The Tapa Outrigger Lamp is hung and back in action!!!! - General Tiki

AJ Aloha John Member San Bernardino, CA Joined: Oct 25, 2005 Posts: 143	AJ Aloha John Posted posted on Tue, Jan 1, 2008 9:46 PM I vacuumed as much dust as I could with the brush attachment. I used about 20 qtips to excavate the crevices. I'm not sure if that has been cleaned for 40 years. There was even some mouse poo in it! I got new sockets and lamp wires installed, new extension cord, added 2 25 watt bulbs and fired her up! She is now proudly hanging in my Tiki Lounge. I had to move my Monkeyman tapa lamp and reposition a puffer. We will probably track down the supplies for the repair job this weekend. Once it's fixed up and goes back on the hooks I will slip some lamp chain over each of my wire hangers since the open top illuminates them oh so nicely. Oh and thanks Kahaka for the name of that paper! That will help me track it down for my one of my other lamp projects. [ Edited by: Aloha John 2008-01-01 21:51 ]

I vacuumed as much dust as I could with the brush attachment. I used about 20 qtips to excavate the crevices. I'm not sure if that has been cleaned for 40 years. There was even some mouse poo in it! I got new sockets and lamp wires installed, new extension cord, added 2 25 watt bulbs and fired her up!

She is now proudly hanging in my Tiki Lounge. I had to move my Monkeyman tapa lamp and reposition a puffer.

We will probably track down the supplies for the repair job this weekend. Once it's fixed up and goes back on the hooks I will slip some lamp chain over each of my wire hangers since the open top illuminates them oh so nicely.

Oh and thanks Kahaka for the name of that paper! That will help me track it down for my one of my other lamp projects.

[ Edited by: Aloha John 2008-01-01 21:51 ]

Post #352416 by Aloha John on Tue, Jan 1, 2008 9:46 PM