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Flat Soda? Not anymore!

video Flat Soda? Not anymore!

Save your soda from going flat. The last drink will be as good as the 1st, even with 2 or 3 liter drinks!

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May 20, 2012. 6:49 PMjacobbrunberg says:

long time no coment, but i will use this $1 for 3 leader $5 for a 12 pack

May 25, 2009. 9:32 AMwoody558 says:

Can I use this to make seltzer water?

May 20, 2012. 6:44 PMjacobbrunberg says:

Dec 21, 2010. 12:49 PMspark master says:

I bought for about 3 bucks a cap with a pump and just screw it on and pump it. Does not taste like black butyl rubber, yeck. But it like this probably will make soda taste flat in the end. You are pumping a lot of non CO2 gas into the bottle, it permeates the soda and it still taste flat . What was nifty though was my friend (as a kid) did this to a water pistol and made a pressurized squirt gun before pump up water guns were made. He was a diabetic and used syringes. What a hoot.

Nov 16, 2009. 6:10 PMteebradford says:

Do you have to take the cap off before you pour or does the cola somehow go through the cap?

Jan 25, 2010. 9:44 AMparavou says:

I would venture to say take the lid off.

Jan 25, 2010. 9:43 AMparavou says:

Good Idea I will have to try it some time.
BTW I don't see all the fuss about the nails some people just naturally have fast growing strong nails. Jealousy is they only reason I can see for fussing about it.
Of course having nails like that has its drawbacks as well, like breaking the nail clippers ( my husband has strong nails like this and has broken nail clippers before). anyways thank you for the instructable.

Jun 1, 2009. 10:12 AMwoody558 says:

Mine tasted like rubber and didn't carbonate. Any tips?

Jun 1, 2009. 4:11 PMHowie_D (author) says:

I made mine of the metal valve stem. I've never had a taste issue with it.

May 27, 2009. 12:42 PMwoody558 says:

mine is rubber. will this work?

May 27, 2009. 2:24 PMHowie_D (author) says:

A rubber valve stem will not let you 'bolt' the tire stem to the cap. It would be aggrivating.

May 25, 2009. 4:09 PMwoody558 says:

Where did you get the tire valves?

May 25, 2009. 6:05 PMHowie_D (author) says:

Any autoparts store

May 25, 2009. 1:14 PMwoody558 says:

Mine doesn't have the washer or the nut. Is this okay?

May 25, 2009. 3:21 PMHowie_D (author) says:

The washer you can do without... The nut is needed to screw the vavle stem to the top.

May 25, 2009. 10:22 AMwoody558 says:

Why can't you use a short cap?

May 25, 2009. 11:29 AMHowie_D (author) says:

The short cap will not fit the theads on a two liter bottle. Thanks for watching! :)

Aug 24, 2008. 3:47 PMD6U4 says:

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Dec 28, 2008. 2:19 PMbobhill125 says:

thats rude D6U4

Sep 9, 2008. 3:54 AMaliceownsj00 says:

i lol'd

Nov 22, 2008. 12:15 AMiBurn says:

Or you could just drop a chunk of dry ice in and SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE!

Nov 22, 2008. 3:14 PMegriff says:

don't use too much though or you'll shake, shake, shake, boom

Nov 22, 2008. 5:43 PMiBurn says:

Yeeeaaaahhhh....I just was bored so I threw a chunk in some sunny-D and then I would shake it up and when I opened it POOF! Smoke ring =P

Oct 21, 2008. 5:09 AMgoldienin says:

Great idea and instructions are very easy to follow. Well done. Thanks

Sep 13, 2008. 9:43 PMAll Damsel, No Distress says:

THANK YOU! I can almost always find 2 liter bottles on sale and cheaper than a 12 pack of cans! Can't wait to try this!

Sep 14, 2008. 8:04 AMHowie_D (author) says:

Glad you find it useful! :)

Aug 28, 2008. 9:52 AMdeadboltz says:

hey could I fill a bottle with just air only and use it fire stuff? thanks chris

Aug 28, 2008. 1:58 PMHowie_D (author) says:

I have put 100psi in the bottle with it 1/4 full of water. It will hold the pressure!

Aug 24, 2008. 1:14 PMalex-sharetskiy says:

does this re-carbonate your drinks too?

Aug 25, 2008. 7:28 AMHowie_D (author) says:

It just prevents the carbonation from leaking out of the soda between drinks. It works extremely well!

Aug 25, 2008. 3:32 PMalex-sharetskiy says:

ya, but it would be extremely annoying to to re-pressurize the drink after each time you open it

Aug 26, 2008. 8:06 PMg-dub says:

I guess it depends on how much you love your cola! :)

Aug 26, 2008. 8:24 PMalex-sharetskiy says:

true, might as well re-pressurize with CO2

Aug 26, 2008. 8:07 PMg-dub says:

good idea! I like to keep things fresh...if you know what I mean

Aug 23, 2008. 7:44 PM

greeenpro says:

Cool concept. Isn't this a video about soda? You'd think it was a poll on whether or not this guy should trim his nails.. :) Who cares?

Aug 26, 2008. 7:06 PM

Frivolous Engineering says:

Yep, I think these how-to's need to be viewed by some people: The "be nice" comment policy Staying on subject Manners and lack there of...

Aug 26, 2008. 5:53 PMwibrle says:

Cool, thanks for sharing

Aug 26, 2008. 10:33 AMdegroof says:

Nice. I've been doing something similar using icemaker tubing, inline valves and a CO2 tank. I might have to try a tire valve instead.

Aug 25, 2008. 6:58 AM

jeff-o says:

Is there any danger of oil from the compressor being introduced into the soda?

Aug 25, 2008. 7:26 AMHowie_D (author) says:

Not at all. Normally I use a small hand pump to add the pressure back to the bottle. I just used the tire inflator to show how well the bottle holds the pressure.

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