My lava lamp has all these bubbles in it, and little specks of wax floating around, like someone shook it all up. Will they ever go away? I had figured that they would eventually work themselves out of the wax, but i don't think it's happening. So... what can I do, if there's something worth doing.
- HI! Do the bubbles appear as the lamp is heating up, or are they formed even after the lamp is off. I have two lamps, and the blue one was always the problem until recently. When heating up, small bubbles would form, and 2 or 3 bottom blobs that never formed into one big bottom blob. You want one bottom blob. So what happens when you have 2 or more? You do what the directions told you NOT to do. You slowly rotate the lamp until you form one bottom blob. That means going right to left, or left to right. This takes patience. You leave the lamp in the stand, and just slowly turn it, or move it to it's side a little. Give it time. This does help with those annoying little bubbles. What happens when you DON'T get those nicely formed blobs and you just get medium sized non-blobbable bubbles? Best thing to do I found was to leave the lamp on for about 5 hours just to see if they congeal. I used to try to "burp" the lamp, but the problem comes back even after you get one or two nice blobs. To "burp" a lava is to sometimes gently tilt it, which again the directions scream, "NO!" But in some cases it really did work. You tilt it one way a bit, then rotate it a little just to try to re-form a nice big blob on the bottom. The best way is really, is to let the lamp on for 5 hours. After that, it should be re-adjusting itself to make nice blobs. If it doesn't work, contact me, and I can see what my lamps are doing that can help you out. The worst case scenario? The loaf of bread. The loaf of bread is when the wax looks just like that. It doesn't move, and it just stays at the bottom. The best thing to do? Shut off the lamp and start it up the next day. Maybe it's trapped air, I am not sure what causes that, but it will heat up nicely, and begin again. The "THE SPRING IS ON THE TOP! THE WAX IS IN THE SPRING!" Sometimes just letting it heat up a bit to let the wax get soft is a good idea. Then, if the spring is still on the side, gently move the lamp around in your lap to get it "settled" down to where the spring is on the bottom and wax on top. Don't burn yourself doing all these things! Use a towel, and be careful of what youn are wearing when you do these things to a lava lamp. Let me know how it's feeling! Lots of Lava Love! DJ K.A.L.I.
Alright, I turned the lamp around a bit really slow, and I think that fixed it for the most part. Thanks for the help!
