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In article <VmD7wB1w165w@dogbox.acme.gen.nz>, dogbowl@dogbox.acme.gen.nz (Kennelmeister) writes:
> 
> I was given a lava lamp a few months ago, which isn't bubbling too well.
> Instead of the wax bubbling once the lamp gets hot, it just rises up
> into a sort of wave.

I am not exactly an expert on these things, but from experience in the States
in the last couple of years, where these things are becoming pretty popular
again, I know a few facts... (well I was told they were facts :)

1.	If the lamp is left on continuously for more than a couple of months
the wax will become more solid, hence the "sort of wave".
2.	If the glass breaks, you are advised not to touch the stuff inside. 
Don't know why, but there must be a reason.
3.	The red ones seem to retain their fluidity longer than the blue, or
other coloured ones.
4.	New lamps are selling in Boston for about $US45 (a long way to go if
you can't find one here!)
 
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