Topic by Aaronfreed

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l found a zippo in my work is lost and found, and asked what you normally fill them with, two different people said butane (and knowing nothing about this stuff, l did not bother to look it up, l just found a butane refill kit in the sporting goods section). Anyways, now there is butane gas eminating in the lighter, and I am just now seeing on the zippo website that it only uses lighter fluid. If l open it up and let it sit for a day or two will all the butane evaporate, or is it too dangerous to put a second type of fuel into now? l do not know how the two combustables would react with each other, so I am just trying to keep from blowing a hand off. Opinions?

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Will butane eventually evaporate out of a zippo lighter pad

If you leave your lighter open for a couple of days, all the butane will evaporate and you can safely refill it with lighter fluid. There is no reaction that will occur between the two types of fuel, so you're safe on that front; I'd just worry about a minor explosion if you light the zippo that is under a blanket of combustible gas like butane.

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Will butane eventually evaporate out of a zippo lighter pad

You fill them with a liquid, not a gas.
Butane is a gas at room temperature, so u need to put in lighter fluid. (available at all good tobaconists) I would think all the butane has gone by now. What u might try is lighting it (at arms length) & the chances r nothing will happen. Then fill it with lighter fluid. Not sure what they use. But dont use petrol, its explosive in many cases.

Just found out, Butane boils (ie becomes a gas) at -0.5c. So in other words, theres no butane left in ur lighter. You r safe to proceed with lighter fluid.

Have also just found out: Lighter FLUID (not lighter GAS, which as u rightly say is butane) is normally Naptha, a petroleum distillate. Its not the same as napthalene. But basically u want to go & by a bottle of lighter fluid for wick type lighters.