In article >,
zxcvbob > wrote:

> Katra wrote:
> > In article >,
> > zxcvbob > wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Katra wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Or use a soda pump.
> >>>They have a pump cap now where you can put a cap on it and pump pressure
> >>>into a bottle to prevent anymore "flattening" of the carbonated product.
> >>>
> >>
> >>Those don't work. Pumping air into the bottle won't hold the CO2 in
> >>solution. If you want a scientific explanation of why not, look up
> >>"partial pressures".
> >>
> >>Best regards,
> >>Bob
> >>
> >
> >
> > Actually, I think the whole concept of diffusion might explain it.....
> > ;-) I s'pose if you used a CO2 cartrige and pumped that in there it
> > might work.
> >
>
>
> I have a big CO2 tank on my aquarium (to feed the plants) and I use it
> to repressurize 2-liter bottles of pop that have gone flat, or to make
> my own selzer. I put a truck tire stem in the top of a screw-on bottle
> cap, and made a CO2 hose with a tire chuck on the end. I usually
> pressurize to about 50 or 60 psi.
>
> Best regards,
> Bob

Cool!

I actually own a small seltzer bottle and have a couple of boxes of
charges for it.

It's neat because you can carbonate _anything_ with it!
I like to make sparkling apple juice......

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