Finished!!!!!!!

[kjun]

I finally finished y first Lava Lamp!!!!! It's cloudy, but I'll fix that on my next one.
Check Out the Pics

[Kris]

I like the color of the liquid, but what is the color of the wax?

Also, you might have a slight fire hazard on your hands. I don't think PVC is rated for high heat usage. It will melt, become brittle, crack and all that. How about using a Hotrocket base? Looks like it might work.

Again, I love the color of the liquid!

[kjun]

It isn't made of PVC pipe. It's made out ABS pipe and coated with a flame resistant gel before it was painted glossy black. Instead of making a whole top, I just spray painted the cap of the bottle.
The wax is clear in color since I couldn't find any proper wax dye anywhere.. I've measure exactly what I've put into it and I'm gonna dump it all in at once instead of adding salt a bit at a time.

[Kris]

Sounds like you thought of it all! Nice work. Clear? That is very cool. Would love to see a clear wax.

[kjun]

I'll make another one this weekend. It shouldn't take more than a couple hours this time since I've already build a base and measured everything from the first one. I just need to add the salt all at once, then it won't fog up.

I'll make this one a vibrant green wax and clear liquid. That way the "SOBE Green Tea" bit actually has significance. I chose the bottle cause it looked cool and costs $2. I wanted to make i out of a Absolut Vodka Bottle.......but they were like $50.

[Kris]

Lol, yeah - the Absolut bottles do have alcohol in them so your kinda paying for that :) Hehe.

Yeah, that green/clear would be sweet. Do post pics when you got your flow going.

[kjun]

yeah. The clear wax isn't that special. If you wanna have clear wax, you HAVE to color the liquid or it can be tricky to tell the difference.

[Kris]

That's when you just give the wax or the liquid just a HINT of color so you can see the difference. I just think clear wax is really neat. If you can tint it a silver color, it would be like mercury.

Yes - don't forget pics! :)

[Mark Goo]

Cool base. I think you are on to something. I haven't seen anybody use a piece of pipe before. It might be cool to use a steel pipe for this and just leave it exposed (no paint.)
MG

[kjun]

sounds cool.....