Bottle opener

[unionrdr]

A lot of the huge number of caps I have are bent. But I had an idea to get a dowel rod the right diameter to use a rubber mallet & a towel to straighten them out without damaging the art on them?

 

[coolharry]

A lot of the huge number of caps I have are bent. But I had an idea to get a dowel rod the right diameter to use a rubber mallet & a towel to straighten them out without damaging the art on them?

Maybe the right sized dowel and a wing capper could straighten them out with out damage?

 

[unionrdr]

Or my bench capper, dowel rod & a towel to pad the printed side? I like trading the caps for other brewery swag. Started a collection of coasters I'm going to arrange in a poster frame.

 

[Wynne-R]

Unionrdr, I think a magazine would work better than a towel.

 

[unionrdr]

Hm...might be apropos to use an issue of BYO?

 

[Riot]

Kinda late to the party here, but try using a spoon. It's the same idea as the lighter trick, just easier to get to work

 

[gtmaus]

I have one of these. Works great and you end up with a perfect cap. Best opener I've owned.
http://gropener.com/

 

[Inkleg]

I have one of these. Works great and you end up with a perfect cap. Best opener I've owned.
http://gropener.com/

+1 to this. Love my GrOpener.

 

[smokinop]

A bic lighter.

A plastic bottle of water or soda works the same but has better leverage.

 

[DrunkleJon]

+1 to this. Love my GrOpener.

Who doesnt love a good GrOpe?

I used to use the rim of an empty bottle, until I knocked the rim of the bottle off along with the cap.

In a bind I will use a piece of 8.5X11 paper folded up and used as a Bic. Then again I have since bought several cheap ones to stash everywhere so I dont have this problem anymore.

 

[SharonaZamboni]

I have quite a collection of openers, but always use the GrOpener.

 

[tracyk]

I use the paint can opener that I get free when I buy paint at either Lowes or Home Depot. Works great, no dent in the cap! Shoot, I must have a dozen of them. One of them I cut the triangle end off and epoxied it into a 3/4" chunk of zebra wood that I had lying around in the shop.

 

[slym2none]

I have one of these. Works great and you end up with a perfect cap. Best opener I've owned.
http://gropener.com/

$20 just to open a bottle? No thanks.

It must be nice being rich...

 

[coolharry]

Or my bench capper, dowel rod & a towel to pad the printed side? I like trading the caps for other brewery swag. Started a collection of coasters I'm going to arrange in a poster frame.

I just made a bunch of magnets tonight. I used a piece of leftover 1" wooden dowel and it was the perfect size to push the cap into the bell of my capper and straighten the slightly bent caps I had. I'm not sure how it would work if the cap was creased or anything, but it did a great job with the ones I had.

 

[unionrdr]

I gotta try that, since it seems to work. I have two bags of caps to go through.