BIC Lighter Refill Followup

[@lechat8533]

Thanks so much. I hate throwing away plastic items. There`s enough waste on this planet already. I remembered my dad refilling BIC lighters in his workshop and sealing them with a tiny screw. He past away last year and I couldn`t ask him, how to do it. I`m really glad you put this on YT. I think they should forbid one-way lighters.

[@redmondj5977]

Someone's always going to down you no matter what. We have all these judges, jurors and executioner's that seem to think they know it all. With there perfect spelling (grammar)... thanks so much Sheldon

[@Cayman_Cider]

*their 😂

[@dark12ain]

Omg the rubber band trick works for me and we have the same butane 💪🏿🔥🔥

[@FoxMacLeod2501]

~30 gauge Leur lock hypodermic needle; slower fill, but it fits really well over the end of the butane fill nozzle and seals both there and on the lighter side quite well. Just don't try to push the ball out with it.

[@redmondj5977]

Doesn't work

[@tailslide5053]

Thanks for the tips! I was able to use electrical tape with a pinhole. Just left the tape on it for next refill.

[@PetesShopMakes]

Cool man, that's a good tip as well. Thanks for your comment.

[@tailslide5053]

@@PetesShopMakes To explain better, I stuck electrical tape to the bottom of the lighter, punctured both the tape and lighter seal with the tack, removed tack, filled, reinstalled tack. Tape stayed on lighter. Perfect seal, works great. Also, on the butane tank, I used a plastic fitting (included with tank) closer in size to the fill pocket instead of the stock metal tube. Cheers

[@PetesShopMakes]

@@tailslide5053 Thanks! I knew what you meant but thanks for clarifying in case someone else may not have. I appreciate it.

[@randomkid1429]

@@tailslide5053 yoooo thanks man saved my life right now !!!!!

[@dark12ain]

Appreciate the video man i checked out the video before this one and it was frest as well. Just saved me from throwing sway a special lighter kne if my kady friends gave me

[@elmog5659]

I'm going to think twice about taking advice from a guy with fresh wounds.

[@christopherclaure6689]

Lol good observation

[@FelipeRodriguezTorres]

I was collecting my old BICs hoping to do something nice with them. Now, I know that Im not going to buy a lighter anymore. Thanks!

[@PetesShopMakes]

Absolutely! No problem man. Glad I could help.

[@hxee5545]

doubt you can change the flint on these tho

[@billynewton5817]

Why do they have the slit in the bottom of the lighter if you can’t refill them? More easily anyway

[@coltonlambert39]

That's how they fill them at the factory....

[@vicentementa6505]

YEAHHHHH!!!!! You are the best man.... just save a life!!! kkkk would like to share with you what about to smoke!!! rsrsrs have a great one my friend!!!!!

[@PetesShopMakes]

Thanks brother. I appreciate that. im glad I could help. smoke it up!

[@ARCSTREAMS]

why are the flames smaller? there is other way to do it properly from the top and it works without damaging nothing or keeping that pin there all the time chance for it to pop out releasing flammable gas dangerously

[@ryanryan8]

I think the factory fills them originally from the bottom and places the seal, which you remove (see the first video). So, filling from the bottom is the proper way.

[@brianparchamento9349]

Great Video

[@llamacebu216]

On the weak flames.. Change your flint. I used plumber's putty

[@vincentcecil7585]

Add a bead of hot glue around butane fill point for gasket

[@lilianjacob7220]

Thank u for sharing 🍃🌸🌺🌷🍃🌸🌺🌷

[@mattress38]

Isn't there a way to fill it from the top?

[@justinberry3991]

No. Not Bic's. You can only do that with cheapo lighters that have the adjustable flame.

[@Usedtobedc]

I just got a can of "clipper" brand butane that has a red rubber adapter along with the plastic ones in lid!

[@PetesShopMakes]

Really?!?! That's pretty dope! I've never seen or even heard of them having something like that. Does it specify what its actual intended purpose is? I would assume they offer it for lighters that may have a loose-fitting connection where gas leaks out when you try to refill it but I doubt they consider that it can and will be used to refill BIC brand and other non-refillable lighters. Hmm... that's pretty cool. I'll have to see if I can find a can of it and check it out. Thanks for the info and the comment.

[@Usedtobedc]

@@PetesShopMakes first one I've seen! really handy actually. yellow and black can, clipper universal!

[@PetesShopMakes]

@@Usedtobedc Sweet! Thanks for the heads up. I appreciate that.

[@Usedtobedc]

@@PetesShopMakes just had a look in better light and it's actually dark blue and yellow and "gas azul" printed above clipper and is from Flamagas spain. hope that actually helps

[@PetesShopMakes]

@@Usedtobedc Yes it does thanks, man. If my local discount cigarette store or other Smoke/Head shop doesn't have any then I'm sure I can find it online. Good looking out. Thanks again.

[@IamKittySweets]

From the looks of your hand, I don't think I will be trying what you're doing. LoL

[@PetesShopMakes]

Kitty Sweets haha! Yeah pretty gnarly but it was from an unrelated incident I swear.

[@IamKittySweets]

@@PetesShopMakes LoL I thought it was funny too.. but I believe you Pete xo

[@PetesShopMakes]

Kitty Sweets Good....😉

[@MichelJosephCardin]

I've installed valves; that I'd had removed from refillable lighters; into two standard Bic lighters; thus far. Quite tedious; the first took me four or five tries and the second was on the first try. I one would have a die tool of that small of size; it would make it way easier.

[@PetesShopMakes]

Yes, I've seen some videos of people doing that, and yes being able to tap some threads in the bottom would make that a lot easier for sure.

[@justinberry3991]

Just use the big round tip fitting that comes on the cap of your refill canister. Fits perfectly and snuggly into the recess at the bottom of the Bic.

[@grumblycurmudgeon]

Right?!

[@grumblycurmudgeon]

"Use a gasket, Sideshow Bob." That pack of reusable putty cost you more than a 100-pack of gaskets would have. Sugaru works fine, too. But - and stick with me here - what works best of all is to take the bloody fill valve out of any cheap POS disposable lighter (the threaded variety, for preference, though any will work) drill out a hole 1/64 smaller than the valve, dab some fast-set epoxy around the valve's EXTERIOR, and press-fit the two together. Of course, then you don't have the joy of a perpetual pinhole leak of flammable gas inside your pocket, which - I gotta level with you - I personally am NOT a fan of, but hey, you do you. Finally, here's a quick Q&A for any of y'all using the thumbtack method: Q. Know what happens to a gas when it heats up? A. It EXPANDS. Q. Know what happens to a lighter (and therefore the gas contained therein) when it sits in a car for any length of time during approximately 8-10 months out of the year? A. It HEATS UP. Q. Know what happens when one has an expanding gas trapped within a containment vessel? A. IT TAKES THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE TO ESCAPE. And finally, Q. Know what happens when the friction of metal on plastic exerted by an unaffixed, smooth steel shaft within an imperfect, man-made hole is finally overcome by the non-trivial pressure exerted by an expanding gas seeking the path of least resistance to equalize with atmospheric pressure? A. IT TURNS INTO A POINTY PROJECTILE TRAVELLING AT ORBITAL ESCAPE VELOCITY WHILE RICOCHETING AROUND THE INTERIOR OF A CAR, POSSIBLY WHILE *YOU* ARE INSIDE OPERATING IT AS WELL! In short... if you ARE going to half-ass this "solution", maybe it's best you ARE venting most of your butane to atmosphere. After all, that's less pressure build-up, thereby decreasing your need to explain to a very annoyed ER triage nurse why you have a pushpin embedded in your skull. Yanno... because SCIENCE?

[@char63r517]

Filling is not problem. I don't know how you keep the gas from just immediately leaking out around the diameter of the push pin? I've even tried making a gasket with a piece of wide rubber band. The gas leaks out, if not immediately, then quietly and steadily. I'll try @Tailslide50 electrical tape idea as a way to keep the push pin in air tight. Anyone experiencing this and found a better solution? I amazed that in the video, aluminum [push pin] next to plastic is able to hold back the pressurized gas.

[@ryanryan8]

Have you tried pushing the tack in deep by forcing it firmly against a table or other hard surface? Or maybe when you initially popped the seal, you didn't make a round hole?

[@ogbobbyhill6023]

Pencil eraser worked decent

[@ARCSTREAMS]

why dont you explain what that pin was doing in the back of the fill port? and like how you got it in there and removed the steel ball etc not all of us know the basics

[@ryanryan8]

He references the first video and this is the follow up. Check out the first one to hear that.

[@peterputters7156]

Is this safe will the light blow up

[@ThatGuyFromCali]

I used an eraser from a mechanical pencil

[@PetesShopMakes]

Cool man. Yeah as long as it works. Thanks for sharing

[@barrylwpf6133]

Nice knuckles... Milwaukee tool box disqualification process begins in 5,4,3....

[@BugzKiller]

Yeah, go through all this trouble because Bic's are expensive!! LOL Would if that plug in the bottom comes off when it's in your pocket? Hope you are not around a camp fire when that happens!!

[@VintageSoul]

Lol this is the dumbest thing I have read today! 😂 Have you ever lit butane on fire?? 😂

[@lotsagrapes]

Torch fuel lines works good I think. I bet you cover that one though lol

[@Manuel-we5iy]

just use clipper lighters

[@joevalenzuela9443]

Shrink tubing. I've been using that for years.

[@PetesShopMakes]

Cool! good tip! thanks man!

[@daciasdiy1861]

Shrink tubing ? Where do u get that ? Must be really small ?

[@tylerrobertst-rob1731]

@@daciasdiy1861 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@nellyribo4971]

Por favor traducir al español

[@Marylandterpenes831]

Is that as high as the flame gets?

[@PetesShopMakes]

for these types of lighters yes. they're not the adjustable kind.

[@Marylandterpenes831]

Good video btw! Yea I like the clippers, they're not adjustable either and I don't think they make em like they used to, I realize Bics aren't adjustable but the flame is no where near as high as a box,maybe it's the cold had to warm up or the butane u used too!?idk

[@PetesShopMakes]

Oh yes. The cold definitively affected the flame height plus after filling you’re technically supposed to wait a little bit because the butane does cool the lighter itself down quite a bit also preventing it from having a flame of standard height. I can assure you once they get warmed up the work just like new.

[@PetesShopMakes]

Oh and thanks again. I’m glad you enjoyed the video and found it useful perhaps.

[@tornadojoe87]

@@Marylandterpenes831 Clippers flame is low when holding it upright, but if you turn it sideways the flame gets bigger ;) its a feature they have, go test it out :)

[@greenfloking]

Fuck yeah stoner engineering! Lol cool video, wanted to refill a bic that my artist friend drew on

[@PetesShopMakes]

Farticuno right on man. Glad I could help.

[@elmog5659]

A little bit of plethora is an oxymoron

[@barrylwpf6133]

Oh I think I Love you Elmo is your skin still purple..

[@ScribblebytesWorldwide]

Seriously???

[@HarrisonFawcett-k5c]

bruhhh its a bic lighter, buy another one

[@chocolatespaghetti2772]

Weak ass 🔥 on them lighters

[@bethphillips5845]

Just buy one...

[@rhuckabee44]

Needs to heat up. You obviously haven’t refilled a lighter before.

[@kingjt4262]

Dont try this at home

[@PetesShopMakes]

Why not?

[@drive-channel1834]

I guess he doesn't have a home?😁

[@drive-channel1834]

I've done it at home, no problem, I've saved a few disposable lighters

[@sulaymanguemraui720]

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