Oil light gone a bit lame

[thinman]

Nothing to do with basses or amps. I've got one of those oil-effect lights for the band lighting that has some coloured oils sandwiched between two glass plates driven by a motor. Over the years the colours have faded and the whole thing's a bit anaemic-looking now.

I can't seem to find any replacement discs but wondered if there are any ways to bring it back to life. Any ideas what kind of oils and dyes are used?

[ikay]

Not sure what sort of projector your using but this site sells 6" and 3" oil wheels - [url="http://www.optifanatics.com/Browse.aspx?id=22"]http://www.optifanatics.com/Browse.aspx?id=22[/url]

[icastle]

I used to work for the company that (probably) made your projector.

I believe they still manufacture the same wheels, although the projectors themselves have had a bit of a facelift in the intervening years.

http://www.optikinetics.co.uk/index.php/category/effect-wheels-cassettes-gobos/catalogue/optikinetics

[thinman]

Thanks chaps. My projector appears to be made by "Zoom Manufacturing" which doesn't appear to exist as a specific company on the internet.

The wheel is about 4.5" so I doubt those on the sites name would fit. May have to ditch it...