Post #523794 by Tacky Tiki on Tue, Apr 13, 2010 8:48 PM

I purchased some rain lamp oil on ebay...hopefully it is the real deal. It's supposed to be drakeol 35. I do have mineral oil, but read a little online about it smelling bad after awhile. Like it went rancid. Mineral oil also has 'vitamin e' as a stabilizer...maybe that is what smells bad and perhaps the drakeol 35 has a different stabilizer? I could not determine if mineral oil (sold as an 'intestinal lubricant') is the same viscosity as drakeol 35 or kaydol 35. There were many numbers after 'drakeol' and 'kaydol' which I assume means the viscosity. I read a bit about mineral oil gumming up after awhile, but perhaps these peeps didn't keep their lamp clean or run it regularly.

I'm still messing with the fake plants...got some small aquarium plants as possible additions. Won't the plants get all oily? Or is that supposed to happen, just as long as they don't drip oil out onto the carpet?

I haven't seen a rain lamp in action since I was about 10, so I just don't remember how the plant thing works!

I love my rain lamp...it's just so TACKY!!!

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Tacky Tiki