laserghost
Well-Known Member
no idea what my issue is. i've been kegging for some time, but need to bottle a few off the keg sometimes, and lately it seems like 1/4 bottles is getting it's neck snapped off by the capper.
my first capper was the red baron that i got with my original equipment off craigslist, so no telling how old it was, but it worked just fine for a while, and then it got out of shape and didn't seat properly during the capping motion. got to the point where i could easily squeeze too hard and it would snap the neck off the bottle. threw that guy away and got this: http://morebeer.com/products/bottle-capper-metal.html
works pretty good, but i'm still snapping the necks off and i'm consciously trying to be careful and not squeeze too hard or any more than what it takes to pop the cap on.
i've never bought new bottles, always recycled whatever commercial brown bottle
by soaking in oxyclean and then rinsing, so no stress of any kind.
bottled last night for nhc final round, and prepped 8 bottles, and broke 2. wtf. should i send this capper back to morebeer after the next break with the jammed cap still in place (i have to pry it out with needle nosed pliers)?
no idea what the issue is, dude.
my first capper was the red baron that i got with my original equipment off craigslist, so no telling how old it was, but it worked just fine for a while, and then it got out of shape and didn't seat properly during the capping motion. got to the point where i could easily squeeze too hard and it would snap the neck off the bottle. threw that guy away and got this: http://morebeer.com/products/bottle-capper-metal.html
works pretty good, but i'm still snapping the necks off and i'm consciously trying to be careful and not squeeze too hard or any more than what it takes to pop the cap on.
i've never bought new bottles, always recycled whatever commercial brown bottle
by soaking in oxyclean and then rinsing, so no stress of any kind.
bottled last night for nhc final round, and prepped 8 bottles, and broke 2. wtf. should i send this capper back to morebeer after the next break with the jammed cap still in place (i have to pry it out with needle nosed pliers)?
no idea what the issue is, dude.