But he did reveal some key ingredients. Katzel: Inside of a lava lamp, you've got wax, which is mostly paraffin wax. That's your lava. Jones: Paraffin wax is a common wax made from petroleum.

The lava lamp was invented by Edward ... Crestworth Ltd. Craven Walker’s lamp paired two mutually insoluble liquids: one water-based, the other wax-based. The exact recipe is a proprietary ...

But he did reveal some key ingredients. Katzel: Inside of a lava lamp, you've got wax, which is mostly paraffin wax. That's your lava. Jones: Paraffin wax is a common wax made from petroleum.