Refilling 10-oz bottles

I am getting ready to get into the bottle refilling business, but just for myself. I have rigged together a filling cap/hose/valve system that will attach to a 2-liter bottle. All I have to do is mount the thing to a wall. I have 2 cases of bottles, sanitizer, caps and a capper. If 48 bottles aren't enough, I have access to hundreds more.

Hopefully, I will be enjoying 10 oz. glass bottle Cokes soon. Then, when I get my machine refilled with freon, I will be stocking the machine.

I'll post a pic of my "bottling plant" when it is finished.

Anybody have any tips on how not to lose too much "fizz" when refilling?

[collecture]

I think I would like to refill some bottles in the future also, so please post details and pics.
The only thing I have ever heard was to fill the bottle from the bottom, so your siphoning tube needs to rest on the bottom of the bottle to be filled.

Quote (collecture @ June 06 2006,4:38)

I think I would like to refill some bottles in the future also, so please post details and pics. The only thing I have ever heard was to fill the bottle from the bottom, so your siphoning tube needs to rest on the bottom of the bottle to be filled.

I was thinking the same thing. I made the tube long enough to do that.

[dr galaga]

You might want to get ahold of jasmine64.  Last fall she was talking about bottling some soda.
One thing I can tell you is do not use yeast.  The yeast will keep activating until it is cold, so the bottles could explode if you do not cool them in time! '>

[cormy]

I used to refill the 6.5 oz. bottles for my machines. I used an plastic oil can spout that you can turn off and on at the top. I also use these to add oil to my car after a change (not the same one).
I guess the best tip would be to have the soda COLD and don't leave too much space at the top of the bottle. Fill by sliding down the side of bottle, just like filling a mug at a beer tap. No matter what you do you will always lose a little fizzz....

[davethebirdman]

I fill my six ounce bottles all the time from 2ltre bottles. Nothing posh here. Just pour it into the bottle and cap it straight away. Keeps for a while without loosing its fizz. Just make sure you have a decent capper.

What's with the 2 litre bottles in the US then?? We have them over here because we have adopted our European cousins measuring system. But in the US  I thought you were the haven for Imperialism. Are the French Canadians slowly taking over??

What's next the dollar being replaced by the Euro??

[dr galaga]

Quote (davethebirdman @ June 07 2006,3:21)

What's with the 2 litre bottles in the US then?? We have them over here because we have adopted our European cousins measuring system. But in the US  I thought you were the haven for Imperialism. Are the French Canadians slowly taking over??

A lot of things are slowly creeping over to the metric system.

It's kind of funny being up in Canada (I have relatives there).  They still talk about degrees in fahrenheit, older stores still sell produce by the pound and they talk about things being so many miles down the road.

[halehouse]

Ahhhh my friend, but pay attention!  Most spell the word "litre", but look closely and notice that we could not give in totally and must spell the word "liter".  '>

[Creighton]

I go to the local Quizmo's in the afternoon when they are slow and fill them from the dispensor. Manager gets a kick out of the operation. Bit tastier than from plastic bottles.

I think "officially" the US is metric. The cost was too high to replace all the speed limit signs. Kinda of use a mix of both systems.
Creighton

[dr galaga]

Back in the 80's, Michigan and parts of Indiana listed mileage on the Interstates in both miles and kilometers.  When they replaced them they put up just miles.  When I was in Elementary school in the late 70's/early 80's they taught us both systems.  We only had meter sticks in the classrooms.  Nowadays they ignore the metric system so when things are taught in high school and college that are based on the metric system the students have a hard time.  They have a hard time understanding conversions when it is just base ten.