Has your favorite little thing ceased to please with a stable fire and more and more often scares you with a disheveled wick? Then take a closer look - it may have long been necessary to change it. In some cases, a simple adjustment can be dispensed with. To do this, you will need the following tools: tweezers and nail scissors.
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Method one, preliminary
If the wick does not look completely terrible, then you can try to cut it a little to restore its previous performance. To do this, you need to take tweezers, gently and carefully pull the wick up and cut off the burnt, frayed piece, equal to the windscreen. This trick can be done two or three times. This will help for a few weeks, but then you can’t do without replacing the wick.
How to replace the wick in a Zippo lighter:
- First you need to remove the lighter from the body by pulling on the top, as is the case when refueling or changing the flint.
- Next, you need to unscrew the spring from below, which clamps the flint. For this purpose, it is better to use a small flat screwdriver.
- In order not to lose the spring and flint, it is best to put them in the top of the lighter. For easier falling out of the armchair, you can tap on the case with your hand.
- If spare flints are stored between the substrate and the wool, then they must also be pulled out along with the felt elements.
- Using tweezers, you need to pull out the entire layer of cotton wool. It is recommended to lay out all the pulled out elements in order on the table, in order to then put them back in the required sequence.
- Insert a new element into the wick hole, leaving the desired length at the top.
- The wick is fixed with the little finger or tweezers so that it does not fall out until the end of the replacement process. Cotton pieces are returned to their place. At this stage, you need to make sure that the wick passes through all the pieces of cotton.
- Felt with spare flints is placed in place. A flint is inserted and a spring is twisted to support it. Do not be too zealous and twist "tightly".
- If the wick is too long, it must be trimmed. All parts of the lighter are folded together.
- After completing all the manipulations, it is necessary to refuel the lighter and check the operation of the new wick.
The disassembled lighter should be kept away from open sources of fire. It is not recommended to replace the filter near an open flame, because some elements of the accessory may still contain flammable gasoline. Smoking during all procedures is prohibited.
How to protect the wick from frequent replacements
In order for this element to last as long as possible, you should try not to use other types of gasoline other than the original as a combustible liquid. If an automobile combustible liquid or alcohol was used for “nutrition”, then there is no need to be surprised that the wick turned black and began to smoke during operation. In addition, the quality of the flame will be very low, and the smell during combustion will be extremely unpleasant.
Such a dismissive attitude towards a practical and high-quality thing will backfire with frequent breakdowns and the need to replace not only a disheveled wick, but also other spare parts.
Competent and careful operation of the Zippo lighter will ensure its long use. Like every branded thing, she loves "native" components and "native" food. You should not save on such important details if you want the lighter to remain "eternal".
