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Nodust 
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| Zippo lighter fluid (Posted on 1/4/13 at 3:11 pm)
Will charcoal lighter fluid work in a zippo?
Got one for Christmas and I'm ready to torch something.
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4X4DEMON 
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| re: Zippo lighter fluid (Posted on 1/4/13 at 3:12 pm to Nodust)
It might work, it might also blow your hand off. I have no idea.
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AlxTgr
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| re: Zippo lighter fluid (Posted on 1/4/13 at 3:12 pm to Nodust)
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Not recommended, as it is kerosene based, and the flash point is too low, and this would make lighting difficult. The regular liquid fluid is 100% Naptha, which can be purchased at hardware stores in pint sized cans, not little 4 oz cans.
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AlxTgr
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| re: Zippo lighter fluid (Posted on 1/4/13 at 3:14 pm to AlxTgr)
But see...
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Nodust
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| re: Zippo lighter fluid (Posted on 1/4/13 at 3:18 pm to AlxTgr)
Looks like ill stop at the hardware store.
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laangler21
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| re: Zippo lighter fluid (Posted on 1/4/13 at 3:38 pm to Nodust)
Most gas stations/ tobacco plus type of stores sell it.
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CoastieGM
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| re: Zippo lighter fluid (Posted on 1/4/13 at 3:55 pm to Nodust)
Just a little squirt of unleaded gasoline would be much cheaper. Let me know how that turns out. 
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Nodust
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| re: Zippo lighter fluid (Posted on 1/4/13 at 4:38 pm to CoastieGM)
Trying to get me hurt
Hey watch this 
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| re: Zippo lighter fluid (Posted on 1/4/13 at 4:44 pm to Nodust)
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Zippo l
Man, that's a blast from the past. I have one with an ESSO emblem on it somewhere, used to collect lighters.
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AlxTgr
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| re: Zippo lighter fluid (Posted on 1/4/13 at 4:44 pm to CoastieGM)
"If kerosene works, why not gasoline?"
Bottle Rockets
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dayne o
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| re: Zippo lighter fluid (Posted on 1/4/13 at 5:59 pm to Nodust)
Just don't over-fill that thing and stick it in your pants pocket. That shite will blister and burn like hell. (No pun intended.)
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DNaquin
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| re: Zippo lighter fluid (Posted on 1/4/13 at 6:21 pm to Nodust)
Make sure you fill it up correctly. I fricked something up once when filling one up while inside a gas station after I bought it. The sell them empty so I bought a bottle of fluid while there as well. Well needless to say, when testing it before leaving the SOB caught fire in my hand. Managed to throw it out the door without burning the place down. Blistered the frick outa me.
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Nodust
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| re: Zippo lighter fluid (Posted on 1/4/13 at 6:43 pm to DNaquin)
I made sure to let the spilled stuff evaporate off before testing
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