Gotta be careful about that and make sure there are no leaks before you go lighting it. You gotta admit that it really gets your heart pumping and excites you a little when a big fireball erupts from the bottom of the lighter for about 1 and a half seconds till all the gas is burned up huh?!?! Soon as that's done with then you can promptly go and change your shorts cause there's a pretty good chance you Shat yourself when it happened. Happens to the best of us bud. Just be careful next time. Take care.

Rest in piece Pete you will be missed saw the post on Facebook a while ago and I know we didn’t talk much but you were a wholesome guy

@@darkestwolf1251 why did u tell him to RIP as if he’s reading this 🤦🏽‍♀️

@@daciasdiy1861 who

@@daciasdiy1861 cares

💙💙💙

Hope you're doing okay.

Sorry for your loss man... That lighter probably means the world to you.

Awesome! Thank you for sharing your experience.

Dope, thank you. I don’t have any rubber gaskets

Not sure if you saw my follow up video on things to use besides a rubber stopper like that. You may find that useful as well.

@Mary Cardinal - Here is the link to that follow up vid if you are interested in seeing the other things you can use. Thanks! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/et53adBjs5-tj6M.html

Agreed. I prefer those as well.

HAHA! I bet. Thanks for sharing man. I've seen something similar done on another youtube video but I've yet to try that method. Thanks for sharing though. It sounds like it would be a good tip to try.

Replacing the Flint is simple as long as you have a steady hand and make sure to replace the wheel in the same direction as it was on before or else it won't spark the flint properly it's grooved in a certain direction so ya...also take the flint from any other old lighter

Daddy Dom thanks for the tip.

Any chance a video will be made with this method...? Or anyone know where I can find a video showing this method?

Not right now no but it’s pretty simple. If I have time I’ll try and throw one together for ya. Otherwise you’ll just have to wait love. Unless you want to give it a shot. I’d watch it if you do. 😉

great idea. ill have to try it. thanks

get a tab of hot glue, then sand it down. presto nobody knows you refilled it. let us know how this method works.

@@psychomaniac189 it works well Also works for refilling s torch where it Just wont seal while.tryinf to fill it.

I just wonder about the 'Do not expose to heat over 50 degrees Celsius' it concerns me

Yeah I’ve seen the other vids and as long as you were able to find a valve and had the proper tools I don’t think it would be too difficult and for as much as I use mine and given what I use them for, it’s just easier for me to use a thumbtack and refill them like I always do. Takes all of 10 seconds to do once you have a good system down.

@@PetesShopMakes I didn't serve this country for a group of childish republicant's to Dictate how I medicate myself in order to pacify my Anxiety, PTSD, Depression and, my shoulder injury(All USMC related)

And that’s your god given right in my opinion. Thank you for your service. Oohrah!

Haha! MARL...BORO....not MARBRO as a lot of people pronounce it. I'm not hatin though. To each, his own.

@@PetesShopMakes It's like Tanqueray. Some people are convinced the q is pronounced like a g for SOME reason. I argued them. Then one day I heard the commercial. Turns out the q is actually pronounced like.. a q! Vindication feels sweet.

@@JunkBondTrader I've always pronounced it more like TANK-ERAY. Maybe that's just me though.

Very clever! Thank you for sharing your tip as well. That's the best part about the internet in my opinion. Being able to learn and share with others.

How he died?

I’m not exactly sure but I guess it’s worth a try. Give it a shot. You’ve got nothing to lose.

This is a very late response but did it ever work?

I couldn’t tell you cause I never tried it. I honestly just think if it did work, you’d end up wasting a ton of butane because there would t be a tight seal and you gotta be holding the thumb lever down while holding the other can upside down and pressing down hard to try and get the gas in that little hole. Pulse I’m pretty sure those are check valves anyways. Meaning the gas can only flow in one direction but again, I can’t really say for certain because I never have done it. Give it a go and let me know what your results are ok.

No, you cannot. Check valve prevents that.

@@PetesShopMakes "I’m not exactly sure but I guess it’s worth a try. Give it a shot. You’ve got nothing to lose." Except a finger, maybe. ha ha.

Tamara Kennedy you’re very welcome

Bought like 10pcs a decade ago when I used to smoke for $0.50 a pop. Now they're sold for ~$2.20, pretty insane indeed. But I do find a lot of thrown lighters that are reusable and refill them, so I wish I did this sooner. Now I restore them just for fun and have a bucket of 40 atm. 😂 Love me some "CLIPPER reusable" and their spring-flint-strike tube is the best. 👌😘 Even BIC can't make the disposable lighters worth it. 👍

Yeah man whatever works. In the follow up video I showed using rubber bands and even putty.

Hot glue

Mahdi Husein thanks!

It leaks out when you’re refilling it or after you’ve filled it and put the pin back?

After putting the pin in! I have been having the same problem! Even when using hot glue before pushing the pin in!

Really that’s interesting? What type of pin are you using? Try the hourglass shaped push pins. Those tend to have a larger circumference pin and seem to fill the hole better.

The Redstone Rebel if you hold your can of butane upright and you can somehow figure a way to get a tight seal around the fill valve of your broken lighter, all you have to do then is just push the lighter down on the valve on your can of butane and it will essentially empty the fluid from your broken lighter back into the can which then can be used to fill to good lighter, I’ve done this successfully with one of those long bbq lighters before.

dont just buy a new one

@@Tonystark-jm5jf I'm 17, and you have to be 18 to buy one ;/

@@theredstonerebel4930 ouch bummer

Never! Why buy a new one when he could refill the old one

Lol. Well then I’m glad at least he got to enjoy it

Domi C that’s a good idea I never really thought of hot glue. Would probably work well.

Cool! Glad to help.

Helped me just by a refillable clipper heaps better

To each his own I guess.

Push it in

Unfortunately I don’t use a zippo for anything. I use to have one but lost it back when I use to smoke but those days are long behind me. Sorry. Thanks for the comment though. Good luck finding a solution.

It can be done

Trabiccolo could’ve been a little hairpin fracture or hole In the case that just caused a slow leak over time or a malfunctioning gas release button on top that possibly could’ve been slowly allowing gas to escape overnight. Just my guesses though.

Thank you for the answer. Not the first time it happens to me, probably the case material and valves are the most important parts in a lighter...Isn't it?

Trabiccolo for the most part yeah. That’s basically what keep the fuel inside so if either of those are compromised then they’ll surely leak.

@@trabiccolo879 You might benefit from a gas free wind resistant lighter A rope lighter, something you can replenish as you need and the fuel is less volitile kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jtKegrxo2tOvfI0.html

So don't take out the pin! I cut the plastic top off the push pin and then ground it down until it down to the rounded base. 📌

Lol!

Lmao

I dont think it can be refilled that way.

Only on crack lighters that adjust

Not sure, I tried that earlier today and ended up taking it apart (BIC), only the flint could be removed. The check valve (where the fuel/flame comes out of) is locked to lighter button lever.

So yeah it's not impossible, but kinda hectic and way too much wastage of lighter fuel 😛

*to the lighter button lever. Which is in turn locked to two metal parts on either side attached to the BIC plastic body** 😂

Preston Elliott That sounds terrible. Sorry to hear that. Be more careful.

Haha!

Whatever works!

Thats scary. Be careful

No doubt.

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Where I live in California they don't. They were almost 5 bucks last time I checked but I wouldn't really know since i've been refilling the same lighter for the past 6 years and I'm only really familiar the price of butane which is about 3 dollars and equal to about 50 lighters so I couldn't really say. Thanks for your comment.

@@PetesShopMakes I'm in Southern California' and 1 bic lighter goes for about 1.50ish at Walmart and about 2.50 at gas stations. Or a pack of like 4 for about 5 bucks

Bics have massive flints. People take them out and use them in their Zippo when the gas is gone.

@@Earthneedsado-over177 I’ve been doing that for years now

Try to refill it then. Hope that helps. Thanks

@@PetesShopMakes thanks for the video i will when i find a pin or some thumbtack

I do.

I don't believe it would "blow OFF'" your hand, but rather make an exciting flame-throwing fireball. Kind of like when you take a can of hair spray or some other pressurized can containing propellant and you spray it through a lit flame. That's when you remove the pin completely at least I mean but it only lasts a second till all the gas is expelled. Doubt it would do that from a small leak. That's not to say that the flame couldn't go back up inside while lit and cause the lighter to explode but again, don't think that's enough to actually blow your hand "OFF". All that said, that's only my observation from past experiences and opinions of my own. You should still do this at your own risk and take the necessary precautions.

Somebody else suggested the same thing. I’ll have to check them out

If you already had the butane on hand then it really wouldn’t be and here where I live in California, Bic lighters are $3 for one and a can of butane is about $5 and a single can will refill a lighter about 50 times so for me it made sense.

Sketchy Koolaide that’s what I’m sayin

Or if you got a supreme or hype lighter and don't want to throw it out

@BIG MAYATE STAY ON:: well damn did you put alot of gas in ?

@BIG MAYATE STAY ON:: you fucking troll ass

not where I live they're like 5 bucks. a can of butane is $2.50 and you can fill about 50 lighters super quick and easy which is well worth it to some.

An for the person or people that whiz through the fuel in a lighter an have to turn around to purchase another on an another one - gets pricey an buying the refillable cheap ones is costly to! You get what you pay for!

Exactly! Thanks for your input. It’s much appreciated.

Just paid 2.87 for one.

It's a test of skill. Are you scared?😄

Not where I live you cant

@@PetesShopMakes where do you live

@@livefromchicago1166 Hell. Also, know as California to some people.😉

@@PetesShopMakes lol

Bic lighters are 2 dollars and they empty super quick now days those fucking bastards I didnt go through this many lighters when I had an addiction smoking meth !!! 10 years ago!!

Cause they cost 5 dollars where I live

@@PetesShopMakes Woah where do you live?

@@LilSakei Hell. AKA Northern California

@@PetesShopMakes oh man full sized bics are 2 dollars over here in canada

@@LilSakei Yeah I hear that from everyone when I tell them how much they cost here because people always tell me to just go buy a new one when they run out instead of having to refill them but it makes more sense for me to buy a can of butane for around the same price as a new light will cost and I can fill about 50 lighters with that one can and once you get the method down, it only takes about 30 seconds to refill one rather than go and spend 5 bucks every time it runs out of fuel. To each his own though so whatever works for you I guess.

Long term sustainability and sentiment, just buy a new one was known and unwanted

Not like millions of non biodegradable lighters end up in landfills and our oceans every year or anything...

Shits expensive around here. Cheaper and easier to refill them.

No challenge and no fun!

As would I if they weren’t $6 per lighter where I live. Makes sense for me to refill the same lighter 75 times with a single small can of $2.50 butane than to go buy new every time it runs empty. Once you have the set up it takes Á matter of seconds to refill anyways so no big deal but to each is own. Thanks for the comment!

Then get a new one??

@@shiftless215 because they just never seem to last very long and are cheaply made and quite honestly are hard to find anymore and seem to not be as readily available as bics at most stores.

@@AB-us4tq Thank you.

Unfortunately, thats about how much a single lighter costs here in the states and is the main reason for the video. Thanks for the input though. It is greatly appreciated. Cheers mate!

@@PetesShopMakes There .99 in Massachusetts.

Honestly...Im not a huge fan of them. To each his own I suppose.

Personally not a fan either. But Clippers are fine as long as you don’t require having it lit for very long. Having the flame lit for roughly over 30 seconds melts the plastic. However I do like the removable flint stem on some of them that you can use as a “cigarette” packing tool. Also the ability to refill is obviously a plus.