Re-using P.E.T Caps?

nuzzles · Post by **nuzzles** » Friday Jun 01, 2007 5:38 pm

Hi fellow brew masters,

Just wondering if anyone has reused their PET bottle lids? Thoughts?

Cheers

r.magnay · Post by **r.magnay** » Friday Jun 01, 2007 5:46 pm

Yes!

There has been a lot of discussion on this in the past, but you can definately re-use them, do a search.

nuzzles · Post by **nuzzles** » Friday Jun 01, 2007 5:47 pm

Cheers, did a quick search but i didn't find anything... me go have another look

Rysa · Post by **Rysa** » Friday Jun 01, 2007 5:53 pm

http://www.homebrewandbeer.com/forum/vi ... php?t=4985

Found this, but there are some others in making beer a few pages back if you go back page by page.

nuzzles · Post by **nuzzles** » Friday Jun 01, 2007 5:58 pm

Awesome thanks for that

did something wrong there

Rysa · Post by **Rysa** » Friday Jun 01, 2007 6:01 pm

I usually use them till they start to go warped, if they're too bad i take them off and put another or a new one on then seal it up.

nuzzles · Post by **nuzzles** » Friday Jun 01, 2007 6:02 pm

Cool that answers my question, Ill use them again

Thanks

Longrasser · Post by **Longrasser** » Sunday Jun 03, 2007 6:14 am

When you do fit a new cap dont forget to remove the tamper ring
Its quicker to pull the ring off the cap than cut it off the bottle neck

Cheers

buscador · Post by **buscador** » Sunday Jun 03, 2007 2:06 pm

a flathead screwdriver pops then clean off pretty well

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Trizza · Post by **Trizza** » Sunday Jun 03, 2007 7:25 pm

buscador wrote:a flathead screwdriver pops then clean off pretty well

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Thanks mate, I've been using my teeth for ages to remove the rings, which will be a good habit to break when I start using the screwdriver.

I always go for new caps on my PETs, mostly because the crack you get from opening a new bottle is a sound I've come to love.

It's a guaranteed seal, and given its 10c more on each bottle, it's hardly anything to lose sleep over.

And it also looks half-professional. If you're out with friends and they realised they actually have to break the seal to open the bottle.

I'm not in this to make cheap beer.

Trizza

pixelboy · Post by **pixelboy** » Sunday Jun 03, 2007 8:15 pm

Ive been using the same caps for over 12 months.. some of them musta been used 10-15 times!!

buscador · Post by **buscador** » Sunday Jun 03, 2007 8:21 pm

Trizza-
I once took a chick out on my boat and couldnt find my bottle opener,
she throws the glass bottle in her mouth and POP! hands me a coldie,

some may find that appealing in a lady...
i had to pass her on to my more pirate-worthy mates...

something about it still freaks me out

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Zuma · Post by **Zuma** » Sunday Jun 03, 2007 8:28 pm

A pair of scissors on the new caps does the trick although the rings do go flying.

Have made the fatal mistake of boiling my caps one day!

Trizza · Post by **Trizza** » Sunday Jun 03, 2007 9:11 pm

buscador-

I'm not proud of the fact that i can open twist top and crown sealed bottles with my teeth.
Still it is helpful when no bottle openers can be found....

Trizza

(those years of braces didnt go to waste afterall!!

)

buscador · Post by **buscador** » Sunday Jun 03, 2007 10:39 pm

the force is strong with you Master Trizza

zuma- use the flathead and see how well your accuracy iis, ive got the bin across the kitchen for a reason

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Zuma · Post by **Zuma** » Sunday Jun 03, 2007 10:46 pm

buscador wrote:the force is strong with you Master Trizza

zuma- use the flathead and see how well your accuracy iis, ive got the bin across the kitchen for a reason

b

Fair enough Yoda..