB.    IT DIDNT BUBBLE AFTER 2 HOURS.   I TURNED IT OFF.   I PICKED UP THE GLOBE, AND NOW ALL THE RED STUFF INSIDE LOOKS ALL CHUNKY AND IS FLOATING TO THE TOP!!!!

DID I RUIN THIS LAVA LAMP????

CAN IT BE SAVED????

THANKS!!!

BRENT

[BRENT HENDERSON]

It's still cloudy. No flow. I'm so mad at myself

[Claude J]

Specific gravity is changed or the bulb not hot enough, or spring is oxidized

'If you want, PM me, send it over and I'll fix it during holiday break

[Critter]

Sometimes the fluid is toast and has to be replaced, it happens. The wax may be fine......does it flow? Also the fluid my just need a month or two of cycling.

[BRENT HENDERSON]

It did flow some.

[BRENT HENDERSON]

ITS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A ROOKIE TRIES TO FIX SOWTHING HE HAS NO BUSINESS DOING IT.....LOL

Tim Gill said:

What happened, did you put it back together and it didn't flow or did something go wrong.

BRENT HENDERSON said:

its toast

[Critter]

All of us were rookies at some point. Just have fun with it after all it is just a Lava Lamp and a hobby. Try cycling and then if it fails try to save the wax and make new fluid.