How do you refill Zippo lighters with the butane aerosol can?

Question

Hi everyone,

I'm having trouble refilling my zippo lighter. I bought a can of zippo butane fuel but its got this weird pressure system i cant figure out, sort of like a hairspray can, but the nozzle is impossible to figure out how the fuel actually comes out.

The directions on the can are cryptic and dont help at all. Do you hold it upright and stick it in the zippo padding, or do you hold it downwards? I tried both ways and got my fingers frozen for some reason.

Looking for advice from someone who actually knows what refiller I'm talking about.

Someone help!

Answer 1

zippos take lighter fluid, not butane...



all you do with a zippo... is pull out the piece... hold it upside down and put the bottle on top of it, upside down.. and squeeze a few times... so that there is about a tablespoon of fuel in it..





now for a butane lighter... you need to take a small object like a knife, or a screwdriver, that is really small made for eyewear or something, and prod it in the bottom of the lighter... there should be a little metal tube... smaller than a toothpick... you have to press down on that while it is upside down...

this releases the air in the lighter...

then you take your butane can and shake it up real good, and then press down with the can on to that same little tube... with the tube that is on the butane can... and let it sit for about 8 seconds... and then take it off, and then let the lighter set for about a minute before lighting, so that the gas can get room temperature...

Answer 2

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RE:

How do you refill Zippo lighters with the butane aerosol can?

Hi everyone,



I'm having trouble refilling my zippo lighter. I bought a can of zippo butane fuel but its got this weird pressure system i cant figure out, sort of like a hairspray can, but the nozzle is impossible to figure out how the fuel actually comes out.



The directions on the can...

Answer 3

On my zippo blu (butane) I just hold it up side down press the fuel refill nozzle on the can to the lighters refill port and count like 1 seconds then tilt lighter over to look in the level glass on the side see how full it is after I get it full then I hold it upside down and bleed off any air . Sometime if you don`t get the nozzle lined up on the refill port right it will reject the gas and it is very cold when it hits oxygen , just realign and try again until u get a no leak hook up . I have about 20 fluid type Zippos ,, this butane one was a gift ,, it`s kind of nice , and makes a good conversation piece

Answer 4

if your zippo is an mlp lighter it does take butane and ur just doing something wrong, but if u have a traditional zippo pocket lighter go buy some zippo lighter fluid take out the insert lift the the part that says lift to fill and fill until i leaks out of the top wipe or burn excess fuel off. trust me i know what im talking about i've been collecting zippo lighters for some time.

Answer 5

Butane Lighters are a different type of lighter than a Zippo type. They have a small valve on them that the compressed in that can you have gets squirted into. You need to buy regular lighter fluid in the squeeze type bottle.

Answer 6

u r using the wrong type of fuel the stuff u need comes in a bottle and u just squirt some into the padding. the kind u have is for butane lighters only not kerosene lighters (your zippo)



hope this helps

Answer 7

Zippo does make butane lighters.



http://www.zippo.com/pdf/CandleLtrInstructionNAFTA.pdf

Answer 8

Um, You don't.