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cherokeeprogressive

(24,853 posts) Sat Nov 17, 2012, 10:08 PM Nov 2012

I think I may have perfected a tealight candle driven Lava Lamp.

It's something I've been tinkering with for years and years. I've looked at all the do-it-yourself Lava Lamp websites, and they're all electric light bulb driven. Given that incandescent light bulbs are no longer available, I've started playing with the idea again...

I fashioned a pyramid style wooden frame (for stability) that holds a wine bottle filled with the Lava Lamp solution (of my own creation) and has a place for a tealight candle underneath. At this moment, the "lava" is rising in small blobs, going to the top, cooling, and then falling. Sometimes the cooler blobs that are falling combine with the warmer ones that are rising, and after a short fight, they separate and go their own ways. It is sitting next to a "real" Lava Lamp and it's hard to tell the two apart.

Is it possible there might be a market for a Lava Lamp that doesn't need electricity to operate? My wife says no, but I'm thinking there's not only a market, but a HUGE one for a Lava Lamp that operates "OFF THE GRID".

Thoughts?

Edited for stupid spelling mistake!

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I think I may have perfected a tealight candle driven Lava Lamp. (Original Post) cherokeeprogressive Nov 2012 OP

this thread is useless without.............. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #1

Ha. The first picture you'll see of this will be on the box it's sold in... no offense! cherokeeprogressive Nov 2012 #5

My dear cherokeeprogressive! CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2012 #2

Interested qwertyMike Nov 2012 #3

I'll tell you this much... the Lava is a mixture of coconut oil and something else. cherokeeprogressive Nov 2012 #6

As long as it wasn't a fire hazard, I think there would be a market for a non-electric lava lamp. Arkansas Granny Nov 2012 #4

Sure would come in handy, Joe Shlabotnik Nov 2012 #7

Throw in a bong and you'll make a fortune. rug Nov 2012 #8

Mathmos makes a tea light-powered lava lamp. Heidi Nov 2012 #9

LavaLampOffGrid.com is available. Grab it. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #10

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

1. this thread is useless without..............

Reply to cherokeeprogressive (Original post)

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 10:22 PM

Nov 2012

cherokeeprogressive

(24,853 posts)

5. Ha. The first picture you'll see of this will be on the box it's sold in... no offense!

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 10:33 PM

Nov 2012

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,645 posts)

2. My dear cherokeeprogressive!

Reply to cherokeeprogressive (Original post)

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 10:23 PM

Nov 2012

I would expect that there's a considerable market for a product that doesn't need electricity to operate. You could advertise it as a lava lamp that is also green. A lot of folks are trying to live off the grid...

I have no idea on how you could market it, though...

Good luck!

qwertyMike

(2,901 posts)

3. Interested

Reply to cherokeeprogressive (Original post)

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 10:25 PM

Nov 2012

1.What is the Solution?
2. What is the Lava?

cherokeeprogressive

(24,853 posts)

6. I'll tell you this much... the Lava is a mixture of coconut oil and something else.

Reply to qwertyMike (Reply #3)

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 10:35 PM

Nov 2012

It took a lot of toying with different solutions/lava to get the right difference in gravity, but I think I've found it.

Arkansas Granny

(31,519 posts)

4. As long as it wasn't a fire hazard, I think there would be a market for a non-electric lava lamp.

Reply to cherokeeprogressive (Original post)

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 10:29 PM

Nov 2012

I haven't seen a lava lamp for several years, but I recall spending some time long ago marveling at the rise and fall of the lava when I was in a certain frame of mind.