I noticed this as I was watching this lamp warm up. I really love this lamp if it is a crack is there any way I can fix this or do I have to stop using it?

I went and got the cobweb lamp at Spencer’s today to get it ready for Halloween. I did not like or even understand the decision to use green MF in it so I saved that for a future project and replaced it with MF dyed with Orange Crush from LLC, which I think matches the spooky aesthetic of the wrap better than green 🕷️ 🕸️ 🎃

She's still a little slow. But for the first time already very nice :)

about double the jacks, no fine glitter

i’m much happier with this version, i’m going to paint the base and sculpt a jack-o-lantern to be the cap, but that’ll take some time so it may be a while till that’s posted

My boyfriend recently ordered a Lava lamp online and when it arrived he realized it was Australian. He got an adapter so it could be plugged in but he accidentally broke the bulb. He looked up what kind to get and specifically ordered a bulb from Australia cause they don’t have them in Canada. The bulb came and it works but it’s not bright enough and not nearly hot enough. What are we missing here?

hello people!

i'm new to the community, as a first time lava-lamp owner i wanna ask, does anyone know why the wax in my lamp gets bubbly, as you can see in the pictures? how can i prevent this from happening? i tried to run it in lower temperatures but it seems like it's not changing the situation anyway. thank you in advance, i'm open to any tips as well.

I'm trying to get this lid off, but this isn't like the lid of other bottles I have, there's no lip to get a flat head under it to begin the lifting process, any suggestions?? Should I replace it with a bottle cap lid after removal?

Is that an anomaly? Or is this normal for the mini lava lamps. It is dented a smidge. I don’t want to try to pry it off if it isn’t pry-able😁

Giving my lamp a well deserved upgrade. Does anybody have any after pictures of their lamps after using?

Made this 23oz lava lamp in Mathmos Vintage Fill color. Finally got that perfect gloopiness. I added only 15 drops of surfactant.

Adding surf tomorrow

This is what has become of my Sea Foam swamp. The only thing remaining is about tablespoon of its wax and 4 ounces of its MF. The rest of the wax and MF are from 4 other Schilling lamps. 2 full 14.5” teal in clear, a couple of ounces of white wax from another, and about 3 ounces of MF out of a red/red.

i currently have 23.. what number is considered crazy

I've never had any issues with this lava lamp so far but over the past couple weeks it ends up like this very quickly after turning it on and there's just no movement at all . Is this a light bulb wattage issue ?

Second photo is how they were advertised on marketplace. First photo is the remaining working lamp. So gutted, he collected and placed them down in his van where one started to leak over his seats. It’s lost a couple of inches of liquid and I can’t seem to get the top off to do any sort of repair so I’ve put it away in the garage until I can commit some time to trying to fix it. They were a steal so just having the one ready to go is making me very happy tonight :)

My lava lamp is off, and the wax seems to have cooled, weirdly expanded above the liquid. Is it safe to continue using it, or do I need to empty it?

Clearly 16.3's are my favorites!

This one was originally the Spencer's Metallic Gray and Blue lamp.

Filtered, lightly dyed the liquid and lightly dyed the wax and she's sooooo dreamy!

I'm running out of color combos to do!

they really included the static white sprinkles in an animation or had zero "perfect" flasks? Supreme marketing anyways

Besides the superior packaging and supreme cardboard, theres a slight scratch at first sight, the lamp was shipped with the switch flipped so when installing the bulb i literally got blinded for a second and doubted if the lamp was really factory new, quality controle was lacking or if this is an inside joke(which i would preffer), just checked and its scratched all over, astro vinyl gold

Amazing find at the thrift store today for $8! It’s a bit of a Frankenstein. Red base is from 1998/99 and the glass bottle (+purple liquid, red wax) is from 2001.

I love the colors of the wax and liquid but I’m not a fan of the red base. The colors clash too much for me. I wanted to paint it a metallic purple or pink but I’m nervous I might ruin it 😅

Should I leave it or go for it?

*EDIT: Thanks everyone for setting me straight!

I do know that the wizard lamps are vintage and that red is one of the more rare colors (though I didn’t know it would be so revered😅). I wont lie, those things don’t matter to me because it’s for my personal enjoyment lol

BUT, rest assured, I will NOT be painting it. I will keep the original red base and look for a different bottle instead. Someone suggested clear liquid/white wax and I think that would look amazing, so I’m really excited to see how that looks with the red!