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06-25-2011, 02:46 AM
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capping twist off bottles
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Anyone capping used twist offs?
I'm about to bottle a hard non-carbonated lemonade and i have 4 cases of miller high life bottles I'd like to use. I use my red wing capper and it crimps the threads tight but it takes very little effort to twist the caps off. They don't leak but i worry about the longevity of the seal.
Any thoughts?
Cheers Dusty
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06-25-2011, 03:28 AM
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I have capped twist offs..as have others I believe///of course ymmv
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06-27-2011, 09:35 PM
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Never had a problem with em. Even had a few sit in the basement for a couple of years, and held the carbonation fine.
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06-28-2011, 12:53 AM
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I've never had a problem either. It is all I use and I have probably bottled one thousand.
However, I should specify that I use a bench capper and not a wing capper.
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06-28-2011, 11:43 AM
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I've also heard a bench capper is necessary to cap twist offs.
I've never tried though myself.
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06-28-2011, 05:15 PM
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I've capped twist-offs before, and they seem to get stuck in the bell of my capper(super agata bench capper).
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06-28-2011, 05:20 PM
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You can cap twist offs with the wing-capper if they have the shoulder for the capper to grab onto. If they don't, you'd need a bench capper.
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06-28-2011, 11:14 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by scottland
You can cap twist offs with the wing-capper if they have the shoulder for the capper to grab onto. If they don't, you'd need a bench capper.
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How far from the threads does the bottom of the shoulder have to be? On the Miller High Life bottles i"m using it is a lip about 1/8 inch wide directly under the threads. |
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06-28-2011, 11:22 PM
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I've capped some with my wing capper (had the shoulder) but they never held carbonation. I wouldn't mess with them without a bench capper.
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06-29-2011, 08:44 PM
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so if i get a bench capper do you think twist offs would hold pressure if i bottle condition and heat pasteurize a sweet lemonade?
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