Found this video extremely helpful. I knew something wasn't right when I had to refill my lighter every week. Just packed my lighter with cotton like this, new fluid, new wick, new flint, worked like a charm to say the least. Thank you sir!
@@ZippoFanatic77 Which of your videos are you referring to about this trick? I'm assuming you just cut a piece of the plastic bag to the length of the insert and place it under the insert? O_o
Thanks dude , really appreciate the clear concise explanation, mine is around a year old although I’m sure it got water in it so I’ll be repacking and new wick ! Cheers from Australia
Thanx dude! Super freaking helpful. I change my cotton from time to time but not as much as I should. It really makes sense that when it lasts 4-5 days when it lasted longer before. I recently bought a new zippo, a month ago lol and now I am changing its cotton as a new genuine zippo only lasts about 5 days. I only checked now what I should have checked the day I bought it that the cotton feels super old. Channing it now and making a point to change it more often as it does not take a lot of time and it doesn't cost much so I will be making a point of regularly changing the cotton. I use mine all the time as well. Thanks again for your vid, I will definitely be subscribing ]=)
Got a Metro-style bullet lighter that has been acting like it is starved of fuel. I think the wick is bad, but this was helpful to figure out how much cotton to pack in. Thanks!
I noticed new zippos tend to have the balls packed too tight. The felt pad sits recessed in the insert. The wick is also almost never in the S shape they recommend. Just rewick with the stuff that's already in there. Loosen the balls a little and snaking the wick properly greatly improved the capacity. The felt should be about level with the bottom of the insert. If it sits too low you packed it too much. If it sits too high just push it down till it's level.
This is what I was looking for. I got my "Vintage" Zippo from a smoke shop and the wick routing and packing was awful. More than 20% of the wick was not touching the rayon, pushed up against the casing. I'm going to follow your steps to fix it. I'm also going to switch to cotton because it's easier to get for me.
There’s a certain brand of Japanese cotton makeup pads you can use. I used them for wicks in vapes and they were damned good. Not as quick or full an absorbency of rayon (like zippo uses), but it was pretty decent.
I found two old zippos one the cover was mangled the other a Gold eat Ride Sleep had not used it for ten years filled it up and it lit first try ! Hi Mike from NH. !!!
Ta very much mate. You've got a great accent! I've been using Zippos for over 30 years and I'd never heard about the flint holder! I've been filling them up wrong for that long. And you're exactly correct, a spare flint fits straight in there. Great idea. Thankyou (and Zippo)
never had one go 2 weeks, but i tend to be a flipper, so waste fuel. 6-7 days avg for me, and i smoke alot tho..so that could be it :( down to about half a pack tho, from a pack a day for years. Your channel has helped alot tho, repacked a few recently and doing much better flame wise/itme. usually if i do fuel a couple at a time to rotate every other day or so. Ill leave one in a mason jar over night est of zippos are stores dry, with flints out if not being used any amount of time
i got into zippos after just finding one on the ground. turned out to be one from the 60s when i checked with zippo for the serial number. this was in late 2020 lmao. Still a cool find. solid copper too, shit had gone green from sitting outside for so long.
@@ZippoFanatic77 yeah true. it could just be brass coated ngl. I just picked up another one today used. heineken 1988, its absolutely grotty though. literally, the cotton is moldy and the hinge is so loose, so is the hinge for the cam. gonna send it to zippo for a repair.
@@ZippoFanatic77 also, any idea how much it costs to get a lighter repaired through zippo? lol Its so bad i cant even fix it myself. the exterior is pretty good but every moving part is just fucked
Make sure to check out the new Zippo Fanatic 77 Outdoors channel as this old one was hacked. Just search in the youtube search bar and be sure to include the new outdoor part. He's back! Let's help him get the channel rebuilt!
a few sort of issues ive had are sometimes when i strike the lighter theres a sort of mini fire explosion as if there was gas around the wick that was ignited instead of lighting the wick which i presume is because of having abit too much fuel, sometimes for a period of time being impossible to ignite when there is definatly plenty of fuel in and then shortly after ignighting perfectlywhich i guess could be because of how its been sitting and possibly making it so that the fuel has gone away from the wick and only after some time of it being held the right way up the fuel manages to go back the wick.
I know that the hole in the pad is to store a spare flint. I tried that trick. Didn't work for me. Almost every time I pulled the insert to fill, the flint would fall out and be lost. So I always put a spare flint or two under the pad. Now I never lose a spare flint.
I've put extra flints under the felt for years. I haven't bought any flint in years either....I recycle flints from disposable lighters. If flint is too long, break it in half using to pairs of pliers.
Do you have to use the same method if you're retainer is designed for pipe smoking? As it has a hole on the side so you can tip the lighter onto its side and not burn the edges of the pipe.
Yeah I figured.. I had a replacement wick somewhere around here but I cant find the bastard. I actually lost the little guy and I found him recently, only get about 4-5 days until I need the ol ronsonol refill. Ill buy all this shit tomorrow, cause this lighters been with me for years now. Thanks.
@@ZippoFanatic77 okay dude, thanks for the advise.. btw.. i have a cheap phone with shattered screen, so appreciate ur phone dude.. u so lucky..anyways.. thanks again dude, ill check ur other vids
Is it the same for a zippo slim I have two zippo slim and I've never get more then 5days out of them even when there brand new I don't get it my other zippos full size I get 2 weeks no problem any help would be awesome
@@ZippoFanatic77 I saw that it seems like an awesome idea I'm trying it now seeing how long it work for the Zippo slims thanks so much awesome videos thanks for the help
I've noticed everyone is leaving out probably the most important thing of all when replacing the wick. No one has mentioned to never stretch the wick when putting it in. It has to be the top fit or the fuel will leak and evaporate out. Makes sense?
Thanks for the video. In this video you mention that keeping the cotton packed tight saves fuel, but in another video it's packed less tight for the same reason. Looser packed saves more fuel, right?
Right, the hole in the felt pad is to spare flint place. And if you wanna fill with fluid, take off the spare flint then, open the Zippo fluid with zippo case, then the top of zippo fluis can open the felt pad by the hole
Hey dude, I bought some rayon cellucotton beauty coil from Amazon and snipped off 5 pcs. I tried packing two on either side of the wick real snug then layering as usual but it seems that my fuel is gone in 2 days now! Granted I smoke pipes and use my lighter about 8-10x a day or more but still it should last longer. Any advice on what I may have done wrong?
@@ZippoFanatic77 So the first two should be really tight right but the last few should be fluffed up? I did do a looser pack at first on the rest and just now after rewatching I tried adding another piece because it felt too empty. Will report back if there is still an issue.
I just bought my first zippo today at Walmart. Gutted it and re stuffed it with the 5 cottons while making my wick into a “S” shape….. btw the cotton is it regular cotton balls or special zippo cotton??????
Is there any benefit of needing the rayon balls prior to putting them back in or will the length of use until refilling the lighter remain the same if you leave them in balls?
He means to ask if there's any benefit to stretching out the cotton and compressing it again before shoving all of it into the insert. I personally think it'd make it worse since there'd be more surface area for the fuel to evaporate off of.
mine stays alight for 1 day... the wick looks okay but turns black whenever i light. cotton is hard. after 1 day of topping up fluide it sparks the next day and nothing else
@@ZippoFanatic77 yeah but ! If u pack to much the cotton cant expand ?, but yeah i get what u mean ! It Will always be a big mystery xD, i use pure naptha to, I really liked your work with the camspring, and I managed to save my zippo ! ,
@@ZippoFanatic77 hehe u helped me with both ! One time i stuck cotton under the camspring, it broke xD then i got a new one, and stuck a spring under the cam, it works but it gets weird and to fast and all that, Left it there for a year, found your video, and the spring under the cam had really eaten up spring so when i tried to bend it it just broke of xD , Found an old star lighter drilled out the cam from that one and started working on the brass thingy, real hard man ! But it worked ;)
I Will e-mail some pictures if u wanna see ;) i found replacement cam holders in pencils, those one that clicks lol xD my first time ever interaktion like this, !
@@ZippoFanatic77 yeah im always fidling ! 53 dollars in sweden for one regular silver zippo insane prices but i love those damn lighters ^^ i Will send my broken ones to germany ;) not all out of luck , thanks man !
What will happen if I use a Normal 100% regular cotton rather than rayon cotton in my zippo. Will it increase my fuel hold last long. Please make a video 🤔
I wanted to give it a try: I took 2 zippos, and I arranged them differently. in one zippo I left the wick at the bottom of the insert, and in the other, I put the wick to the s, so that it is always impregnated with petrol. I left the same amount of cotton in both. Now I have to wait, to see which of the 2 will run out first. I believe there won't be a big difference. Have you already done this test? I'd be curious to know. Thanks so much.
I took a pipe cleaner, and put it in place of the traditional wick, and I saw that it can be modeled, with the S-system, because the metal core of the pipe cleaner is quite soft. Result: it lights up perfectly. I don't know if the metal core will resist the heat, but for now it works very well, and the pipe cleaner remains white. I did this experiment with an old clone, because I don't experiment with my beloved, original zippos.
@@ZippoFanatic77 inform you that the experiment with the 2 wicks, placed in a different way, gave me the following result: the zippo with the wick, placed at the bottom of the insert, this morning had a weak flame, instead the zippo with the wick put in S position, it had a full and powerful flame. Because in the zippo factory, they don't put the wick in the S position. I don't think it takes a lot of economic effort to put a wick in the right position.
man, i am getting sometimes, as long as 1 day of fuel, fiering at least 12 cigs a day and I have to trim wick at least once a week, wtf is happing bro? seriously am getting turned down on zippos by this.
Found this video extremely helpful. I knew something wasn't right when I had to refill my lighter every week. Just packed my lighter with cotton like this, new fluid, new wick, new flint, worked like a charm to say the least. Thank you sir!
Is the cotton that the lighter comes with different from the one you recommend to use in this video?
@@ZippoFanatic77 Just now seeing this reply. XD Do you mean like a plastic ziploc sandwich bag or a paper bag? O_o
@@ZippoFanatic77 Which of your videos are you referring to about this trick? I'm assuming you just cut a piece of the plastic bag to the length of the insert and place it under the insert? O_o
@@ZippoFanatic77 In the immortal words of Sean Connery, "You're the man now, dawg."
@@liamfitzpatrick3849 that's what I wanna know
I really appreciate this you just brought life to my lighter I’ve had for a while now got it from grandpa before he died
Same exact thing here!!!
Amazing! Love to learn all the details - especially about the hole that is just there to hold the extra flint!!
Thanks dude , really appreciate the clear concise explanation, mine is around a year old although I’m sure it got water in it so I’ll be repacking and new wick ! Cheers from Australia
I have the same Jack Daniels Zippo! I bought mine in Toledo Ohio in 2011 and it's a 2011 Zippo! :)
Did that to my good old Venetian pattern Zippo that I adore. Worked perfectly, thank you
Thank you so much for taking the time to write and video and show this ❤
Now that is the proper way. Very nice!
Thanx dude! Super freaking helpful. I change my cotton from time to time but not as much as I should. It really makes sense that when it lasts 4-5 days when it lasted longer before. I recently bought a new zippo, a month ago lol and now I am changing its cotton as a new genuine zippo only lasts about 5 days. I only checked now what I should have checked the day I bought it that the cotton feels super old. Channing it now and making a point to change it more often as it does not take a lot of time and it doesn't cost much so I will be making a point of regularly changing the cotton. I use mine all the time as well.
Thanks again for your vid, I will definitely be subscribing ]=)
Got a Metro-style bullet lighter that has been acting like it is starved of fuel. I think the wick is bad, but this was helpful to figure out how much cotton to pack in. Thanks!
Thank you for this! Fantastic! Informative and to the point.
I noticed new zippos tend to have the balls packed too tight. The felt pad sits recessed in the insert. The wick is also almost never in the S shape they recommend. Just rewick with the stuff that's already in there. Loosen the balls a little and snaking the wick properly greatly improved the capacity. The felt should be about level with the bottom of the insert. If it sits too low you packed it too much. If it sits too high just push it down till it's level.
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This is what I was looking for. I got my "Vintage" Zippo from a smoke shop and the wick routing and packing was awful. More than 20% of the wick was not touching the rayon, pushed up against the casing. I'm going to follow your steps to fix it. I'm also going to switch to cotton because it's easier to get for me.
There’s a certain brand of Japanese cotton makeup pads you can use. I used them for wicks in vapes and they were damned good. Not as quick or full an absorbency of rayon (like zippo uses), but it was pretty decent.
I found two old zippos one the cover was mangled the other a Gold eat Ride Sleep had not used it for ten years filled it up and it lit first try ! Hi Mike from NH. !!!
Extremely helpful video
Just known that the lil hole is for the flint.....thanks man
No its just for lifting the felt you put the flint under the felt
Ta very much mate.
You've got a great accent!
I've been using Zippos for over 30 years and I'd never heard about the flint holder!
I've been filling them up wrong for that long.
And you're exactly correct, a spare flint fits straight in there. Great idea.
Thankyou (and Zippo)
Great video
never had one go 2 weeks, but i tend to be a flipper, so waste fuel. 6-7 days avg for me, and i smoke alot tho..so that could be it :( down to about half a pack tho, from a pack a day for years. Your channel has helped alot tho, repacked a few recently and doing much better flame wise/itme. usually if i do fuel a couple at a time to rotate every other day or so. Ill leave one in a mason jar over night est of zippos are stores dry, with flints out if not being used any amount of time
cheers mate, very informative
As always thank you for the knowledge
i got into zippos after just finding one on the ground. turned out to be one from the 60s when i checked with zippo for the serial number. this was in late 2020 lmao. Still a cool find.
solid copper too, shit had gone green from sitting outside for so long.
@@ZippoFanatic77 could be plated, not sure. its a 62 I believe but ill check on the website
@@ZippoFanatic77 yeah true. it could just be brass coated ngl.
I just picked up another one today used. heineken 1988, its absolutely grotty though. literally, the cotton is moldy and the hinge is so loose, so is the hinge for the cam. gonna send it to zippo for a repair.
@@ZippoFanatic77 also, any idea how much it costs to get a lighter repaired through zippo? lol
Its so bad i cant even fix it myself. the exterior is pretty good but every moving part is just fucked
@@ZippoFanatic77 oh nice! ill do that. I just saw the thing saying its free if it doesnt work after they repair it so i though they charge you.
@@ZippoFanatic77 nah, Australia. I gotta ship it over there i assume. really annoying tbh. hope the shipping isnt too long
What part about the zippo replacement do you find the most tedious?
Wick
Can I use cotton balls?
Thank you sir this video was really helpful
Make sure to check out the new Zippo Fanatic 77 Outdoors channel as this old one was hacked. Just search in the youtube search bar and be sure to include the new outdoor part. He's back! Let's help him get the channel rebuilt!
Good video! - I've learned something new :D
a few sort of issues ive had are sometimes when i strike the lighter theres a sort of mini fire explosion as if there was gas around the wick that was ignited instead of lighting the wick which i presume is because of having abit too much fuel, sometimes for a period of time being impossible to ignite when there is definatly plenty of fuel in and then shortly after ignighting perfectlywhich i guess could be because of how its been sitting and possibly making it so that the fuel has gone away from the wick and only after some time of it being held the right way up the fuel manages to go back the wick.
Nice i needed this information 👍
Great info brother.
I've never put rayon in my lighters. I use a $1 bag of cotton balls from the dollar tree and it works just as well.
I know that the hole in the pad is to store a spare flint. I tried that trick. Didn't work for me. Almost every time I pulled the insert to fill, the flint would fall out and be lost. So I always put a spare flint or two under the pad. Now I never lose a spare flint.
I've put extra flints under the felt for years. I haven't bought any flint in years either....I recycle flints from disposable lighters. If flint is too long, break it in half using to pairs of pliers.
Do you have to use the same method if you're retainer is designed for pipe smoking? As it has a hole on the side so you can tip the lighter onto its side and not burn the edges of the pipe.
How often should you do this?
Yeah I figured.. I had a replacement wick somewhere around here but I cant find the bastard. I actually lost the little guy and I found him recently, only get about 4-5 days until I need the ol ronsonol refill. Ill buy all this shit tomorrow, cause this lighters been with me for years now. Thanks.
You do learn something every day😁
Do I have to use zippo cotton?
Or any cotton that hurts
I would think if it was to tight it would hold less fluid. I would think the space is what allows the cotton to expand while absorbing more.
Just regular cotton balls?
Thanks for the knowledge
Really helpful dude, thanks
Can i use normal cotton ball on my lighter?
Okay dude.. thanks.. love ur vid btw.. its so clear.
@@ZippoFanatic77 okay dude, thanks for the advise.. btw.. i have a cheap phone with shattered screen, so appreciate ur phone dude.. u so lucky..anyways.. thanks again dude, ill check ur other vids
Is it the same for a zippo slim I have two zippo slim and I've never get more then 5days out of them even when there brand new I don't get it my other zippos full size I get 2 weeks no problem any help would be awesome
@@ZippoFanatic77 I saw that it seems like an awesome idea I'm trying it now seeing how long it work for the Zippo slims thanks so much awesome videos thanks for the help
Is this cotton also used in vape?
Sir , after this packing, how.long does it hold fuel?
Where do you get cotton bacon. can't find it on amazon
Thank you! Have to do it all over lol
What can I use to replace the felt other than felt
Going to be honest. I always just lifted the flap and put a few flints. Habit I picked up from my dad.
I've noticed everyone is leaving out probably the most important thing of all when replacing the wick.
No one has mentioned to never stretch the wick when putting it in. It has to be the top fit or the fuel will leak and evaporate out.
Makes sense?
Thanks for the video.
In this video you mention that keeping the cotton packed tight saves fuel, but in another video it's packed less tight for the same reason.
Looser packed saves more fuel, right?
Learned something new today👌🏽
My Chevy van was made in Canada just changed the oil Mobil 1 good for another ten thousand miles 76,000 miles great shape !
Right, the hole in the felt pad is to spare flint place. And if you wanna fill with fluid, take off the spare flint then, open the Zippo fluid with zippo case, then the top of zippo fluis can open the felt pad by the hole
informative
thanks man i have a brass jack daniels zippo
I be changing often , I got a 67 zippo that sucks cause it holds zero fluid ,
What type of cotton do I use just any regular cotton balls, or is there a specific brand of cotton I should use
100% cotton yes 👍🏻
Useful 👍
Hey dude, I bought some rayon cellucotton beauty coil from Amazon and snipped off 5 pcs. I tried packing two on either side of the wick real snug then layering as usual but it seems that my fuel is gone in 2 days now! Granted I smoke pipes and use my lighter about 8-10x a day or more but still it should last longer. Any advice on what I may have done wrong?
@@ZippoFanatic77 So the first two should be really tight right but the last few should be fluffed up? I did do a looser pack at first on the rest and just now after rewatching I tried adding another piece because it felt too empty. Will report back if there is still an issue.
@@ZippoFanatic77 Way to ruin our trust in you! lol I'll losen er up then and see how it goes.
I just bought my first zippo today at Walmart. Gutted it and re stuffed it with the 5 cottons while making my wick into a “S” shape….. btw the cotton is it regular cotton balls or special zippo cotton??????
At what minute mark did you change the wick?
Is there any benefit of needing the rayon balls prior to putting them back in or will the length of use until refilling the lighter remain the same if you leave them in balls?
He means to ask if there's any benefit to stretching out the cotton and compressing it again before shoving all of it into the insert. I personally think it'd make it worse since there'd be more surface area for the fuel to evaporate off of.
Despite not answering your question, he did like it. Guess that counts for something. Lol.
@@deniece.anastassia LOL
@@deniece.anastassia LOL!
Cool man
Thanks man!
Thanks my man
mine stays alight for 1 day... the wick looks okay but turns black whenever i light. cotton is hard. after 1 day of topping up fluide it sparks the next day and nothing else
please help me fix this problem. sorry if im not so clear im a bit drunk sorry
I stuff my zippo digferentlyand make an s like form with the wick
Cool
How refreshing.
Thanks!
I used to pack very weak it holds more fuel, but it would evap quicker any thoughts ?
@@ZippoFanatic77 yeah but ! If u pack to much the cotton cant expand ?, but yeah i get what u mean ! It Will always be a big mystery xD, i use pure naptha to,
I really liked your work with the camspring, and I managed to save my zippo ! ,
@@ZippoFanatic77 hehe u helped me with both ! One time i stuck cotton under the camspring, it broke xD then i got a new one, and stuck a spring under the cam, it works but it gets weird and to fast and all that,
Left it there for a year, found your video, and the spring under the cam had really eaten up spring so when i tried to bend it it just broke of xD ,
Found an old star lighter drilled out the cam from that one and started working on the brass thingy, real hard man ! But it worked ;)
The spring ate the cam btw^^
I Will e-mail some pictures if u wanna see ;) i found replacement cam holders in pencils, those one that clicks lol xD my first time ever interaktion like this, !
@@ZippoFanatic77 yeah im always fidling ! 53 dollars in sweden for one regular silver zippo insane prices but i love those damn lighters ^^ i Will send my broken ones to germany ;) not all out of luck , thanks man !
What will happen if I use a Normal 100% regular cotton rather than rayon cotton in my zippo. Will it increase my fuel hold last long. Please make a video 🤔
@@ZippoFanatic77 Useful 👍🏻. I think I've saved myself from doing it so 😄
@@ZippoFanatic77 Cool.. got it 👍🏻
I wanted to give it a try: I took 2 zippos, and I arranged them differently. in one zippo I left the wick at the bottom of the insert, and in the other, I put the wick to the s, so that it is always impregnated with petrol. I left the same amount of cotton in both. Now I have to wait, to see which of the 2 will run out first. I believe there won't be a big difference. Have you already done this test? I'd be curious to know. Thanks so much.
@@ZippoFanatic77 Certainly.
I took a pipe cleaner, and put it in place of the traditional wick, and I saw that it can be modeled, with the S-system, because the metal core of the pipe cleaner is quite soft. Result: it lights up perfectly. I don't know if the metal core will resist the heat, but for now it works very well, and the pipe cleaner remains white. I did this experiment with an old clone, because I don't experiment with my beloved, original zippos.
@@ZippoFanatic77 inform you that the experiment with the 2 wicks, placed in a different way, gave me the following result: the zippo with the wick, placed at the bottom of the insert, this morning had a weak flame, instead the zippo with the wick put in S position, it had a full and powerful flame. Because in the zippo factory, they don't put the wick in the S position. I don't think it takes a lot of economic effort to put a wick in the right position.
mine only last a day or two...
what's wrong with it -_-
well i do smoke and all..
Do u know why its not lighting, i did this and now it wont light
@@ZippoFanatic77 Is it possible i have too much cotton?
@@ZippoFanatic77 also how long should the wick be before you replace it cuz the wick is quite small
@@ZippoFanatic77 well the wick goes to the middle so it cant be too small.
@@ZippoFanatic77 so i need a new wick
@@ZippoFanatic77 also is there a certain wick i should get
tnx needed that cotton on each of wick, but mine is fake but still tnx
I thought the wick must form an "S" inside the lighter and cotton around it.
I took my zippo apart to fix the flame cuz im 13 and no clue what im doing so thanks this helped a lot 🙂( I DONT SMOKE)
Thank you
I approve
man, i am getting sometimes, as long as 1 day of fuel, fiering at least 12 cigs a day and I have to trim wick at least once a week, wtf is happing bro? seriously am getting turned down on zippos by this.
My hole gose the hole way through. No joke all my ones with holes go through
Last and final step burn the old cotton /rayon balls
Haha shouldn’t of mentioned that in the video. New channel if your interested I lost this one
I never had even a new zippo last more than 5 days.
Action is out of frame .. out of our sight.
Instant FAIL.
My wick was gone in a day oof😐
If people think you smoke a lot , I go through a lighter a day
this comment is for the sticker prize
my mans wearing sandals
@@ZippoFanatic77 king footwear
My Zippo would only last about a week it's been about 3 weeks already ever since I packed it the way you said it thank you sir