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  • Lava lamps might be the most cult item of lighting in the world. Since their invention in 1963, millions of the lamps have been sold across the globe. But what actually goes into creating these iconic lamps?
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  • @Bigfoot_With_Internet_Access
    @Bigfoot_With_Internet_Access 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9122

    How lava lamps are made
    _The sacred texts_

    • @emmiekatesyouth
      @emmiekatesyouth 4 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      I saw you yesterday, no one believed me.

    • @imgreedyblahblah3028
      @imgreedyblahblah3028 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @@emmiekatesyouth I ate 10 of your kin yesterday

    • @hellbusterdragon
      @hellbusterdragon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      SCP 1000 come back to containment RIGHT NOW!

    • @holymackerel7704
      @holymackerel7704 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      bruh look at this monki

    • @RogosRinted
      @RogosRinted 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It's been years since I've seen this account

  • @BrigitaMariaWiputri
    @BrigitaMariaWiputri 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4370

    Had a lava lamp once.... at my Sims' house

    • @fishstew2573
      @fishstew2573 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Brigita Maria Wiputri is it from strangerville? because gosh, that is the only thing about the pack thats worth it haha

    • @user-st5ir8mg3q
      @user-st5ir8mg3q 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I'm really curious too. Which game of the series was it exactly? I remember having one too when I was a child

    • @BrigitaMariaWiputri
      @BrigitaMariaWiputri 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@user-st5ir8mg3q You're right! I used to have it on 2000-ish Sims, so it must be Sims 1/ 2

    • @BrigitaMariaWiputri
      @BrigitaMariaWiputri 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@fishstew2573 I used to have the lava lamp on the sims 1/2. But yes, i heard that the strangerville exp pack has that lava lamp back!
      I still don't have that exp pack and I have to agree that the lava lamp must be the most worth it since I watched it being played on Buzzfeed Multiplayer and the mission is quite "weird"...😂

    • @isamuddin1
      @isamuddin1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Habbo house...

  • @GrandmotherSunshine
    @GrandmotherSunshine 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5305

    I grew up being told "Don't touch the lava lamp it's toxic if it breaks"

    • @360stab
      @360stab 3 ปีที่แล้ว +555

      Imagine being scared of a lamp

    • @supercheesynachos9102
      @supercheesynachos9102 3 ปีที่แล้ว +146

      Couldn't be me

    • @rinhubi7447
      @rinhubi7447 3 ปีที่แล้ว +131

      Same tf🙈💀

    • @asiananims4263
      @asiananims4263 3 ปีที่แล้ว +292

      I always thought it was real lava and my hand would be burned lol

    • @kid.hudson_
      @kid.hudson_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +303

      I was told the same with thermometers... but turns out that warning was true.

  • @Zexion579
    @Zexion579 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3801

    I had a black and blue one. my parents dropped it. It was destroyed. I still lay here at night thinking about it.

    • @DJaePea
      @DJaePea 3 ปีที่แล้ว +318

      You gotta let it go my mann...

    • @Fluffycakez5
      @Fluffycakez5 3 ปีที่แล้ว +429

      Im sorry for your loss

    • @Lana-Jae
      @Lana-Jae 3 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      I had a blue and red one. It only lasted a week since my little brother dropped both of them

    • @raggedy_esh
      @raggedy_esh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      😢

    • @legoedasupremacy
      @legoedasupremacy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      i just assembled my lava lamp, my sister held it out of the window just to scare me

  • @ruskaluiro8083
    @ruskaluiro8083 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10515

    I feel like this is forbidden knowledge

    • @Alexa-ky7lj
      @Alexa-ky7lj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      Ruska Luiro the forbidden drink

    • @mightypurplelicious1625
      @mightypurplelicious1625 4 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      Atleast I now know what I’ve been eating in the past days. Yummy lava lamps.

    • @paperdino8358
      @paperdino8358 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      @@mightypurplelicious1625 hol'up

    • @mrvillager8295
      @mrvillager8295 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Forbidden drink

    • @chaehyums3484
      @chaehyums3484 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Mighty Purplelicious are they like jelly

  • @Scruklemush
    @Scruklemush 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11355

    So you're telling me they do not use actual lava?
    *_I'm_* *_STUNNED_*

    • @captainmillie4017
      @captainmillie4017 4 ปีที่แล้ว +367

      It's Scruklemush me and my friend stopped being friends for a day because we argued about that in fourth grade lol

    • @MrNoob-pt1tz
      @MrNoob-pt1tz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      @@captainmillie4017 LOL me too that happend when i was 2nd grade

    • @ramon7741
      @ramon7741 4 ปีที่แล้ว +168

      "Rose, I have an even bigger scoop for you. Mars bars are made right here on Earth"

    • @ramon7741
      @ramon7741 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Sorry, I just had to do that

    • @RicardoIzaguirre
      @RicardoIzaguirre 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Lol

  • @pineapplealley3218
    @pineapplealley3218 3 ปีที่แล้ว +675

    This reminds me of when I was really little. My sister had a lava lamp. One night the lava lamp was on I was laying in bed after my sister and I just argued she turned over and said "I'm so mad at you. Now you can't look at my lava lamp." We shared a room.

    • @Nathiusca01
      @Nathiusca01 2 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      That's a hard punishment

    • @andrewpenn1145
      @andrewpenn1145 2 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      You tell your sister the US constitution forbids cruel and unusual punishment.

    • @dekusi1857
      @dekusi1857 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      i had to check your account and make sure you weren't my little sister bc that sounds like something i would do

    • @Sarah-qx4vz
      @Sarah-qx4vz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      That’s so petty lol

  • @dynamo6503
    @dynamo6503 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2519

    I've wanted a lava lamp for as long as I can remember, and I'm hoping to finally get one for my sixteenth birthday.
    Edit: I GOT IT! :D

  • @koalapaint
    @koalapaint 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5727

    So my World History Teacher was discussing the idea of archeology, and about how most of the items we find might be incorrectly labeled. He posed the question: “What if, in the far future, archeologists dug up a lava lamp? What would they think it was? A ceremonial object, probably.”

    • @ellien5014
      @ellien5014 4 ปีที่แล้ว +364

      And would they be wrong?

    • @xaenon
      @xaenon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +502

      Wait, wait, wait.... you mean it ISN'T? I've conducted many rituals and ceremonies by the light of a Lava Lamp. And it's always heightened the, ummm, experience.

    • @themadscientest
      @themadscientest 4 ปีที่แล้ว +225

      Lava lamps are ceremonial objects, watching one is a sort of meditation.

    • @adiloshbebe9754
      @adiloshbebe9754 4 ปีที่แล้ว +113

      Or a ... butt plug

    • @psyffee3755
      @psyffee3755 4 ปีที่แล้ว +143

      They'd probably know what a lava lamp is then, we keep records of pretty much everything now.

  • @andinix7046
    @andinix7046 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2069

    what the heck.. last night I was literally wondering how lava lamps are made and now I just got a notification for this video...

    • @h7opolo
      @h7opolo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      me, too, i think we're tuned into the collective subconcsiousness.

    • @staceydy9778
      @staceydy9778 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      This channel reads our friggin minds

    • @nishhx_x
      @nishhx_x 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@h7opolo damn that's deep

    • @h7opolo
      @h7opolo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@nishhx_x a real suspicion and somewhat common idea

    • @gerald4027
      @gerald4027 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      They can read minds.The other day I was dreaming of sheep so I could fall to sleep and today I woke up in a sheep farm with out any clothes on.Then I woke so it was a dream within a dream.

  • @segul2309
    @segul2309 3 ปีที่แล้ว +319

    The day we get to know what's in that Lava lamp, the world will evolve into an intergalactic society.

    • @PumpkinPails
      @PumpkinPails 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Wax and a tablespoon of magic.

  • @jack6604
    @jack6604 2 ปีที่แล้ว +343

    When I was a child I thought hundreds of people sacrifice their lives just to collect lava and create a lamp

    • @kalii28
      @kalii28 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      0-0

    • @bananafire
      @bananafire 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      You’re not wrong

    • @invincible4u
      @invincible4u 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Let’s make that fantasy into reality.

    • @Mspandaninja88
      @Mspandaninja88 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I love how u thought, some people must have died to make this lamp. Lolol!

  • @fireaza
    @fireaza 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1307

    I grew up in the 90s when the lava lamp had come back into style and I'd always been fascinated by them. I'd owned a number of Chinese clone lamps, but the movement of the lava was always disappointing. I then heard about Mathmos and figured since they created the original, they must be good. Very pleased with my purchase, the lava moves all the way from top to bottom! I also think it's really neat that they still make them in the U.K at the same factory, there's not a lot of things you can still buy today that are still made in their home country.

    • @landonvincent7974
      @landonvincent7974 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Sucks that you can't buy em in America :(

    • @snoozebutton23
      @snoozebutton23 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I have a lamp from the 90s and I got it when i was 13. It still works and use it for a dimmer light in the evening. Relaxing to watch at times. I go into spencers time to time and see what they have. Not like it was with an entire wall of them going back in the day. Oh well. At least they still have them for generations to come.

    • @nebulousisgod
      @nebulousisgod 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I had a Mathmos as a kid in the 90s for a while, the purple one. It was awesome. It eventually got lost. I had no idea the lava was wax.

    • @brimmed
      @brimmed 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      lol i had a cheap chinese one too. i didn't even think about it being a cheap shitty one as a kid but the wax definitely didn't flow properly

    • @Ohkeh640
      @Ohkeh640 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I bought one in australia and the lava didn’t flow properly and the glass bottle was dirty and scratched up so I returned it

  • @cantthinkofnameyeah7249
    @cantthinkofnameyeah7249 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1642

    Coolest lava lamp designs:
    The Rocket
    The Lightsaber
    The Gas Pump

    • @retardpillprovider492
      @retardpillprovider492 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      I googled them all and why does the gas oump one exist

    • @Tcgnerd1989
      @Tcgnerd1989 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      just bought the rocket :-) amazing stuff

    • @vaszgul736
      @vaszgul736 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Your icon looks like a lava lamp

    • @greenjosh75
      @greenjosh75 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i have the rocket

    • @Idk-lf7fe
      @Idk-lf7fe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      What about a bong one...

  • @nanna4673
    @nanna4673 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    I inherited a lava lamp from the 80's, and somehow it's still going strong. Lava lamps are no joke

  • @readstoomuch2070
    @readstoomuch2070 4 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    I got a lava lamp as a Christmas present when I was about 11 or 12 and I was SHOOK. It was so mesmerizing to me and I'd sit there watching it just do its thing and wondering what the heck it was made out of. It had blue liquid and green 'lava' and I had that thing until I was in college. My mom probably put it in the garage somewhere lol

    • @friendsdontspeak
      @friendsdontspeak ปีที่แล้ว

      lol garage

    • @aliaopal3519
      @aliaopal3519 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I just got my younger siblings a lava lamp for Christmas

  • @TheMessenger012
    @TheMessenger012 4 ปีที่แล้ว +230

    I have always wished I had one of this when I was growing... Now I'm old enough to get me a truck load of it... Gonna make myself happy...

    • @hushedmirth
      @hushedmirth 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      hell yeah you make yourself happy!! lava lamps for all!!!

    • @6cyanide622
      @6cyanide622 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Gimme one while ur at it 😂 (not really tho)

    • @PumpkinPails
      @PumpkinPails 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Did you get one?!

    • @ansaksa
      @ansaksa 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me too, but my sister got it and I shared a room with her so I got also part of it

    • @TheMessenger012
      @TheMessenger012 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@PumpkinPails lol... Not yet...

  • @timstarkey3692
    @timstarkey3692 4 ปีที่แล้ว +880

    Ok this is great and all but I just love them for their w i g g l e

    • @yangzhou07
      @yangzhou07 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Wiggleeeeee

    • @timstarkey3692
      @timstarkey3692 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@yangzhou07 wiggleeeee

    • @kylezo
      @kylezo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I consider this a Jacob Collier reference & i can't be convinced otherwise

    • @andromeda7x_
      @andromeda7x_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Wiggle wiggle wiggle pipipiiii pipipiiii

  • @spO0ked
    @spO0ked 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    When I was younger, my sister had one and it was how I fell asleep most nights, watching it go up and down was so fascinating to me. They’re so iconic

  • @Mary_OTT
    @Mary_OTT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    When I was 8 I mixed food coloring in water and added oil and it looks exactly like this and if you add a fizzy tablet it will move around just like this one does

    • @desuretard8654
      @desuretard8654 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That's called a liquid light show. You'll recognize it from old footage from the 60s.

    • @Mary_OTT
      @Mary_OTT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@desuretard8654 cool

    • @Pearl1010
      @Pearl1010 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Your eight year old self was smart

    • @Aperralll
      @Aperralll 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Pearl1010 it’s a well known little science experiment. You can google how to do it, teachers do it in classrooms, parents do it with their kids. She probably did it with a parent or in school a couple years ago, I wouldn’t act like she invented the experiment

    • @mettapeachhead2076
      @mettapeachhead2076 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I did that in 4th grade

  • @mnunezhk
    @mnunezhk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +323

    my mom got me one of these bad boys when i was in elementary school

    • @lavenderflowersfall280
      @lavenderflowersfall280 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I had one until I broke it.

    • @acwckac7956
      @acwckac7956 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@lavenderflowersfall280 Oh...

    • @whitepeachasmr
      @whitepeachasmr 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice

    • @Pearl1010
      @Pearl1010 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      😱😱😱you were one of the cool kids?!
      Lol 😂

    • @rei8342
      @rei8342 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mmmmm If I had to choose what color of Lava Lamp I wanted it would be either Red or Blue

  • @cassylk22
    @cassylk22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +334

    i love that there's a secret ingredient in it

    • @pcx5439
      @pcx5439 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      it is wax and mineral oil.

    • @milire2668
      @milire2668 4 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      unicorn sperm

    • @typ8723
      @typ8723 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Just look up the US patent. All the ingredients are disclosed --- mineral oil, paraffin wax, and carbon tetrachloride.

    • @pew.die.pie.
      @pew.die.pie. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@milire2668 omg u exposed lava lamps

    • @amycaslol95
      @amycaslol95 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@milire2668
      *Listen here you little shi-*

  • @smokeynedith3555
    @smokeynedith3555 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This is one of those retro things that will never go out of style. I've had lava lamps for years and still absolutely love them. They are especially good on nightstands. Watching them relaxes you and can help you fall asleep. We are going to move to a new house and I will get more. Watching the video it surprised me to discover that the most popular colors are also my very favorite: the purple liquid with yellow gel. Right now I have one next to my desk in my retreat where I spend most of my time. How relaxing this is to watch. Please, never stop making these.

  • @guisteh11
    @guisteh11 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    A childhood friend used to have one and I was always fascinated watching it. As an adult, I simply bought my own! I still love it, even though it blew many light bulbs

    • @CamaroAmx
      @CamaroAmx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah. My current one keeps blowing bulbs too ( blue with purple wax). Had a cool green with purple wax one with a very 60s hippy style based and top many years ago. That thing was cool and it never blew a bulb in 4 years, but the plug wire was sketchy. It would spark sometimes when you messed with it.

  • @renaetamati
    @renaetamati 4 ปีที่แล้ว +157

    I remember when I was 3 years old. Me and my siblings each had a lava lamp. My brother got red, I had purple and I think my sister got green. I'm not to sure but I definitely know mine was purple.

    • @abbeyh
      @abbeyh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Luvyouth - that’s a nice memory!!!😊 i’ve always wanted a lava lamp but still haven’t had a chance to get one

    • @abbeyh
      @abbeyh 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      there isn’t a chucks where i live :( since you’re God maybe you can just give me one? :)

    • @naluzoniro
      @naluzoniro 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      you were the Powerpuff Girls, lol x)

  • @2degucitas
    @2degucitas 4 ปีที่แล้ว +178

    The liquid is either ethylene or propylene glycol. The "wax" is a grade of paraffin at a specific hardness.
    One can make a lava lamp with candles and windshield washing fluid. Takes a lightbulb that emits heat.

    • @thejericho
      @thejericho 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      that's sacred knowledge you're not supposed to know that!!

    • @skeletoncreek6446
      @skeletoncreek6446 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Stil, the flow of the originals is very hard to emulate

    • @GameControlYT
      @GameControlYT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Candle wax dissolve in any organic solutions. So that wont work. You need 2 seperate substance which does not combine.

    • @hyspecs7906
      @hyspecs7906 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It's not that simple.

    • @kylezo
      @kylezo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      No, you can't. Also, no, it's not.

  • @kevinjohnson7300
    @kevinjohnson7300 4 ปีที่แล้ว +111

    12:40 am
    "Well... Maybe one more video"
    *15th video in*

  • @scribbles1424
    @scribbles1424 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    The fact the design is so true the original shows how we thought out and crafted they are.

  • @doopyjorky
    @doopyjorky 4 ปีที่แล้ว +558

    Hol up is that a black lava lamp

    • @xaenon
      @xaenon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      It is. My roommate had one back in college. The 'lava' was black, and the liquid was a a really deep sort of blue.

    • @Thastormgoddess
      @Thastormgoddess 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Same thing I said.

    • @3fxz483
      @3fxz483 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Yeah I just bought one with purple liquid and black lava

    • @whoahanant
      @whoahanant 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I saw that and I need it. I've never seen a black lava lamp. I have 2 lamps already. A dark purple rocket lamp and a normal pink lamp. (Both really old hand me downs).
      Haven't gotten a new one in years but I've been thinking about it since I just did some maintenance on my rocket one.

    • @jonathanmangum4347
      @jonathanmangum4347 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ik right? its sweet

  • @rehanpoonawalla7406
    @rehanpoonawalla7406 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My parents bought me a Lava lamp when I was child, I was 9 back then. I'm 17 now and I still use it to this day. It's so hypnotic to look at

  • @MJ-oi5wb
    @MJ-oi5wb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I bought one for my son when he moved into his first apartment. He loved it. He said sometimes they'd shut off all the lights and just stare at it and chat for hours.

  • @georgepalmer57
    @georgepalmer57 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Just bought one yesterday at a thrift store and it works perfect. Lava lamps are so cool 😎

  • @ReyOfLight
    @ReyOfLight 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Just lit mine here at home. I’ve been having a lava lamp at home on and off for probably about 20 years. I like them, they’re decorative and peaceful to watch once it’s all warmed up. Hilarity can occur while it’s warming up too lol I’ve had my lava lamp look like the wax was flipping the bird as it started to melt, and a while ago the wax took the shape of a certain reproductive organ 😂

    • @butterpiecrust3520
      @butterpiecrust3520 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I have three of them and I see that all the time! I'm so glad I'm not the only one who notices that stuff 😂

  • @pawmoo689
    @pawmoo689 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Since I was little, I've always thought owning a lava lamp was the coolest thing in the world. Still do today.

  • @HeronCoyote1234
    @HeronCoyote1234 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The Hilton Verve Hotel in Natick, Mass has a wall that is all giant lava lamps in different colors. It’s stunning!

  • @MylaAgeman12
    @MylaAgeman12 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Ever since I was a child..I would NEVER take my eyes off of it..it just I couldn’t define the satisfactory just by looking at this. I would just watch it for hours.🌚

  • @The_A_Cast
    @The_A_Cast 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I can honestly say that I am in no way disappointed with TH-cam’s algorithm on this one! 👏🏻

  • @jasminkaushal257
    @jasminkaushal257 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I think even if made in the sixties, it looks very futuristic, more so than the lamps now.

    • @aussiefurbymogwaifan6621
      @aussiefurbymogwaifan6621 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well futuristic for the 60s anyway and also because in the early 60s, “space age” was still quite popular…

    • @jasminkaushal257
      @jasminkaushal257 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@aussiefurbymogwaifan6621
      I have a lava lamp 🌋 ⏳ and a plasma tesla lamp 🔮(nikola tesla and ramanujan are my fav scientist and mathematician respectively)
      ✨💫

  • @ProffesionalZombie12
    @ProffesionalZombie12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I've had my lava lamp for the better part of over 2 decades. It's only now needed a new bulb. These are such calming lamps that can last a lifetime. Worth every penny you put into them.

  • @PropheticAnomaly
    @PropheticAnomaly 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I used to have a lava lamp as a kid. I remember staring at it for hours when I couldn't sleep. Ah, memories...

  • @renaetamati
    @renaetamati 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    me and my siblings used to have a lava lamp each. I was 4 at the time. I had a purple one, my older brother had a red one and my little sister bad a green one. I loved how the lamps would light up the room at night. I'm decorating my room soon and definitely gonna ask for a purple lava lamp😊

    • @Mr-xc3ps
      @Mr-xc3ps 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      What're 5 now

  • @peyfalehrramp5645
    @peyfalehrramp5645 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    I need The Making Of Domino's Pizza's, how the hell do they put cheese on the base. Secrets!

  • @rickintexas1584
    @rickintexas1584 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This story is fantastic. I remember as a kid back in the late 60s and early 70s being fascinated by lava lamps.

  • @mickcarson8504
    @mickcarson8504 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had them as a kid and loved watching the blog going up and down. Intriguing display.

  • @FallonFontaine
    @FallonFontaine 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I want a Black Lava/Clear Lquid lava lamp soooo bad!

  • @doczirebeka8312
    @doczirebeka8312 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Sooo soothing and relaxing... I love it! 😄😌

  • @feelflows
    @feelflows 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I got a pink and blue rocket lava lamp from Mathmos a few years ago and it’s honestly one of my favourite things I own. I love the design and I’m hoping to get some more bottle colours so I can change out the colours. I really love the company and the products are good, despite the high price, it’s totally worth it and I would recommend Mathmos for anyone who wants to get a great quality lava lamp

  • @michaelvaladez6570
    @michaelvaladez6570 ปีที่แล้ว

    Such a simple idea..and ends up a big money maker and an iconic keepsake..timeless...

  • @jojopuppetstudio
    @jojopuppetstudio 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I mean I never asked for this but.. I love it! 💯

  • @Mohammad_Ali__
    @Mohammad_Ali__ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The design is just beautiful. It’s also entertaining to just see. Not to mention that fact that on average it takes less space than that of a desk lamp. The only cons are that the bigger they are, the more power and heat will be needed to just start up the lamp and make it just function similarly to smaller types.

  • @emiliarem2855
    @emiliarem2855 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I actually was always curious to know how these were made but never looked imto
    It. This was convenient and i never knew i needed this vid lol

  • @johnspetkitty81
    @johnspetkitty81 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Still have my lava lamp that I got Christmas 1999. Still has the original bulb. Still works.

  • @HazeusThaDamaja
    @HazeusThaDamaja 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I Made One of These In My Science Lab In 6th Grade, Back in The Day

    • @6cyanide622
      @6cyanide622 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oil and water?

  • @ojoo
    @ojoo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Their website says that it will soon be available for purchase in Canada, any idea if that's going to happen? I'd love to have that light blue lamp in clear liquid.

  • @weatherwitchandfelinefamiliars
    @weatherwitchandfelinefamiliars ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fascinating insight to such gorgeous and enthralling lamps ❤️

  • @spikesrighteye5533
    @spikesrighteye5533 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember I had one, they’re always so satisfying to look at

  • @lokk1599
    @lokk1599 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    The caption have

  • @j.louisrodriguez2025
    @j.louisrodriguez2025 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Till this day I still want that big ass over sized lava lamp I would see at Spencer's gifts back in the 90s...damm I loved that lamp but could never afford but I sure did afford the little one..best day of my life when I got that lamp...

  • @KLR2322
    @KLR2322 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Prime example of if it's not broken don't fix it. Wonderful to see a company retain its original design along with newer designs

  • @normlor
    @normlor 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I HAD ONE AS A KID AND LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT!!

  • @quizey7486
    @quizey7486 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Popped up on my recommended, went and bought one.
    Thanks TH-cam

  • @alcoholically4280
    @alcoholically4280 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I didn’t know lava lamps were made in the 60s, but it literally makes perfect sense when you look at lava lamps and the massive psychedelic/hippie/spiritual era. I specifically wanted to get a lava lamp to look at it while tripping and I find it funny that they were made in the 60s making them literally meant for you to chill and trip to

  • @johnmaki3046
    @johnmaki3046 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    These were "Classic '70s"! They are ALWAYS COOL!

  • @natalieitliongfechter6073
    @natalieitliongfechter6073 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Got one when they came back in style in 90's for Christmas one year. It was blue and white. Now I want one again.

  • @NostaIgiaJunkie
    @NostaIgiaJunkie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I just bought one for myself at Spencer's. Surprised how inexpensive they were, especially for the regular large size. Mine has purple fluid with orange wax, it really looks like lava that way. Aside from that color combination, I love the clear liquids with all colors of wax.

  • @rizwanabhojani9591
    @rizwanabhojani9591 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love lava lamps ♥️

  • @dumb1tchlvl9000
    @dumb1tchlvl9000 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have a lava lamp which is huge and never seen a design like it. Very smooth love it

  • @Glostahdude
    @Glostahdude ปีที่แล้ว

    I’ve got 3 of em and let me tell ya… they are awesome. Relaxing and fun. I got one that was my Moms in 1968! Six years before I came along! And it still does it’s thing!

  • @jeeyanalamin7608
    @jeeyanalamin7608 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    me: finally i can know how these lamps work...
    Mathmos: no dear, we ain't tellin' ya...

  • @shadowfilm7980
    @shadowfilm7980 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Really fascinating that this company is still around making these. True to quality. They are one of the most iconic images from the 60’s. It’s actually peaceful to watch a lava lamp in action. Calms you.

  • @IamDakotaaaa
    @IamDakotaaaa 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I absolutely love lava lamps, just got my first one today for Christmas

  • @snowboarddan5899
    @snowboarddan5899 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have one and love it. It's so hypnotizing

  • @SirenUniverse381
    @SirenUniverse381 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I was thinking what am I doing without the big lava lamp and now this...🤣

  • @youchris67
    @youchris67 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I bought four to place throughout my house to calm and sooth myself during the COVID19 harsh lockdown period and now in the global uprisings in protests of the horrible murder of George Floyd. Watching these things is very relaxing. They even heat a small room in the winter after 10-hours of use!

    • @coloradostrong
      @coloradostrong 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You mean Fentanyl Floyd, the drug user that was high on fentanyl and couldn't breathe because of that?

    • @youchris67
      @youchris67 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@coloradostrong Gabby Petitito died of a heroin overdose. Her boyfriend tried to stop her, but she managed to overdose and he got scared he would get blamed for killing her.

  • @imrightyourewrong6274
    @imrightyourewrong6274 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Watching this while my lamp bubbles away, as always, on the fireplace. Love love love it

  • @renu2771
    @renu2771 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's so vibrant n colorful. Idea is very unique. Happy if get one.

  • @unrelatedK
    @unrelatedK 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    All the comments look so short and it just makes this channel look like it’s a new channel

  • @icantcomeupwithausername5274
    @icantcomeupwithausername5274 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Having this knowledge is basically the same as knowing what the words on the Minecraft enchantment table mean.

  • @ManishFrenchStudio
    @ManishFrenchStudio 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Superb video 💖💖 thank you for sharing 🙏😀🎉🎉🎉

  • @AndySaenz
    @AndySaenz ปีที่แล้ว

    Ooh, I want the blue one! The blue lava inside the clear liquid is beautiful. 😍

  • @rvfjone
    @rvfjone 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I've had 2 lava lamps my whole life, they were blue abd light blue, I still have the light blue one, i'm 35 and they are cool just to stare at lol?! ... 😀 🔥

  • @TH3_JOK3R123
    @TH3_JOK3R123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    “The exact formular” - Mr.Krabs 2:23

  • @jerseythedog
    @jerseythedog 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I bought mine in the 90s and I still have it and love it.

  • @TheKurtsPlaceChannel
    @TheKurtsPlaceChannel ปีที่แล้ว

    Very nicely put together video and very entertaining as well. Thanks for posting this.

  • @workhardforit
    @workhardforit 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I’d love to own one, if only the bulbs weren’t so inefficient.

    • @CamaroAmx
      @CamaroAmx 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @SamTheSoviet42 and bulbs don’t last very long. I go through a bulb somewhere between 3 weeks and 3 months. Plus it’s getting harder to find the bulbs because nearly every bulb is LED now which doesn’t work in a LAVA lamp.

  • @rayyanhabib3431
    @rayyanhabib3431 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Why did this pop up in my recommendation one day before my science exhibition
    TH-cam KNOWS EVERYTHING
    👀😐

  • @DL30Creations
    @DL30Creations 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The first Lava Lamps I ever saw was in Tallahassee Mall in the late 70s at the Montgomery Ward store in the furniture section I always wanted one. Got a 1990s version from Spencers at the Governor's Square Mall finally.

  • @greensun7099
    @greensun7099 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ohh... I have one. Not original (yet). But how beautiful they are! So bizarre colours 😍 thank you for sharing!

  • @hugolols55
    @hugolols55 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Me: It’s 5am should head to bed
    TH-cam: want to see how lava lamps are made??

  • @BlueRaven666
    @BlueRaven666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This video: *appears in my recommended*
    Me: Ok

  • @KunchangLeeMusic
    @KunchangLeeMusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love this series

  • @fraai
    @fraai 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    totally forgot about these lamps. beautiful lamps

  • @peniparker7968
    @peniparker7968 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    So my gf and I literally just asked eachother how lava lamps are made two days ago. How did this show up coincidentally

    • @user_1836
      @user_1836 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ...they're watching...

    • @DkViking1
      @DkViking1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Maybe you searched for it on the internet. Or you have a Google Assistant device, and it heard you guys talk about it.

  • @phos9580
    @phos9580 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    How it’s made: Insider videos
    *shows videos being reuploaded*

  • @doyourworseneatme
    @doyourworseneatme ปีที่แล้ว

    I've always loved lava lamps they're beautiful.

  • @jonathonworner360
    @jonathonworner360 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lava lamps are awesome. Watching the wax/lava blob up and down is hypnotic.
    Only downside is they're a fire hazard, and I thought the shadows would be affected by the wax blobbing up and down

  • @badbirdkc
    @badbirdkc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I had a lava lamp that... broke? It's hard to describe, but the wax inside just stopped melting like it should. It's like it just broke down. Ended up looking like a candle that melted and it never worked right after that.

    • @cornbread_ninja
      @cornbread_ninja ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have a really old one that I thought was broken, but I just left it on for a long time, and it eventually moved. If you don't want to do that, you might try taking the bottle out of the base and submerging it in hot water to soften the wax, and then drying it off and putting it back on the base.

  • @superhuffpuff
    @superhuffpuff 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I've never seen these in real life actually

  • @makimakima
    @makimakima 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I could stare at the lamp for days, these are just too healing

  • @AstorReinhardt
    @AstorReinhardt 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had a lava lamp that was peak 90s. I got it as a Christmas gift from my parents when we went to Sears around Christmas one year.
    The lava was blue and the liquid clear. The top and base were aquatic themed (dolphins, fish, whales...all swimming in a ocean). The cool thing was the top and base were 3D...not painted or anything. Super detailed. God I loved that thing. Sadly I lost the top and the bottle along the way...still have the amazing base though...I should get a cheap lava lamp and stick it in the base...it won't have the top but it'll be as close as I can get.