1-Remove the insert.
2-Be sure that the Zippo is empty. If you are not sure, leave the insert out in a ventilated room for 1 or 2 days.
3-Screw off the flint holder, take it out carefully, along with the flint.
4-Remove the cotton flap, then, with needle nose pliers, carefully remove the "cotton" balls inside of the Zippo. There should be 5 of them. Keep them nearby.
5- If you have not yet changed your wick, then simply pull up on the wick and snip off the black part. Pull the wick back carefully so that it won't go out of the Zippo. The wick should go almost all the way to the top of the Zippo "chimney".
6-Replace the balls of "cotton", be sure to wind the wick with the balls in a zig zag fashion. Put your cotton flap on, put the flint and holder. Fill it up and your ready to go.(-To replace a wick, simply pull out the left over wick, and replace with a Zippo wick. Then follow step 6.)
Tip: What I find that helps a lot to keep the wick from burning black again, is I fill up the Zippo completely, then I apply a few drops onto the wick, and let everything soak into the wick for about 15 minutes.
I had this issue where when I just got the lighter, I lighted it quite a few times in a single day. The wick quickly turned black and made me question why they say you only need to change it once or twice a year even if you use it a lot, because in one day, it's already quite black and looks like I soon need to trim it. And this is from lighting the fire just around 30 times without having it on for more than a second or at most a few seconds each time. Perhaps it's because the wick didn't soak enough so it catches fire instead of only burning off fuel?
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