Doug, please don't! I'm an ex smoker and I'm trying desperately to stay that way. But Thanks!!
Fuel for the zippo
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Doug, please don't! I'm an ex smoker and I'm trying desperately to stay that way. But Thanks!!
DougE
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Doug, please don't! I'm an ex smoker and I'm trying desperately to stay that way. But Thanks!!
Keep with it Ron, and I hope you remain a non-smoker. I wish I had the will to quit, but I enjoy it too much. I did give up pre-made cigarettes some time ago and went to RYO. Better quality tobaccos are available without all the chemicals. Still not the healthiest of habits though.
nicky4968
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Back in the home country (Greece) the government taxes everything, and I mean everything, to do with tobacco.
My wily relatives figured out decades ago that you can make a zippo run just fine on a 50/50 mix of olive oil (of course) and glycerine.
I wouldn't use the gasoline, though; nor the Coleman fuel. But what do I know.
My wily relatives figured out decades ago that you can make a zippo run just fine on a 50/50 mix of olive oil (of course) and glycerine.
I wouldn't use the gasoline, though; nor the Coleman fuel. But what do I know.
DougE
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Coleman lantern fuel is white gas ......... AKA naptha. It's the same thing as the stuff they sell as lighter fluid.
GatorFarmer
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The Zippo wicks are reiniforced with small bits of wire, but you don't really need them. You can make a lighter work with just a bit of cotton twine. I used to have one that I ran that way and after repacking it with cotton balls. Worked fine.
I just used my charcoal chimney last weekend since my gas grill's propane tank was empty. I used to strictly be a "charcoal only" purist until I became convinced that the newer generation of gas grills could build up sufficient heat to sear the outside of a steak.
One Christmas my wife gave me a 3-pack of "Bernz-o-matic" flex neck lighters. They came fully loaded with 3 fuel refills. They put out a heck of a flame and they're great for lighting impossible to reach things like candle wicks that are way down in the fancy container they came in. It worked perfectly for this assignment as well since I could keep sticking the snorkel under chimney and reigniting if needed.
My experience with the chimneys is that you can load the bottom with TOO much newspaper so that it is bunched up too tight and doesn't burn properly. I guess the manufacturers knew what they were talking about when they recommend only using 3 sheets of newspaper (is that where "3 sheets to the wind" comes from?). If I really want to get the grill cranking in a hurry I snake the hose from the air compressor out the garage back door and hit the chimney with a few good blasts from the air nozzle.
Here's a classic showing how to fire the grill up in no time at all:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBLr_XrooLs
And while looking for that I came across this site; I know how the S&W community appreciates the unique and innovative!
http://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/08/top-10-coolest-bbq-grills/
One Christmas my wife gave me a 3-pack of "Bernz-o-matic" flex neck lighters. They came fully loaded with 3 fuel refills. They put out a heck of a flame and they're great for lighting impossible to reach things like candle wicks that are way down in the fancy container they came in. It worked perfectly for this assignment as well since I could keep sticking the snorkel under chimney and reigniting if needed.
My experience with the chimneys is that you can load the bottom with TOO much newspaper so that it is bunched up too tight and doesn't burn properly. I guess the manufacturers knew what they were talking about when they recommend only using 3 sheets of newspaper (is that where "3 sheets to the wind" comes from?). If I really want to get the grill cranking in a hurry I snake the hose from the air compressor out the garage back door and hit the chimney with a few good blasts from the air nozzle.
Here's a classic showing how to fire the grill up in no time at all:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBLr_XrooLs
And while looking for that I came across this site; I know how the S&W community appreciates the unique and innovative!
http://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/08/top-10-coolest-bbq-grills/
