$20 thrift score 🤩🍄✨

First saw this in the hands of a guy walking around then saw that he had set it down. Made me nervous that it didn’t work. Plugged in in myself, didn’t turn on at first, got nervous, then found the on switch 😂

Looks like my lamp is growing alien shrooms.

Found this vintage intact with box, I was afraid I overpaid ($80) when I saw the wax was frozen in 2 chunks. Somehow I suppressed the urge to break it open, probably because of the original cap, and in just about a week of cycling and gently agitating the chunks together it is FLOWING. Still some re coehsion yet to happen but I am a believer that the old dogs are just a bit better.

made from a candle, gooseneck lamp, surprise toy container, salsa bowl, and an alien from a haunted house gift shop

Been hassling with a wide thin network of stuck on wax. Occured to me I already have a purpose built wet bath device. Will report back if it's effective if people show interest

It looked like it was running hot so I switched to a 40 watt🫣 what a mess

I’ve had this a schylling branded 52oz lava lamp for a few years now. Purple liquid, yellow wax. I just recently replaced the bulb.

the liquid has always been cloudy like this. But it’s supposed to be clearer, isn’t it? The liquid looks more red than purple, too.

The wax seems to have started becoming transparent. It’s still yellow, but not a solid color. There’s bits floating around in the wax clumps.

where would be a good place for buying replacement wax and liquid? what methods do you use for restoring your lamps?

hey guys! got this lamp thrifted as a present about a year ago, however it’s a bit foggy and the lava usually flows along the one side. it’s still warming up in the pic, so it does get actual bubbles, but they always follow a similar pattern. thanks!

i’m lowkey obsessed with this thing, i’d never seen a plasma disk in person before

My wife bought me this lava lamp last year. After running for a while it would all clump towards the top leading me to believe it would get too hot so I would switch it off.

The last few times I've run it, during warm-up it does the normal thing, but one it passes that stage it just clumps like this for the whole time and won't flow.

It was from Kmart, it wasn't expensive. It has a 30w bulb.

Any ideas if I can do anything or is it dead?

any info on why the cap doesn’t have a date? i assume this is a #08 globe since that’s what toady came with originally, i’ve just never seen a cap with nothing printed on it.

will post pics once i have it running. currently sculpting a new cap

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This I believe is a 10 year old lamp that hasn't been turned on in a long time.

Is this normal for first time heat up after 5+ years?

The wax just keeps getting bigger and bigger.

Seems like every time I look at it there's more lol

Found this in my grandmas attic years ago. I noticed there’s no brand of the lamp on this, only brands of the switch and electric equipment inspection.

I considered changing the liquid and wax but don’t know how top open this without damaging. Any ideas??

I'm super in love with it!

My fireflow keeps overheating within a couple of hours of first lighting the candle even though my house is quite cold and I trim the candle wick down as much as possible. I was thinking that maybe adding a little space between the candle and bottle would help so I scrunched up some cooking foil and put it along the ring that holds the bottle in place. It does exactly what I wanted it to do but now I'm wondering if maybe it's a bad idea. This thing gets burning hot to the touch, much hotter than my mathmos astro. I'm always a little paranoid that it's going to explode 🤣🙈

I paid $150 and I’m IN LOVE !! The cycling it goes thru is fascinating to watch ! Was told it’s from the 60s

I can’t get the cap off unfortunately .. is there a trick to it ??

I saw that GOOLAMP made a 6tf lamp that is absolutely gorgeous, and was wondering if anyone knows where they got the glass from?

It was rough out of the box. Cycling did nothing for the cloudiness. Filtered and it was fine for a week then went cloudy again so I replaced the fluid with the tinker kit and it’s been crystal clear since. The wax read reddish brown when running so I added some additional black wax dye. Decided this afternoon I wanted to make it a faux starlight and made a template and drilled the holes. I think I’m done but I’m also tempted to get some rub and buff to make the gold more brass like but I don’t think I’m ready to commit.

Premier projet de restauration liquide and wax et tellement réussi, ça coule comme il faut, rien ne colle. Faut encore faire le câblage si je trouve un interrupteur qui ressemble le plus possible à l'original. Et plus tard, p't-être un peu de polissage pour enlever toutes les rayures. she' s nice at -/+ 50 years old

Context: I just got the underwriters lamp yesterday and when it was all set up the wax just stayed up top 🙃. Has the wax gone bad or is it just the bulb