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I am new here and I only registered to post a reply here. There is a way to refill a bic lighter if you are very determined (or just hate spending money on new ones)
You need the following items.
Empty Bic lighter (free and found lying on the ground all the time)
A torch lighter with a brass refill nozzle ($5.99 max at any gas station)
silicone ($1.99 at auto parts store) [can substitute JB weld]
Drill bit as big as the refill nozzle ($3.99 hardware store) [can substitute x-acto knife if you have about an hour to spare]
Flat headed screw driver (if you can't find one, chances are you should be worrying about bigger and better things)
-Discharge the gas from the torch lighter by pressing the small metal nozzle in the middle of the refill nozzle.
-unscrew it and take it out
*if the tube going into the lighter is bigger than an inch cut it down to about an inch
-make sure ALL the gas is out of the bic - as in try to light it about 10 times no more flame is present your good to go
-drill out the round hole in the bottom of the bic (your refill nozzle shouldn't be any bigger than that round hole preferrably the nozzle should be a hair bigger for good fit)
-put silicone around the threads of the nozzle
-insert into bic and screw in very tight BUT not too tight; too tight and you'll crack the bottom piece and your back to step one
-let the silicone dry and apply more to around the outside of the nozzle as needed for an air tight seal
-fill with butane
-enjoy
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