Lava Lamp doesn't flow: Common Problems and Ways to fix them

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This video is meant as a starting point for people who are having trouble with their lava lamps, but aren't sure where to begin. First we look at how a lava lamp should work, and then we look at a couple reasons why it might not and possible ways to fix them.
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0:00 Intro
0:22 6 Phases of lava flow
1:47 Room temperature
2:18 Heat adjustment
3:26 Second hand lamps
4:52 Further questions
5:15 Outro

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@mikecarter8880 7 месяцев назад

I still have my lava lamp from 1985. Never thought about a dimmer, got one ordered today.

@alicea.3218 6 месяцев назад

I got a lava lamp for the first time as a present, but I decided to check it at home before giving and was scared to see that the bubbles weren't forming, the chunks were acute and looked like cloth. But your video calmed me down. Thank you!

@AMightyStorm 12 дней назад

bro you deserve more subscribers, this is such a great video, thanks! I just got a new lava lamp for the first time and was curious about the flow.

@jadoreni Год назад

My lamp might be cooked and overheated. I’m getting very tiny bubbles and it gets stuck to the side and just leaks down. Some of it will stay at the top too.

@Hime519 7 месяцев назад

My issue with my new lava lamp is it doesn't form bubbles. It just becomes like one big long slow flow, looks like the falls. It doesn't break into bubbles.

@pinstripecool34 7 месяцев назад

Same

@Gullbone 6 месяцев назад

Same I believe it’s because the bottoms supposed to be hot while the tops supposed to be cold but my lamp both ends are hot which is leading to the issue might be the case for u 2 It’s annoying tho cuz I just bought this meaning they sold me a defect

@Hime519 5 месяцев назад

@@pinstripecool34 After I posted it, mine started working well.

@Hime519 5 месяцев назад

@@Gullbone After I posted it, mine started working well.

@andrew_eglinton Месяц назад

I love your cadence and diction. Natural narrator.

@isaacsanders695 Год назад

The announciation is awesome here man I love your narration if you've other hobbies take us there!

@Makstuff Год назад

Thanks! My main hobby not represented on this channel already is probably juggling, but there are waaay too many great guides already, don't think I'll ever do a video here.

@flippindocks8183 Год назад

Mine is a 1995 Lava Lite brand... Sometimes it only runs 2 or 3 hours and the wax settles into a blob at the bottom.... And stops flowing. Ideas?

@timothymansker6177 2 года назад

Thanks for the video

@alialtersaccounts1816 Год назад

Hi! When I turn on or off my lava lamp, all of it just stays at the bottom. No video is showing me how to fix it.. the bulb is 25 watts so it should be ok.

@mamawfrancy 2 месяца назад

My bulb is 40 watt.. 120 Volt. Wondering if your bulb is original.. mine was my mom's & I've replaced the bulb once with the same type that came in it.

@andrew5207 Год назад

I have a lot of lava lamps. the bulb that generates the heat is paired in a way that it gets it just hot enough to make it float up, but not so hot that its unable to cool and sink back down. I had one lamp that just didn't want to float. I moved it just a little and magically it worked fine. Turns out where I had it positioned there was draft from my window keeping it just cooler than needed to work.

@MBommeli 2 года назад

👌sehr gut erklärt

@sarahlister2960 2 года назад

👍

@babyjj2375 Год назад

Good video thanks

@dogsareawesome9197 Год назад

Is there any way to improve lava flow if its a little old and doesnt work as well? Like a stronger bulb or something?

@TylerRajeski Год назад

Yes. a stronger bulb or Hotter bulb will usually fix it if it has a poor flow. so if yours doesnt flow or get hot enough then id suggest getting a hotter bulb. i have a big lava lamp and after its bulb died i got another but it wasnt hot enough. then i went to a bulb and battery store and they had a small bulb that is actually for track lights in a kitchen but it fit and was hot enough. but after about 12 hours it gets a little warm so i just turn it off. ive had that bulb for over 2 years and it still works great but i maybe turn it on a total of 20 hours a month. IF even that much. but after watching this video im going to turn mine on lol

@tomi228 4 месяца назад

Hi, if some1 can help pls: just got a new one from the box. working for hours, and no flow! just a big lava tree that goes up...and stuck there. new from the box.

@omarcollazo2595 Год назад

I have a lava lamp I just bought it and left it to run but now it’s like a blob on top and like a line rope going down is that normal ? Or is it okay idk what to do

@momsspaghetti9456 2 года назад

Mines just always a big solid piece of wax and it takes hours for it to liquify

@luckyPiston 2 года назад

Try a hotter bulb ...

@darkdeadeye9213 Год назад

Mines like that but stuck at the top

@santinohanna Год назад

@@darkdeadeye9213 SAME! Have you figured how to fix it yet?

@Davide_Cracking Год назад

@@darkdeadeye9213 this means that the bottom is too hot or that the top is not enought cold, try to decrease the bulb power somehow or cold down the top First option should be more easy

@DeertickDaniel 8 месяцев назад

That’s called a normal lava lamp

@metalcow2604 2 года назад

I have a mathmos astro vinyl with blue, blue, and it seems for this type of wax the 35w bulb isnt enough. It dont flow right even after 4+ hours. Any ideas ?

@Ohkeh640 Год назад

I agree I bought and Astro baby lamp and the flow was so shit. But glass was scratched and dirty so I returned it for a full refund Waste of money for me as it didn’t work nicely. I bought a cheap lava lamp and works better…

@sadiemicoalvin8695 Год назад

hi can you help me? the wax inside on it only stick on the side now it doesnt flow on a circle anymore

@michaelesposito6962 5 месяцев назад

Great video. My Lava lamp keeps burning out the bulb after a few hours. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

@Makstuff 5 месяцев назад

I've hab a set of crappy bulbs myself that also zapped after a few hours each. Not the lamps fault and I dont think theres anything you can do.

@mortennecrolust7148 4 месяца назад

Great video! I have a suspicion that my lamp does not get warm enough. It's a Mathmos and usually I get one big blob rising only halfway, then it breaks apart and before a new bubble has formed, it sinks back down and merges with the rest of the wax. It also sometimes just shoots up and looks like a giant candle, that takes long to break apart. I have a spare bottle as I wanted two colors to chose from. Both act like this. The bulb is original Mathmos bulb.

@mpnoort5292 4 месяца назад

Exactly the same problem here. Bought the lamp with two bottles. And just as you described. Room temperature at 20, no heater or window near the lamp. Still the same. Original lamps seem to fail to generate sufficient heat. I had an off-brand lava lamp for years that never had this problem at all. Pretty disappointing to spend triple the money on a lamp that is lacking heat and therefore any interesting movement of the wax. You would think that 60 years after it's invention Mathmos would have had enough time to improve and develop a proper working lavalamp.

@theseaquiel5398 2 года назад

My lamp could have underheat problems, so i was considering to swap my 28W bulb for a 35W buib.Though im a little worried, since im not sure if the circuit can handle the additional power.

@Makstuff 2 года назад

Normal lamps are basically just a socket and an on-off switch, no complicated circuitry in there that could be sensitive to a small power increase like this. If your lamp is really underheated (try the aluminium foil trick if you are unsure) there's a good chance the 35W bulb will fix it instantly.

@williamhill3774 Год назад

@@Makstuff

@matheushiroakiteruiamasuda1130 Год назад

@@Makstuff my lava lamp I left it unused for more than 3 months, I don't know why but in that time without using it I kept turning it upside down and then upside down, then I bought a new lamp but then the goo sticks to the top of the bottle what do I do?

@david21209 2 года назад

My lava lamp bulb broke I bought a new one and the next day the new one didn’t turn on do u know how to fix it or what the problem is

@not_.your_.Lita1 6 месяцев назад

my little brother bought himself a lava lamp and he's had it for few days and the wax just not all of it but some of it stays at the top and a tiny bit at the bottom and we or i want to know how or if its fixable. theres maybe about 6,7 bubbles that float up

@senko_exe 4 месяца назад

Thank you!

@robotixlab 2 года назад

Hello, do you think it is doable to just order the bottle with the special mixture and DIY the rest of the lava lamp? I am looking into saving some money this way or make 2 lamps for the price of one. How hot does the base get? Can I 3D print a base and house the bulb inside?

@Makstuff 2 года назад

No way a 3D printed base can work, even the aluminum one gets so hot it's almost impossible to touch when fully heated up. And without the thermal conductivity of metal, the heat would accumulate even more, pretty sure it would be enough to straight up melt 3D printer plastic.

@robotixlab 2 года назад

@@Makstuff so it is needed to device some kind of metallic contraption that holds the bottle and transfers the heat to the bottle. I actually thought heat is transferred via air molecules, never thought of the base touching the bottle and transfers the heat. But even in the ones with the candles heat is transferred via the air, no?

@Makstuff 2 года назад

I'd guess the primary way of heat transfer is radiation. (If you hold your hand under a downward-facing reflector bulb, you will still feel the heat even though the hot air can only go up.) Surely theres some amount of convection involved in bulbs too, which in case of candles is probably the dominant mechanism. Dunno how much any of this matters though, base is gonna get freakin hot either way.

@Makstuff 2 года назад

In case that sounded misleading, what I meant by conduction in the first comment wasnt related to the heat transfer into the bottle, but the increased cooling effect reducing temperature inside the base. (As compared to plastic which is a much better isolator, thus traps the hot air inside)

@GladEnthusiast Год назад

In sweden ceramic holders and tops with glazed patterns made by potterry was alternativ to the normal metal ones. Dont know if they worked as good, but they didnt turn as hot when the lamp was on (thick layer of material) and definititly did not melt. They also had heat foam on the top as to not scrath the bottle.

@suzannesilvis7054 2 года назад

I have an extra large lamp. I returned one of them and get a replacement and it's doing the same thing. I'm about to throw out out. It doesn't bubble. I runs down the side and back up the sides. Can I fix it!??

@DerpXDD Месяц назад

I’m wondering if you can help me? My lava lamp has been off but suddenly a bunch of wax has gotten to the side and the top wax bit that forms at the top just completely fell off. Idk what to do is this okay? 😭😭

@warzonelads3048 5 месяцев назад

Mine generates heat but the G4 bulb does not work, I have replaced the bulb but still does not work. Any help please?

@KinkyKokonuts Год назад

I love “keep an eye on it” 👁️

@sherrybrinlee7199 Год назад

The lava stays in a huge clump at the top. Nothing bubbles up or down:(

@laurierice7687 Год назад

That's what is happening here also! My hubby got his about 45yrs ago & it always worked fine. He put it away about 30yrs ago & is now plugged in again but the wax just floated to the top. Was on for 5 hours. Could you Please let me know if you get an answer?

@kirstenfrancesclassen844 Год назад

I have a new lava lamp - today it has been running for 6 hours and I still have just a blob at the top and a blob at the bottom. The blobs are moving but nothing crazy like in your video - thoughts?

@sapoperrotreinta Год назад

Overheated

@evicaf4e Год назад

@@sapoperrotreinta are you sure?

@uno-theofficialcardgamebyMatel 8 дней назад

Mine has stayed in the same position of one long piece of wax along the side and other bits that were floating now attached to it. It's been on for about an hour with little change and it has the best bulb I could find

@luckyPiston 2 года назад

I use a hotter bulb and a dimmer with my vintage lamp i also added a we bit a salt and dish soap to the water, now when i dial in the optimum brightness the thing rocks !

@rizzz007 2 года назад

Mines won't flow even after 12 hours will changing the bulb help?

@luckyPiston 2 года назад

@@rizzz007 Could do, so yeah if the bulb u are using is 30 watt then stepping up to 40 is gonna make a big diff and get things going. One of my lamps has a tin (soup) can base and a mini 50 watt halogen bulb (Ceramic GU10 Socket), so yeah it kicks on full power the wax becomes big droplets, that one i have on a dimmer switch so i can turn it down and play with the blob size.

@klttrll 5 месяцев назад

So if I wanted to adapt a mathmos Astro in the US, I would use a 120v bulb instead of the supplied 240v bulb?

@Makstuff 5 месяцев назад

Yes, if you are going to run it at 120V. It's important that BOTH the bulb wattage matches the lamps specification AND the lamp is run on the voltage that matches the bulb.

@klttrll 5 месяцев назад

Or I can use a step up transformer and use the supplied bulb?

@saoknightsamvs2772 Год назад

Hi I got a new lava lamp a last Tuesday and the wax is still getting stuck at the top but it’s melting a little bit each time is there anyway to get it all melt and flow ?

@Makstuff Год назад

You can try to dip the top part in hot water or blast it with a hair dryer, maybe that will help it come down.

@saoknightsamvs2772 Год назад

@@Makstuff gotcha Thanks

@g3dr0cht 8 месяцев назад

i have a mathmos astro vinyl but it doenst flow like the example in this video at all. Even with a higher wattage bulb. Im thinking of adding aluminium foil to the base a little bit?

@Makstuff 8 месяцев назад

Sure, why not, certainly worth a try.

@Jann03 2 года назад

My wax is catching air bubbles inside it we already let it turned on the whole night and it seems they are going nowhere. Do you have any tips what could be wrong? Thank you for your time 👍

@Makstuff 2 года назад

What you call air bubbles are very likely liquid bubbles. Doesn't really change the problem, I know, just wanted to mention it. Anyway, you are doing the right thing in just leaving it running, maybe do that a couple more times before thinking of anything else. If they still don't go away by themselves, you can consider opening the bottle and melting the way seperate from the liquid, maybe poking around with a toothpick a bit to pop some bubbles. Experimental advice ofc and might not help, but if it was me I'd probably give it a try.

@Jann03 2 года назад

Ooo you were right! It works I let it turned on and now it's perfectly fine again thank you!🧡

@Mini-Me Год назад

Bought a bulb just still not working. Where or what can I use as a substitute base? Thx

@Makstuff Год назад

Bases are basically just a bulb socket, if you're sure the bulb works I'd have a look at the socket and where it connects to the cable, or maybe the switch. Premium manufacturers like Mathmos sell replacement bases for a hefty price, but if you have a no name lamp I'm afraid you're out of luck with replacement.

@mimixskys._ 7 месяцев назад

Hey! I don't know if you still read the comment section of this video, but my coil that is supposed to help heat up the wax is stuck inside the wax. Is there a way I can get it out? Thanks!

@georgeh8937 6 месяцев назад

my fix was to let the lamp cool down lying sideways. the next day i used it like normal to see if the coil separated from the wax. if it was still stuck after an hour i let it cool off again lying sideways. at some point the coil returned to the bottom of the bottle where it is supposed to sit.

@mimixskys._ 5 месяцев назад

@@georgeh8937 Thanks!

@nick.c6969 2 года назад

Hi i have a classic lava lite giant about 5 hours in the run the wax balls up into one big glob of wax how do i fix that?..

@Makstuff 2 года назад

If it runs normally before that happens, it's very likely overheating. Plug-in dimmer should fix it. If you don't have one already, switch the lamp off for like 15-30 minutes when it globs up, and then switch it back on. If it flows normally again for a while it's 100% overheated.

@nick.c6969 2 года назад

@@Makstuff Do you have a recommendation for a dimmer for such a huge lamp and what temp should i set it at?..

@Makstuff 2 года назад

@@nick.c6969 So it's this lamp I assume? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-24CIORsEFSM.html It only runs at 100W which is nothing special, so pretty much every plug-in dimmer you can find should do. I'd just have a look around your local hardware store, should cost somewhere around 10$. In this video I made, you can see what these things look like and how they influence the flow: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lSfyNdnRRE0.html The dimmer I have goes up to 200W. Good starting value is probably 50% power and then adjust from there as needed.

@nick.c6969 2 года назад

@@Makstuff its kinda like that but a lava lite

@Makstuff 2 года назад

@@nick.c6969 I can't find something called "lava lite giant" online, I'd guess it's the exact same model as the LAVA Grande and just the name changed, but it probably doesn't matter, very unlikely that it needs more power than what a standard dimmer can deal with. If you wanna be 100% sure, check the bulb or the sticker on the inside for a wattage mark, and make sure it's lower than the wattage of the dimmer.

@dogsareawesome9197 Год назад

Mine flows perfectly, but there are lots of very tiny specks in it. Not like an ungodly amount, but quite a lot. It is an old one and has been around for awhile. Do you know anything about this?

@Makstuff Год назад

Check out my first video 😌

@dogsareawesome9197 Год назад

@@Makstuff i feel like it's a little risky, can it permanently damage the lamp?

@dogsareawesome9197 Год назад

I'll think about it but i might end up getting a new one.

@Makstuff Год назад

@@dogsareawesome9197 Well it's your money, but if you gonna toss the old one anyway, might as well give it a try first?

@dogsareawesome9197 Год назад

@@Makstuff well i do want to give it away to someone, and i also found out the debris on mine is the tint on the glass coming off, god that thing is old.

@Skies_zz 11 месяцев назад

Hi please respond but like ive had this pink/organe lava lamp and a dsy ago i just took the top off bc i had to move it then the bulb made a like big 2 sparks and now when i cant turn it on i thibk it could be the bulb but please help

@Makstuff 11 месяцев назад

Very likely the bulb indeed. You could try the bulb in another device to be absolutely sure, or you can take a close look at it to see if the filament is broken.

@Skies_zz 11 месяцев назад

@@Makstuffthank you i just figured out the metal bits inside were like noodles and flopped so a need a new blub:E

@danielskender7836 9 месяцев назад

My college form is at 66 degrees Fahrenheit and it’s locked so that actually makes a lot of sense

@drphipshiolidge Год назад

You could also get a jug, fill it about a quarter of the way full of boiling or hot water and put the lava lamp bottle in it and leave it for a few minutes.

@Makstuff Год назад

I wanted to make sure the walls of the bottle are hot as well so none of the wax solidifies during pouring. Probably not needed but that was the thought at least.

@matheusteruia8768 Год назад

@@Makstuff the goo from my lamp it was normal going up and down but then it got all together and I'm glued to the top what do I do?

@GladEnthusiast Год назад

Mine is stuck 1 as solidified chunk in the bottom and some of the liquid is evoparate

@GladEnthusiast Год назад

So probably over heated

@georgeh8937 6 месяцев назад

@@matheusteruia8768 my trick for fixing wax stuck at the top was to let the lamp cool lying sideways. the next day i used it like normal but the wax still stuck to the top. after i did the procedure a few more times the problem went away.

@somebodyontheinternet1090 4 месяца назад

Thanks

@markbouma2099 2 года назад

My Mathmos Fireflow (heated by a tealight underneath it) overheats after only one hour, which is a real shame... They have send me a new one so hopefully that one works better.

@Makstuff 2 года назад

New one won't change anything, I have two of these myself and they are the same as yours. Fact is, they are badly designed and the supplied tealights are far too strong. Best solution I found was to use a different brand of tealights with lower power and cut myself a couple pieces of 5mm plywood which I shove under the tealight as needed to adjust the heat. (Actually I wanted to make a short video about this but haven't gotten around to it yet.)

@markbouma2099 2 года назад

@@Makstuff Yeah the tealights they ship are far too strong. But why the plywood? Don't you want the tealight to be lower so it doesn't heat the glass as much? And I believe I also hear the glass making a ticking sound when warming up, it's probably expanding too quick by the excessive heat

@Makstuff 2 года назад

@@markbouma2099 As said I'm using a different brand of tealights that is much weaker, so I need to lift them a bit to get perfect heat. (On a side note, another thing I tried before was blocking the heat of the original tealights with aluminum foil and wire contraptions, but the effect wasn't strong enough and really hard to adjust.)

@Makstuff 2 года назад

@@markbouma2099 Concerning the second line after the edit, yep the glass feels WAY too hot to me too. It still feels too hot with weaker candles, but not nearly as much as before. Certainly MUCH hotter than any normal electric lamp would ever get.

@joseescobedo7899 2 года назад

So because my lamp is on it just stays at the bottom becuase when the wax melts to flot but the rest stays at the bottom

@rollerjammersoc7247 2 года назад

hey man I just bought lamp and now its wax has melted up. is this normal? it has been 1 hr since i turned it on

@Makstuff 2 года назад

I don't think I understand the question. The wax is supposed to "melt up", isn't it?

@lespaulx Год назад

I need help as Im tring to restore an old lava lamp that I found. Replaced the water with new distilled water with just one tbs of Empson salt diluted. Wax stays on top after two or three hours (completely melted, but on top, not coming down) Bulb is working fine same wattage (25w) as the lamp label. What can I do?

@Makstuff Год назад

I tried adding way too much salt in this video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-p-Ys2uWpvxc.html around 15:00 as an experiment, and the wax got stuck at the top. Maybe you also added too much? I used normal table salt and not epsom salt, but I guess the effect is kinda similar 🤔

@lespaulx Год назад

@@Makstuff thanks for reply! I dont think is too much salt as 1 teaspoon (not more than that) of empson salt for the liquid is enough as many forums said all over internet. I don't understand why the wax is always on top completely melted while on and If I turn off the lamp stays up there and get solidified without falling down!

@Makstuff Год назад

@@lespaulx I guess I'd pour away the water and refill it with fresh water, and see how it runs without any salt. If it stays on the bottom then, there has to be a sweet spot somewhere in the middle, if not I guess I'm out of ideas.

@lespaulx Год назад

@@Makstuff thanks! Tried that already. Same issue, Always melted on top even with fresh plain distilled water. No idea

@lespaulx Год назад

@@Makstuff My question is, what makes the lava go down? the salt or the detergent added to the water?

@DieHardjagged Месяц назад

I recently got a beautiful Orange Wax in Orange Water Bottle but theres always a tiny bit of the Wax being stuck at the top after it heated up and i just dont know how to fix this issue.

@Makstuff Месяц назад

Happens with all my lamps too, I believe it is caused by surface tension and there's nothing you can do about it. Might be why lamps typically hide their waterline behind some kind of cap, so you cannot see that spot.

@DieHardjagged Месяц назад

@@Makstuff I thought the same about the cap, meaning it conveniently hides that upper part so you basically never get to see it, but good to know that it seems to be a common occurrence that happens.

@madimations8718 Год назад

I changed to bulb, but the wax is staying in place, I put it on overnight but it still didn't work

@jerrydotson5473 Год назад

Hello everyone, I wanted to share a possible fix, it worked for me 2 times , I recently picked up 3 lava lamps from the garbage, a bit dirty and all older models, 2 14.5” and 1 larger cannot remember exactly? Anyhow they all lit up, but only 1 worked ( 14-1/2” one ) other 2 just stayed a blob at bottom ( I noticed the larger one had 40w bulb smaller had 25w! So I upped the bulb ( 30w and 50w ) still nothing? So I filled a pot ( smaller saucepan ) with water placed glove into it and slowly brought temp up to where I could almost not touch it with bare hands ( DO NOT BOIL-just to where a light steam is coming off water ALMOST TOO HOT TO TOUCH ONLY( it started working in the globe ( looked like water and air was releasing from wax inside the globe ) was kinda weird for a bit but then started bubbling like it should, then I let it cool down ( next day ) I turned the lamp on and 1 hour later it works! Worked on both my 14.5” and the larger one with the correct bulb wattage, the water was a bit murky for a day or 2 but they cleared up nicely! Like the wax absorbed the liquid and air and stopped working? Now all 3 work great 2 weeks now, no problems! Jd ( possible older lamp revive method! )

@jerrydotson5473 Год назад

GLOBE, not glove

@Makstuff Год назад

No idea why this works but I guess who cares, as long as it works 😇 Thanks for sharing, this can be very helpful for people.

@jsg1469 4 месяца назад

Hello. Just wanted to thank you for saving me some money. My lamp had started just settling at the top. I originally replaced the bulb because it was old, but that didn't work. I put it on the stove in a pan of hot water like you suggested for about 20-30 minutes. You can see it start forming very small release bubbles. Like moisture had gotten into the wax. Put it back on the base and within 2-3 hours it was back to working like it was before. Thanks so much.

@randomtestdummy 2 года назад

Hello my lava lamp isn't heating up after 3 hours. I have checked the light bulb is the correct one. what is wrong with it?

@Makstuff 2 года назад

As said in the video, try wrapping it in aluminim foil, and if it helps, its probably worth getting a stronger bulb and a dimmer.

@user-bg2xs9tn9i 6 месяцев назад

How do you fix giant lava lamp with flow stuck?

@pickelsandnickels2487 2 года назад

The coil in my lamp got misaligned and it’s stuck in phase 3, any tips on how to fix it?

@Makstuff 2 года назад

I assume you already waited for 3+ hours? If you did that, next thing you could try is the aluminum foil trick (also works with blankets etc.). Maybe the bonus heat is enough to melt the wax and let the coil drop back into place. By the way, coils aren't nearly as essential as one might think, also see my separate video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-I4-7ufkVKwU.html

@timothymansker6177 2 года назад

When this happened to my mathmos lava lamp I used a magnet to move and set the coil to its proper place

@zetok45 Год назад

Tilt the lamp until the coil is facing the bottom. Heat to molten, rotate in a twisty motion back and forth to settle coil. Cool and repeat process m after about 3 reheat and cools, the lamp should start to settle in and start working. Sometimes a blob will stay at the top. I find once a lamp is shaken or knocked over, you rarely get back 💯. Sometimes you can drain the water, refill with distilled water and leave 3 or so inches out. Disolve Epsom salt in a glass of water and a dollop of dish soap. Put two inches of this water in the lamp and leave an inch of room at the top.

@ronin_ryuji1833 7 месяцев назад

My bubbles are completely translucent idk what to do

@MurkuryMagick 2 года назад

my lava lamp is over thirty years old and not even faded sadly the new ones seem to be lucky to last five years

@Makstuff 2 года назад

Interesting, any estimation how long on average you run it per day?

@MurkuryMagick 2 года назад

@@Makstuff 2 hours or so about 3 days a week on average

@SpaceVoyager1701 2 года назад

@@Makstuff The wax keeps building up near the top of my new rainbow lava lamp and it won't come back down even after it cools off. Why is it doing that? It was working fine on Saturday, but now its not...

@Makstuff 2 года назад

I would have said overheating, but if all/much if the wax stays up even after cooling down I have no idea. I only get that with tiny specks sometimes which quickly sink back down after shaking the cold lamp a little.

@SpaceVoyager1701 2 года назад

@@Makstuff Could it be the bulb? I can't seem to figure out how to get the wax to go back down....

@IIIIIIllIIIllII 17 дней назад

Why didn’t you put a link for people to buy that dimmer?

@Makstuff 17 дней назад

www.amazon.de/dp/B072N3FMZY/ Happy now? 😛

@noncomplier5385 2 года назад

The wax is all built up on the top...

@samanthaemery3425 7 месяцев назад

Mine stays in two blobs, at the hottom, one very small compared to the other, about the size of a tonight the small one is - and just nothing.

@sgtstudda7873 Год назад

Mines at 56 picture and won’t go any further and used to flow now it doesn’t

@dogsareawesome9197 Год назад

What i call the phases: 1: starting stage 2-3: strange stage 4-5: gloop gloop stage 6: oh no

@Makstuff Год назад

No objections 😏

@leanna3458 2 года назад

I have one that the wax is translucent and doesn't move, it was less than a year old but was left on too long. Any idea how to fix it?

@Makstuff 2 года назад

How long are we talking? A few days in a row normally shouldn't hurt it too much, but a few weeks/months probably would. What model? Where did you get it? Did it ever work normally before?

@leanna3458 2 года назад

@@Makstuff a few days, I'd say for sure under a week... I bought it brand new at a Spencer's store and it worked properly when I got it. It is an XL model, I've tried a new bulb that is lava brand from Spencer's that are supposed to be the correct wattage but it's still not working.

@Makstuff 2 года назад

@@leanna3458 I assume it's this one? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-whM_MaC6wPE.html You sure you got the correct wattage? Needs 40W, but from what I've seen online Spencer only sells the 25W version.

@leanna3458 2 года назад

@@Makstuff actually yes I went before when it wasn't working right and I tried to get bulbs but they didn't have the size, but recently I went again and they finally did. they are 40 watt and supposed to work on 52 oz. And 32 oz lamps

@Makstuff 2 года назад

@@leanna3458 Guess I'm kinda running out of ideas then. Maybe it's just worn out, Mathmos says their bottles last around 2000 hours, since the Spencer ones are much cheaper they probably don't last quite as long. If your overall usage time is somewhere around that figure, it's possible you can't do anything except getting a new one (highest quality brand in US is www.lavalamp.com/ ) or trying experimental stuff like ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--XIrasov2B4.html . (In case you kept it in direct sunlight all the time, I could also see the UV rays accelerating the aging process. And this would explain the wax becoming translucent too, as you mentioned at the beginning.)

@user-qs3cw4zh2u 5 месяцев назад

Mine is stuck at the topp

@geslinam9703 Год назад

Mind was turned in a few hours, and was working oerfectly….then I fell asleep and it was on too long I guess. When I woke up in the morning, one long piece of wax from top to bottom, not moving at all…I tuned it off, it cooled down all day, and am now trying it again, the wax is changing but it’s still not looking like it’s supposed to.

@yugiiscool1238 2 года назад

I have a lava lamp but the wax in it keeps getting stuck at the top and bot flowing back down, it is mostly still melted while up at the top. Is there a fix for this sort of problem?

@luckyPiston 2 года назад

Mine does that if the bulb is turned up to high so im guessing your bulb is to hot.

@yugiiscool1238 2 года назад

@lucky piston thanks for your help dude

@dolphincove647 Год назад

I have the same problem right now too. Just got a Room 2 Room lava lamp and I’ve left it on for just under 6 hours now because that’s what it said in the instruction manual that came with it but now the wax is just sitting at the top so I turned it off but I’m not sure if that’ll do anything and tbh I’m scared it won’t 😭 This is my first ever lava lamp so I’m clueless and I don’t wanna mess something up so if anyone has any possible ideas/ways that I can try to fix it please tell me 😭

@indecisa 2 года назад

After about an hour mine gets a big ball that sits at the bottom then a big bubble comes up about half way and comes back down 😞

@ItsAlina5 2 года назад

Same for my lamp

@Makstuff 2 года назад

If that's the first movement it does, and it doesn't run normally before, it's very likely underheated

@transformers1017 Год назад

My lava lamp stopped working because the bulb,, I haven't used my lava lamp in weeks after it stopped working but today I received 2 bulbs , 25 watts and both of them are R39 (which was in the lava lamp) but the wax isn't moving at all.

@Balocreofc Год назад

mine have a piece of wax floating on the top, and it don’t mix with the wax at the bottom

@Ohkeh640 9 месяцев назад

While the lamp is flowing use a blow dryer on it not too close and it’ll fall to the bottom. My lamp is doing this as the bulb isn’t that good not getting that hot I need a new bulb

@WolfieTheTherianCommunity 4 месяца назад

How do you fix a lava lamp when it's cord gets wet?

@BloodyBricks 2 месяца назад

Mine has a spring floating in it

@Ohkeh640 9 месяцев назад

My previous bulb was moving the labs fast but my new bulb isn’t heating up like previous and lava is moving slower with a bulb of lava stuck at the top so I gotta buy a new bulb.

@kiahyagithens9691 Год назад

Mine has been stuck in stage 4 for a while like i'd say 12 hours.

@IConsumeAluminum Год назад

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@Makstuff Год назад

Took me a second, but now I see what you mean 😅

@nosabo4771 2 месяца назад

Bro I was scared i didn’t know if to wait for 24 hours because I had just moved it from the ground and then to a little desk and then I got worried but this made me patient and it slowly started to move and I think it works still

@enthusedbacon2359 Год назад

Mine is just a big blob of wax thats stuck at the top of the bottle

@Makstuff Год назад

If you mean solid wax, you can try to melt it with a hairdryer or tip in in hot water upside-down.

@enthusedbacon2359 Год назад

@@Makstuff thank you, i'll give it a shot

@JenniferSmith-fc7sw 7 месяцев назад

My lava just has a big blob at top of cone

@sjmemz7285 Год назад

Mine looks like sand and all of it floats at the top

@JonyCiruja Год назад

Oh they have limited lifespan. Now I understand why my 2005 lava lamp doesn’t work

@jody2873 Год назад

Can you make a homemade lava lamp from regular materials for us??😃😃😃

@unapologeticredditreader6802 15 дней назад

My wax tends to kind of cling to the side:

@Makstuff 15 дней назад

Two things you can try: 1) Make sure the lamp is vertical, and if it is, 2) try rotating the bottle relative to the base to maybe get a slightly different heat distribution.

@duckywago3375 Год назад

My lamp just has long lines of wax that look like snakes that don’t move and solidify instantly after moving

@Makstuff Год назад

Normal during heat-up, give it an hour.

@sonnyg960 Год назад

He put an eye 👁 on it lulz

@diannehackner1812 2 года назад

I thought you're going to tell us how to get to Lava run soften it up not how it works. Uh-oh me know how they work

@buntgemischt 2 года назад

Und wieder meine devise niie seine mathmos aus der Verpackung zu holen und anzumachen

@coke_oso2728 Год назад

bruh i lokey shit my sely mine looks like it broke but it looks like 21 minute mark and so i saw oh ok its normal.

@eddiebruce2961 4 месяца назад

Still this video didn't help!!!

@codybyas2675 11 месяцев назад

If it’s overheated, what if i just turn it off for a bit? Will that help?

@Ohkeh640 9 месяцев назад

Yeah let it cool down

@sirdouglasberg 6 месяцев назад

I have a question. I notice the new lava lamps use anemic 25 watt bulbs, but those same bulbs can be bought in 40 watts. The lava lamp says to use 25 watt bulbs. Is it safe to use a 40 watt bulb? Is the warning label about using 25 watt bulbs just more green crap?

@Makstuff 6 месяцев назад

I personally would just give it a try and keep an eye on it during the first run in case something starts to smoke or whatever. One hard number that I can tell you from one of my recent experiments is that in the same base, when run with 25W and 40W, the liquid reaches around 59°C and 71°C, respectively, which is a difference of about 12°C. Which I'd say isn't THAT much in terms of safety, but of course use your own judgement.

@sirdouglasberg 6 месяцев назад

@@Makstuff I'll probably just stick with the 25 watt bulb. I just wish I knew whether that warning was legitimate or not. I don't want to take the risk. It's next to my daughter's bed. I do notice that these newer models don't look as good as the older ones with the bigger bulbs. I had one when I was a kid and the wax was a lot more active Were those older better lava lamps banned by the greenies?