jewels

Just because one doesn't like the response or is looking for a specific response doesn't mean the actual response is unresponsive. TFP is not Google and our collective experience may not be what you're looking for.

If you were able to Google and find TFP, why would one choose to totally disregard the more relevant outcomes to the search?

This was the fourth in my Google search on your behalf:

How to Refill Disposable Bic Lighters | eHow.com

There were many other outcomes but most agreed with your average TFP member. And BTW, I had me one of those special plastic lighters but decided to keep it in a little case where I have other keepsakes and memorabilia. It was less likely to be lost that way.

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now my reponse makes no sense

The_Jazz

How about because the "here's how you do it" and "this is a bad idea" are both valid answers? Just because you don't like the opinion doesn't make it bad.

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MSD

I'm pretty sure non-mods can see the list of linkbacks and refbacks at the bottom of each thread, and this thread has a bunch from search engines.
There's an important difference between "you shouldn't have used drugs in the first place" and "you're going to blow yourself up." This thread is the latter.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure this is telling me that I should poke a hole in a pressurized reservoir, fill it through that hole, and trust the assuredly high-quality plastic in the 50 cent lighter to seal itself up.

stonedboss

so i ran into this thread through google and found it helpful. i read everyones replies and was delighted to find the post by assnaked, but i was taken back by the replies to it. then felt i had to register and reply. im replying just to MSD cause its close enough to the other replies

lol, yeah the important difference is one will kill you internally and one will kill you externally(although it cant unless youre a baby). you're obviously ignorant to the dangers of drugs and explosives alike, but also at the safety of them. your example fails because using drugs is actually exponentially more dangerous than a FULL lighter, let alone an EMPTY one. im sure the people posting buy a new lighter werent solely thinking of his safety, but more likely being dumbasses. either way they were a dumbass, cause theres no way a lighter can do harm to you in this method. the only step that can be stretched closest to "untrustable", is gluing your own refill valve. the only time i wouldnt trust this is if i used elmers glue and i tried lighting fire crackers. even if your superglue fails(i doubt it), the tiny hole you made will just release all the butane. oh noes!! chemical spill of butane! quick, grab your gas mask!

yes you are wrong. first, the author clearly states it is dangerous, warning any dumbass. also, the FIRST step is releasing any leftover gas... and yes i will trust my life with the same plastic that has been keeping that fuel in my lighters, and everyone elses' in the world, without fail for past 35 years bic has been making disposable lighters. are you going to trust your computer, stero, cd player, etc with every 5 cents they spent on the plastics making your CD? yes, because you know the past billion CDs they've played have had the plastics tested to make sure its safe, and it won't shred inside your drive and tear it to pieces. so if our world's physics don't change and the laws of chemistry stay the same, i think its safe to predict the next billion lighters bic makes will not have spontaneously decomposing plastics with a half life of a week.

MSD

You sure hit the nail on the head, I know nothing about drugs or explosives

You also seem to have misread my poost. I didn't say I don't trust the plastic to do what it's designed to do or that it's unsafe to poke a hole in an empty lighter, I said I don't trust it to be self sealing to the extent that it will safely contain the pressure. For argument's sake, the boiling point of butane is 33°F and the temperature of my leg as measured with an IR thermometer right now is 90.5°F, putting vapor pressure of a filled lighter just over 3 atmospheres.

With a ballpoint pen, you're looking at a 2mm to 3mm hole poked in the bottom of the Delrin 100 plastic that Bic lighters are made of, the datasheet for which is here, and I hit a wall there because those values are useless without a proper measurement of the thickness of the reservoir of a Bic lighter. I'm not sure when I'll be able to get to it, but rather than do the math I'm going to fuck with some lighters and get it on camera to make a few points about safety and determine whether it will really seal itself up safely. I'll also blow up a few for fun.

I also trust CDs, which are made of a different type of plastic, not to explode in the drive (although you can find many reports of this happening on various forums) because a bunch of inquisitive Swedish guys tested them to determine safe spin speeds and I have not seen a drive that exceeds that "64x" upper safe limit.

Slacker`Belmont

I would just like to point out that this is really the easiest way to refill a bic. no need to dismantle or otherwise harm the integrity of the lighter at all therefore no safety issue.

51fenton

i do have a lighter with the refill nozzle but i have noo clue what so ever to fill it with and its not butane lighter

marksmanbbs

Wow this thread is open for a long time and probably will be used for years,well just to say Bic lighters are a must for some folks,about five years ago they were a very important part of my daily activities so here is why i wished i had a refillable one at the time and sentimental is/was part of it.i was a crack cooker/user i bought a brick of Bic's (the block of 50)that are on the counter where we buy them separately,I was going through them like they were out of style but just for a test i bought a brick of them (50) and i was out and bumming lights from people in just a little over two weeks,now that's a lot of cooking with a Bic,the torches didn't last as long as a Bic,they ran out too fast,but in the process i did invent a lighter pipe that you don't have to takes your hand of the wheel when driving to light your pipe,

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are you sure about the holding the button to keep the valve in the open position to refill?i'm thinking they have a one way check valve in there because i have tried that and all it did was blast butane all over and i was pushing all kinds of pressure,didn't work for me

NateItz

ya I just use my zippo...... but j have a really sexy BIC with a shagadelic tiger on the front I guess I'll just use my butane filler nd...well, spray nd pray if ya know wat j mean guys.