Lavalamp tip
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if your lava lamp gets molten but not rising try this:-

1. turn the lamp on and leave it on all day + night till molten + very hot.
2. next turn the lamp OFF and turn the lamp UPSIDE DOWN. leave upside down all day and night till solid. (lean in the corner of a room to hold it up) when you turn it upside down do it slowly so the air bubble takes any seperated fluid trapped at the top towards the bottom joining the main body of the wax.
3. Now, 24 hours later, turn the lamp the right way up. and turn the lamp on. (dont worry about the position of the heat ring in the hunk of wax - it will settle.) leave it on for a day and it should start rising.

I guess its due to some oil part of the wax sticking to the top and without this in the main mass it doesn't get it hot enough to rise. May act like cooking oil if you like to make food get hot. So this way all the stuff that scums at the top gets merged back in.

[Never shake the lamp of course.]

new forum idea maybe? "Tips of the day", I like the cheesy ones they have in Take a Break!

Good tip though.:)

Sorry for hijacking this thread for top tips, good advice about the lava lamp though.

My Top tip

Put cheese between 2 slices of bread to make a delicious snack, be a little more adventurous each time adding condiments like Pickle/Mayo/or Brown sauce.
:loopy:

cheese.. yuk. gave that pointless comfort food a miss over 5 years ago.

Substituting marg with tomato sauce in a sarnie is far tastier and healthier. thats a real tip.

anyway, i have more important things to discuss.

Originally posted by TeeVee
cheese.. yuk. gave that pointless comfort food a miss over 5 years ago.

Substituting marg with tomato sauce in a sarnie is far tastier and healthier. thats a real tip.

anyway, i have more important things to discuss.
Like laughter lamps?