Re: Lava lamp ( help resurrecting one please)

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From: Andy Bond
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 19:32

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In article <726801168snx@cyclops.equinox.gen.nz> Donaldc@cyclops.equinox.gen.nz writes:
>
>In article <VmD7wB1w165w@dogbox.acme.gen.nz> dogbowl@dogbox.acme.gen.nz writes:
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> > Apparently at some point during its life the lamp was stored on its side
> > and leaked. The owner topped it off with tap water, and "It's never been
> > the same since...."
> > 
> > If anyone can provide info to help me restore it to its former glory(?)
> > I'd be grateful. (Timewarped acid freak that I am.....:-)
> > It was made in NZ and I think it's around 15 years old.
>
>I had a friend who had a similar experience, she topped hers up with
>meths, because thats what she thought it smelt most like.

I'm pretty sure the liquid is paraffin oil and the solid stuff some
form of wax.

andy

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