r/DIY_LavaLamps

So I have recently bought a vintage lamp from a thrift shop for six bucks. In attempt to restore it. I used the regular type of master fluid and let’s just say that it didn’t not work out obviously but I didn’t know. So I had bought a different lamp for five dollars off of OfferUp. This lamp was not vintage and an attempt to also edit the master fluid. It was fairly successful. I really wanna get this vintage lamp to work but I have already spent a lot of money. I’ve tried so many recipes. Any recipe that is successful for a vintage lamp ? I’ve noticed that the waxes are very different, the modern wax is pretty solid and hard, while the vintage wax is still quite soft, even after being cool. Help please. It’s been two weeks of this hyper fixation of trying to fix this lamp.

Hi Y'all

I have a project I'd like some help with!
I had an idea (maybe awesome, maybe insane) to build a lavalamp as a cpu cooler for my Raspberry Pi.

I've found the recipes for DIY lavalamps and am assembling the ingredients. I plan on building a full sized lavalamp as a proof of concept, then attempting to scale it down to pi sized.

Building the cooler imposes some additional constraints on the lava,

• The wax should melt ~35-40C - the general operating temp of the cpu is ~42C so I want the wax to melt below that.
• The base of the lamp needs to be ~25cm in diameter (the chip is 20cm on a side). I have found sample vials that work that are ~40ml.

I'd appreciate any knowledge about lowering the wax melt temp and the smallest volume folks have built lamps.

TIA!!