Zippo changing wick and rayon cotton. The proper way. 

I really appreciate this you just brought life to my lighter I’ve had for a while now got it from grandpa before he died

Found this video extremely helpful. I knew something wasn't right when I had to refill my lighter every week. Just packed my lighter with cotton like this, new fluid, new wick, new flint, worked like a charm to say the least. Thank you sir!

I have the same Jack Daniels Zippo! I bought mine in Toledo Ohio in 2011 and it's a 2011 Zippo! :)

Now that is the proper way. Very nice!

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Did that to my good old Venetian pattern Zippo that I adore. Worked perfectly, thank you

Thanx dude! Super freaking helpful. I change my cotton from time to time but not as much as I should. It really makes sense that when it lasts 4-5 days when it lasted longer before. I recently bought a new zippo, a month ago lol and now I am changing its cotton as a new genuine zippo only lasts about 5 days. I only checked now what I should have checked the day I bought it that the cotton feels super old. Channing it now and making a point to change it more often as it does not take a lot of time and it doesn't cost much so I will be making a point of regularly changing the cotton. I use mine all the time as well. Thanks again for your vid, I will definitely be subscribing ]=)

Thank you for this! Fantastic! Informative and to the point.

Thanks dude , really appreciate the clear concise explanation, mine is around a year old although I’m sure it got water in it so I’ll be repacking and new wick ! Cheers from Australia

I noticed new zippos tend to have the balls packed too tight. The felt pad sits recessed in the insert. The wick is also almost never in the S shape they recommend. Just rewick with the stuff that's already in there. Loosen the balls a little and snaking the wick properly greatly improved the capacity. The felt should be about level with the bottom of the insert. If it sits too low you packed it too much. If it sits too high just push it down till it's level.

Just known that the lil hole is for the flint.....thanks man

As always thank you for the knowledge

Extremely helpful video

Learned something new today👌🏽

cheers mate, very informative

You do learn something every day😁

Thank you sir this video was really helpful

Got a Metro-style bullet lighter that has been acting like it is starved of fuel. I think the wick is bad, but this was helpful to figure out how much cotton to pack in. Thanks!

Great video

Really helpful dude, thanks

Nice i needed this information 👍

Thanks for the knowledge

Good video! - I've learned something new :D

Great info brother.

I found two old zippos one the cover was mangled the other a Gold eat Ride Sleep had not used it for ten years filled it up and it lit first try ! Hi Mike from NH. !!!

Useful 👍

Thanks my man

Thanks man!

I've never put rayon in my lighters. I use a $1 bag of cotton balls from the dollar tree and it works just as well.

Make sure to check out the new Zippo Fanatic 77 Outdoors channel as this old one was hacked. Just search in the youtube search bar and be sure to include the new outdoor part. He's back! Let's help him get the channel rebuilt!

thanks man i have a brass jack daniels zippo

Thank you! Have to do it all over lol

Cool man

a few sort of issues ive had are sometimes when i strike the lighter theres a sort of mini fire explosion as if there was gas around the wick that was ignited instead of lighting the wick which i presume is because of having abit too much fuel, sometimes for a period of time being impossible to ignite when there is definatly plenty of fuel in and then shortly after ignighting perfectlywhich i guess could be because of how its been sitting and possibly making it so that the fuel has gone away from the wick and only after some time of it being held the right way up the fuel manages to go back the wick.

How refreshing.

Cool

Thanks!

This is what I was looking for. I got my "Vintage" Zippo from a smoke shop and the wick routing and packing was awful. More than 20% of the wick was not touching the rayon, pushed up against the casing. I'm going to follow your steps to fix it. I'm also going to switch to cotton because it's easier to get for me.

informative

I know that the hole in the pad is to store a spare flint. I tried that trick. Didn't work for me. Almost every time I pulled the insert to fill, the flint would fall out and be lost. So I always put a spare flint or two under the pad. Now I never lose a spare flint.

Ta very much mate. You've got a great accent! I've been using Zippos for over 30 years and I'd never heard about the flint holder! I've been filling them up wrong for that long. And you're exactly correct, a spare flint fits straight in there. Great idea. Thankyou (and Zippo)

Yeah I figured.. I had a replacement wick somewhere around here but I cant find the bastard. I actually lost the little guy and I found him recently, only get about 4-5 days until I need the ol ronsonol refill. Ill buy all this shit tomorrow, cause this lighters been with me for years now. Thanks.

Do you have to use the same method if you're retainer is designed for pipe smoking? As it has a hole on the side so you can tip the lighter onto its side and not burn the edges of the pipe.

I've noticed everyone is leaving out probably the most important thing of all when replacing the wick. No one has mentioned to never stretch the wick when putting it in. It has to be the top fit or the fuel will leak and evaporate out. Makes sense?

I would think if it was to tight it would hold less fluid. I would think the space is what allows the cotton to expand while absorbing more.

Thanks for the video. In this video you mention that keeping the cotton packed tight saves fuel, but in another video it's packed less tight for the same reason. Looser packed saves more fuel, right?

i got into zippos after just finding one on the ground. turned out to be one from the 60s when i checked with zippo for the serial number. this was in late 2020 lmao. Still a cool find. solid copper too, shit had gone green from sitting outside for so long.

Thank you

I just bought my first zippo today at Walmart. Gutted it and re stuffed it with the 5 cottons while making my wick into a “S” shape….. btw the cotton is it regular cotton balls or special zippo cotton??????

Right, the hole in the felt pad is to spare flint place. And if you wanna fill with fluid, take off the spare flint then, open the Zippo fluid with zippo case, then the top of zippo fluis can open the felt pad by the hole

Can I use cotton balls?

mine stays alight for 1 day... the wick looks okay but turns black whenever i light. cotton is hard. after 1 day of topping up fluide it sparks the next day and nothing else

I be changing often , I got a 67 zippo that sucks cause it holds zero fluid ,

What can I use to replace the felt other than felt

Where do you get cotton bacon. can't find it on amazon

Going to be honest. I always just lifted the flap and put a few flints. Habit I picked up from my dad.

Just regular cotton balls?

What part about the zippo replacement do you find the most tedious?

How often should you do this?

Hey dude, I bought some rayon cellucotton beauty coil from Amazon and snipped off 5 pcs. I tried packing two on either side of the wick real snug then layering as usual but it seems that my fuel is gone in 2 days now! Granted I smoke pipes and use my lighter about 8-10x a day or more but still it should last longer. Any advice on what I may have done wrong?

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Sir , after this packing, how.long does it hold fuel?

Is it the same for a zippo slim I have two zippo slim and I've never get more then 5days out of them even when there brand new I don't get it my other zippos full size I get 2 weeks no problem any help would be awesome

I stuff my zippo digferentlyand make an s like form with the wick

tnx needed that cotton on each of wick, but mine is fake but still tnx

Do I have to use zippo cotton? Or any cotton that hurts

Is this cotton also used in vape?

At what minute mark did you change the wick?

What type of cotton do I use just any regular cotton balls, or is there a specific brand of cotton I should use

I wanted to give it a try: I took 2 zippos, and I arranged them differently. in one zippo I left the wick at the bottom of the insert, and in the other, I put the wick to the s, so that it is always impregnated with petrol. I left the same amount of cotton in both. Now I have to wait, to see which of the 2 will run out first. I believe there won't be a big difference. Have you already done this test? I'd be curious to know. Thanks so much.

Is there any benefit of needing the rayon balls prior to putting them back in or will the length of use until refilling the lighter remain the same if you leave them in balls?

mine only last a day or two... what's wrong with it -_- well i do smoke and all..

Can i use normal cotton ball on my lighter?

I thought the wick must form an "S" inside the lighter and cotton around it.

man, i am getting sometimes, as long as 1 day of fuel, fiering at least 12 cigs a day and I have to trim wick at least once a week, wtf is happing bro? seriously am getting turned down on zippos by this.

What will happen if I use a Normal 100% regular cotton rather than rayon cotton in my zippo. Will it increase my fuel hold last long. Please make a video 🤔

My hole gose the hole way through. No joke all my ones with holes go through

I never had even a new zippo last more than 5 days.

I used to pack very weak it holds more fuel, but it would evap quicker any thoughts ?

My Chevy van was made in Canada just changed the oil Mobil 1 good for another ten thousand miles 76,000 miles great shape !

My Zippo would only last about a week it's been about 3 weeks already ever since I packed it the way you said it thank you sir

Last and final step burn the old cotton /rayon balls

Do u know why its not lighting, i did this and now it wont light

My wick was gone in a day oof😐

I took my zippo apart to fix the flame cuz im 13 and no clue what im doing so thanks this helped a lot 🙂( I DONT SMOKE)

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If people think you smoke a lot , I go through a lighter a day

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