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Mr Bill wrote:Currently trying to resurrect a Lava Lamp that sat in storage for 15 years. Half the wax is floating half is sunk. I'm guessing I will need to find a refill replacement because, so far, its refusing to do any Lava action. I suppose loss of some critical volatiles has altered the density contrast.
ludi wrote:Ah hah, after googling about this, it seems that the heavy solvent dissolved in the wax to make it denser than water may have evaporated from part of the wax. Found this oozinggoo formula on line that jives with a youtube video I found. As an environmental chemist, I don't really want to use perchloroethylene or carbon tetrachloride to up the wax density. The bottle fell on its side in storage so it looks to me like there was indeed a loss of heavy volatiles dissolved in the wax.Mr Bill wrote:Currently trying to resurrect a Lava Lamp that sat in storage for 15 years. Half the wax is floating half is sunk. I'm guessing I will need to find a refill replacement because, so far, its refusing to do any Lava action. I suppose loss of some critical volatiles has altered the density contrast.
Sounds like the heavy and light portions separated. If you can remix them, it might work again.
Or...track down an old Red Comet fire grenade and you can even mix the original patented wax formula
Captain Ned wrote:It's funny, but this year I finally took the same attitude with my taxes.Add to that my rapidly-ebbing desire to be busting my knuckles on my back on a cold VT garage floor in the winter and I've gone fully to "write the check". Plus, if they did it worng, they pay to fix it.
Darkmage wrote:Captain Ned wrote:Add to that my rapidly-ebbing desire to be busting my knuckles on my back on a cold VT garage floor in the winter and I've gone fully to "write the check". Plus, if they did it worng, they pay to fix it.
It's funny, but this year I finally took the same attitude with my taxes.
Mr Bill wrote:Not sure this counts as a "repair" spent the weekend digging ditch to put three 6inch x 20 foot plastic irrigation pipe (PIP) in a couple places around the edge of my yard to keep the water flowing this year rather than slowing down and dumping dirt and flooding my yard. Managed to get a half bubble slope for the 40 foot run and a quarter bubble slope for the 20 foot run. Most everyone here with the water right can buy a share of water (~$100/yr) to tap off with an irrigation pump and water their yard or gardens all summer long.
Captain Ned wrote:Well, you'll get plenty of practice applying and sanding out primer coats.
derFunkenstein wrote:My problem is that just the clear coat is peeling off the top of my car just behind the sunroof. The local paintshop says nearly a grand to fix it (because they say they have to do the whole top panel). Wondering what I can do to keep the clear coat from peeling more. Current patch is maybe a foot by six inches.Captain Ned wrote:Well, you'll get plenty of practice applying and sanding out primer coats.
Mr Bill wrote:My problem is that just the clear coat is peeling off the top of my car just behind the sunroof. The local paintshop says nearly a grand to fix it (because they say they have to do the whole top panel). Wondering what I can do to keep the clear coat from peeling more. Current patch is maybe a foot by six inches.
notfred wrote:30,000 lumen
Ifalna wrote:I have tried this regrettably. The springs in those things are so tiny that I couldn't actually get them back on correctly. Also my eyes aren't the greatest anymore. I have a hard time being able to see things when they are really small or have really small print. Everytime I would think I have everything back in place, the springs would pop back off.My mouse (Logitech G700s) annoyed me with double clicks for quite some time now.
Finally found the courage to repair it following this guide: http://www.instructables.com/id/Repair- ... he-spring/
Well, so far everything is great again. ^-^
toki wrote:Ifalna wrote:I have tried this regrettably. The springs in those things are so tiny that I couldn't actually get them back on correctly. Also my eyes aren't the greatest anymore. I have a hard time being able to see things when they are really small or have really small print. Everytime I would think I have everything back in place, the springs would pop back off.My mouse (Logitech G700s) annoyed me with double clicks for quite some time now.
Finally found the courage to repair it following this guide: http://www.instructables.com/id/Repair- ... he-spring/
Well, so far everything is great again. ^-^
the wrote:Had Christie come out and repair the projector themselves yesterday.
just brew it! wrote:I had a queen sized older ones for nearly 20 years. And prior to that I had a double for from 7th grade through HS. But the bed got brittle while being stored for a year when I moved here. Someday, gonna get another.Not really today, but it was finally declared "done" today. We still have an old-school waterbed. Every so often, it springs a leak. The latest patch (put on a few days ago) seems to be holding, so I just detached the adapter for the fill/drain kit from the faucet in the master bath, and put everything away.