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    Quote Originally Posted by sjj View Post
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    I appreciated your obsession/endeavor. If you send me a PM (private message) with your mailing address, I will send you "three" inexpensive bottles that may be worth testing/exploring.
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    Hiya, SJJ. Glad to see you back!!!!

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    Hey you never know......'Then eye drops container I spoke if earlier ....just a "what if"....seems to be working.
    Was looking for the plastic code....to see if that little bottle (not marked) was the same as the original store fuel container....(/3\)...#3

    Inconclusive......at this point....but a lot of info I didn't know

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    Have you looked at a peanut lighter? Zippos weren't designed to be sealed. Anything you do to an existing zippo will only be a stopgap. It either won't work that great, or it will be annoying to use, and then you will stop using it. For a high quality seal that is removable, an oring is one of the best options. Plus, they are cheap. What you want is a lighter that has the same function of a zippo, but round with a case that is designed to have an oring. If you still want that square zippo, then machine a zippo case out of flat stock and put an oring groove in it.
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    UPDATE!

    I bought a can of ZIPPO fuel (metal can). Walmart carries them, but it was back in the sporting goods section, not up front in the lighter section.

    See, kyratshooter? I'm taking advice. ;o)

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    Note.....Eye dropper bottle still going......
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    I got a cool solution for this one. I totally get how much it sucks to have the fuel evaporate when you need it.

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    We have a cool solution for spammers too. I totally get how much it sucks to be banned when you are trying to sell something on someone else's dime. (Crash - Glad to see you got to end your day on an up note)

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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnLeePettimore View Post
    UPDATE!

    I bought a can of ZIPPO fuel (metal can). Walmart carries them, but it was back in the sporting goods section, not up front in the lighter section.

    See, kyratshooter? I'm taking advice. ;o)
    Sooooo....this whole discussion was to decide.... "Look in the Sporting Goods at Walmart.....?"......LOL
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    The beating of the dead horse continues...

    Metal Zippo can kept in the car, bulges a little, but not bad. We'll see what happens in August here in the South.

    The Tabasco bottle cap can get loose in your pants pocket with other stuff bumping into it. Best for BOB.
    It hasn't lost any fluid while stored in the car. Ditto about August.

    Finally went by a bike shop and got used inner tube. Zippo is now surrounded by a rubber seal. NOTE: Cut a piece of the tube as long as the tube is wide. The first one I cut looked like a wide rubber band, and it moved around on the lighter when it was in my pocket. No problem with a longer one.

    Yes, I REALLY want to use a Zippo. I have a Bic, too.

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    The though occurs to me that this is getting over-thought and out of hand....

    Dollar store, 5 kinda Bic's $1 buck.....
    My Zippos are safely in a drawer, retired, with many memories on my smoking days....

    Eye drop...don't know, I didn't bring it along to "The Place".
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    Yea, I moved this one to my don't give a $#%^ file two weeks ago.

    It is like refusing to carry an AK even though the mag catch on the AR is broken and it keeps dumping its magazines.

    It did get me to thinking tough, and I ordered a couple of peanut lighters and a half dozen of the old style "metal matches" to scatter through the gear. They have an O ring and hold fluid for years. Thanks to Ebay I am now $10 poorer and I did not have to go to Walmart or try to find a bicycle shop. I am not sure if bicycle shops are allowed in KY.

    The only bike shop I know of is up in Dayton and it is owned by the Wright Brothers. I thik they carried Zippos too.
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    The older ya get...the more you need, I guess.....???
    Working on my steps this morning...looking for a 3 to 2 prong adaptor......Must have 200 scattered around....but a doen everytime I at the dollar store....Guess what....none around.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kyratshooter View Post
    Yea, I moved this one to my don't give a $#%^ file two weeks ago.
    I DID preface my last post with "The beating of the dead horse continues..."

    Just participating, however worthless the contribution is. ;o)

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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnLeePettimore View Post
    I DID preface my last post with "The beating of the dead horse continues..."

    Just participating, however worthless the contribution is. ;o)
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    Wow where do I start.... read the thread. Just a couple of pointers... Zippo was wind proof was cool but leaks...Bic clearly leaks in cold weather. With a white Bic one can see how much fluid is left inside. A pink Bic and they will all laugh at you.....AN empty Bic can still light a birds nest with the sparker. (remove the safety)


    So I light my fires with this...works every time....
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    Yea I posted that.... shuffles claws - ruffles feathers... ment to do that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wise Old Owl View Post
    Wow where do I start.... read the thread. Just a couple of pointers... Zippo was wind proof was cool but leaks...Bic clearly leaks in cold weather. With a white Bic one can see how much fluid is left inside. A pink Bic and they will all laugh at you.....AN empty Bic can still light a birds nest with the sparker. (remove the safety)


    So I light my fires with this...works every time....
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    Yea I posted that.... shuffles claws - ruffles feathers... ment to do that.
    LOL....BUT
    quote..."pink Bic and they will all laugh at you....." quote

    But no one will steal it in a bar....who cares if they laugh....LOL
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    Quote Originally Posted by hunter63 View Post
    LOL....BUT
    quote..."pink Bic and they will all laugh at you....." quote

    But no one will steal it in a bar....who cares if they laugh....LOL

    I just find it funny as hell, white bics are all the rage as you can see the fluid in the sun.
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