Zippo lighter......please help me?

Question

alright so today i just bought my first zippo lighter

and i dont really know how they work

so i filler the first cotton thing with non zippo lighter fluid

and i clodes it us and tried to light it up

and it didnt even spark at all!!!

so is there something im doing wrong?

please help me

thanks. (:

Answer 1

ok, there could be two problems, all lighters had a little rock that spark, maybe your zippo doesnt have any.

option 1 . go and buy one of those rocks

option 2 . buy a single ligther, and use its rock on your zippo ( i always do that)

if you have that rock, it must be wet...

option 1 wait until the rock dry (recomended)

option 2 change the rock

i hope that i helped you

sorry for my english

Answer 2

Any kind of lighter fluid will work,you probably put to much in and the strike wheel got wet preventing it from sparking,let it dry out a little and it'll work.You only need about 6 to 8 drops of fluid.