Ever have a capper wear out?

BeerPressure · Sep 7, 2010

The red baron capper I bought over 2 years ago doesnt seem to be crimping very well anymore. The crown doesnt wrap around the bottle's lip like it used to.

As a result of this my last few batches that I bottled wont carbonate all the way.

Is this possible or am i just goin nuts?

lumpher · Sep 7, 2010

it's possible the capper not crimping is driving you nuts. more likely, it's bad caps. i've ran into some kinds of caps that don't seal very well. can't name them off the top of my head, since i almost always keg, but it does happen

BeerPressure · Sep 7, 2010

cant be bad caps because ive tried different caps. I am gonna borrow my friends capper for this batch.

I usually keg but I have 10 gallons of tripel that i want to bottle condition.

Hopheader · Sep 8, 2010

Don't know about WORN out, but I frickin' BROKE one once!

sudbuster · Sep 8, 2010

maybe a NEW capper would solve your problem?

BubbaK · Sep 9, 2010

The cups do go bad from what I was told by my LHBS.. I just replaced the cup and also bought better caps. The ones I was using only had a small seal, not covering the whole area where it sits on the bottle. I have 3 batches that are of mixed carbonation levels due to bad caps/and cup.

BeerPressure · Sep 9, 2010

Must be the cup on mine. Borrowed my friends and it puts the caps on there much tighter.

with my capper it looked like this when capped /---\
with his capper it looked like |----|

lumpher · Sep 9, 2010

BeerPressure said:
Must be the cup on mine. Borrowed my friends and it puts the caps on there much tighter.

with my capper it looked like this when capped /---\
with his capper it looked like |----|

ok, so the cup on your capper didn't clip quite right... dang tongue twisters...

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