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Great instructions! Can't wait to redo my lava lamp.

I love this

I really like the partial transparency and the interesting flow, wish these were buyable

how is it staying liquid that whole time you're doing all that? i thought it would cool and harden quickly

Can you use a plastic funnel and glass containers? I mean, do they need to be aluminum containers?

I’m wondering if you can help me? My lava lamp has been off but suddenly a bunch of wax has gotten to the side and the top wax bit that forms at the top just completely fell off. Idk what to do is this okay? 😭😭

Cool

No one here thinks anything you have ever done has been half assed. We appreciate, like and respect the effort you put into your videos.

wax will be the best choice, but we need a how to video on this asap. thank you in advance

need a how to video on this. please thank you

we need more videos on how to dye the wax and what are the choices and options for that.

i liked the entire video. however, the final conclusion is that you just replaced the master fluid instead of showing different ways to filter the master fluid. I was looking for budget solutions to filtering the master fluid.

Hi.. your technique ALMOST worked for me. But my caliper has 4 cylinder, and it was hard to push all 4 at the same time. So I tried using TAPERED WOOD SHIMS, and it worked very well. Plus, the wood is soft.

I love your cadence and diction. Natural narrator.

Hey mang, wanted to let you know all you need to do is 'save' the original fluid in a separate (for the love of god make sure it's clean) clean container while the lamp is off and cool. Make up your water soapy concoction and dump it in the now empty lamp. Turn on lamp... you might get lucky and get some bubbles, however, this doesn't matter. Do exactly what you did in the video - play with the stuck wax with a dropper and some soap... once happy, let it all cool thoroughly - like at least 10 hours (and don't speed it up, for the love of god). Rinse with clean water and then add back your original solution slowly (for jostling water could cause it to become cloudy). Thanks for your content, mang. Lava lamping is a dying art with all the restrictions on chems in wax.

It now happened to my beautiful Orange Wax in Orange Water Mathmos, took half a day to cloud somehow and i dont know why and now i feel devastated about it, i will try this at some time, should running the Lavalamp for 10 Hours a day not clear it up.

Hi man, great stuff, I really like the jiggly behaviour of the benzyl alcohol and the way it combines together. Would you mind just quickly telling me what did you use to color the alcohol itself?

It was definitely interesting to see. Thats sad you went too far but seeing all those steps where u r learning from your mistakes was definitely refreshing to see. And now, , i understand that all those formulas were for something. It wasn't just 'some' formulas !!! Damn ! Just keep doing this. (Also just check the differences between wax and oil, as far as i remember u definitely can't mix them but i don't remember why)

Hey there. I'm sorry to bother you again, but I posted a question which I think only you could answer, and it disappeared for some reason. Perhaps it's because I posted an Amazon link? Not sure. However, I got 2 lava lamps, both brand new, both very cloudy, they were delivered like that. Do you think a 0.5 micron or a 1 Micron "sock"-type filter would do a good job of filtering the foggy liquid in those lamps? I won't post a link again but the product name is PENTEK-BP-420 There are many others. 0.5 Micron is rare but also exists. I'm just thinking that if you found a sponge helpful, then a much finer mesh would be even better? I don't want to use filters like Sawyer because they trap a lot of liquid and I need as much of it back in the lamp as possible. Thank you in advance.

I recently got a beautiful Orange Wax in Orange Water Bottle but theres always a tiny bit of the Wax being stuck at the top after it heated up and i just dont know how to fix this issue.

Is the "2000" hour lifespan a real thing? What happens after that?

I installed a dimmer for the first time tonight on my 14.5" Schylling. What a difference it makes; no more overheating and gives nice big bubbles with slow flow. Mine seems to run nicely above 50%, just like yours. Thanks for the suggestion! :)

Dimmer switches ought to come with lava lamps by default. I never liked how 99% of modern lava lamp have 15-20 tiny wax blobs floating around as if they're quail eggs being boiled. Aesthetically it's far more pleasing to have wax separate into 2-3 large blobs, so you can observe the slow forming of the top blob. 15-20 blobs form instantly not allowing one to see the very reason why these lamps are considered "psychedelic". The manufacturer overheats these by default, hoping they go out of order quicker, prompting you to get a new one. This is why you have so many blobs. I've had dimmer switch on all my lamps, and many of them lasted over a decade before needing an overhaul with soap and Epsom salt. Some of them, however were originally composed of chemicals (added to the wax) which do not respond to Epsom salt/soap method so it's a hit or miss.

No, it’s not to help heat the wax. It’s a surface tension breaker.

Mine has a spring floating in it

What kind of lamp do you have? I like the twist cap

1:07 HOLY DIEJEIJDJEEFBJDSIDNNDJDNDJDBDJDDB THATS A VATICAN CITY COIN NOT ITALIAN! THOSE ARE RARE TO COME BY.

Mathmos are a terrible maker of lava lamps, nothing but issues and replacements.

After all the penny pinching … at the end he destroys the lamp…. Really dude. Wtf

Bro I was scared i didn’t know if to wait for 24 hours because I had just moved it from the ground and then to a little desk and then I got worried but this made me patient and it slowly started to move and I think it works still

My clear/black plum mathmos Astro became hazy after a few days of using it, idk if it’s normal for this bottle color or if cycling will help?

Beautiful!!! Can you suggest where we can get an good instrument?

Man, this video is really great! I cannot express how fun it was to see the whole process and ideas, now I just want to change the water of my lava lamp and this video motivates me more!

Beautifully done. After watching some of your videos I have learnt a lot and feel I might actually dare try to filter out debris out of two of my lamps. Excellent!

Please make a how to of this.

That’s great! I’d love to see a how to video.

Nice! Will there be a how to video? ❤

Never thought this video would hold my attention, however, I watched it in its entirety. Great work done Sir and I absolutely respect your tenacity. I learnt a lot which will help in my making a long cherished lava lamp. Thank you.

I was about to give up and go to the bike shop because I couldn't get the pistons to recede enough but your trick worked and was a lifesaver! Thank you!

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Why not you see them one by one because there is commortive coins worth much money esp. From andora and Vatican.. It can be 100euro for 2 euro

The video was so good, because I've barely see anyone giving so much love to restore something and at 20:30 I tought "Wow, he put so much afford in it and finally did it! He saved so many resources on this planet and refurbished this lava lamp." This is really sustainable, until I saw 20:57 and just thought "Why would you even try this?". The conditions of the experiment even sounded it will fail :( Why didn't you stop after you saved the lava lamp? It's just a little bit sad, after putting so much effort in it.

Its crazy how the ice is all the way up to the glass but only gives half the water

Hi! I’m also mixing dharma dyes into custom colours according to a similar system. Happy to talk and share more about my process..

this was hilarious!

For the first half i was like "ugh, this will just be a lazy low quality puzzle box video" But then you make the 'low value item' joke, and then bring the multimeter, you are good, sir.

:)

These lamps are $25 at Target. Just get a new lamp.

I totally watched this all the way through! Very relaxing. You are smart, geeky, detailed, and curious! I love it :-)

Still this video didn't help!!!