Pretty Green scum build up

[ash-hole!]

My Pretty Green 2nd edition blue/pink has a scum build up around the bottom that keeps getting worse and worse. I bought it brand new and it's only 4 or 5 months old. Obviously I don't want to open the bottle but if I did and were to clean it, would this just keep happening? Why is this happening!? It does run hot... I'm running it on a 30 watt currently but I need to get a 25 watt. Is it the heat?

Any opinions?

By the way, I've tried over and over to take pictures but it keeps saying MB is too large. If I can figure it out I'll add them.

[ash-hole!]

[Johnny]

Hard to see what it is, my first thought it could be wax dye, ive had that with a blue wax before, personally id contact mathmos see if they offer a replacement if its a fault, 

[ash-hole!]

But I live in the US... Would that be an issue?

Johnny said:

Hard to see what it is, my first thought it could be wax dye, ive had that with a blue wax before, personally id contact mathmos see if they offer a replacement if its a fault, 

[Kaia1165]

Looks like wax residue. Try heating it up close with a hairdryer and then slowly rotate the wax while its at the bottom and see if it "sticks" to the main wax blob. Sometimes works.

[ash-hole!]

Oh okay! I'll try that! Thanks!

Kaia1165 said:

Looks like wax residue. Try heating it up close with a hairdryer and then slowly rotate the wax while its at the bottom and see if it "sticks" to the main wax blob. Sometimes works.

[Kaia1165]

Place the heated bottle with molten wax on a flat surface and gently spin it round- the wax stuck on the glass (if it is wax) should attach to the wax then.

ash-hole! said:

Oh okay! I'll try that! Thanks!

Kaia1165 said:

Looks like wax residue. Try heating it up close with a hairdryer and then slowly rotate the wax while its at the bottom and see if it "sticks" to the main wax blob. Sometimes works.

[Johnny]

oh the stain smears above the wax, could be where in transport the main wax has come loose and lifted / moved about during shipping, like kaia said give that a go, as for over heating guess thats down to the different voltage etc, most of mathmos bottles now blow bubbles up and not the nice long stringy shapes, when i refill orig bottles using mathmos new contents i tend to add small amount of distilled water and it slows the movement down and flows better

[ash-hole!]

Thanks Johnny! I'll let you guys know how it goes.

Johnny said:

oh the stain smears above the wax, could be where in transport the main wax has come loose and lifted / moved about during shipping, like kaia said give that a go, as for over heating guess thats down to the different voltage etc, most of mathmos bottles now blow bubbles up and not the nice long stringy shapes, when i refill orig bottles using mathmos new contents i tend to add small amount of distilled water and it slows the movement down and flows better

[ash-hole!]

Should I have the main blob cold or already molten when I use the hairdyer? Sorry... I reread what you said and kinda got confused.

Kaia1165 said:

Place the heated bottle with molten wax on a flat surface and gently spin it round- the wax stuck on the glass (if it is wax) should attach to the wax then.

ash-hole! said:

Oh okay! I'll try that! Thanks!

Kaia1165 said:

Looks like wax residue. Try heating it up close with a hairdryer and then slowly rotate the wax while its at the bottom and see if it "sticks" to the main wax blob. Sometimes works.

[Kaia1165]

melt the whole thing , let it run, then let it settle at the bottom but not harden. Then if the "ring" on the glass is above the level of the wax, heat it with a hairdryer and then just spin the bottle around on a flat surface and see if it adheres to it. has worked for me before.

[Modulo '70]

Goo luck!