XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: bobnospam@gmail.com   
      
   On 12/10/2022 2:04 AM, gtr wrote:   
   > What is the secret to how the soda stream works to carbonate water at home?   
   > Why does it work in only about fifteen seconds (three to five squirts)?   
   >   
   > How can I replicate that squirty nozzle using typical air compressor   
   > fittings (like an air gun of sorts, but with that long thin nozzle)?   
   >   
   > I already built a simple carbonation system using a 5 pound C02 tank, a   
   > carbon dioxide regulator, air pressure hose quick connects on beverage   
   > pressure hose, and a plastic soda bottle cap drilled in the center with a   
   > metal tire valve locked in place (without the inner schrader valve core so   
   > it's just a pipe with rubber gaskets that can be tightened on both ends.   
   >   
   > That works to carbonate ice cold water in a plastic liter coke bottle but   
   > it takes about five minutes at about 50 psi or 60 psi even after squishing   
   > the bottle to get all the air (mostly nitrogen) out of the bottle so it's   
   > just carbon dioxide in the air space above the top part of the plastic soda   
   > bottle where it starts to curve inward and even after swirling & shaking to   
   > get more surface area of the water in contact with the carbon dioxide gas.   
   >   
   > I'm guessing the secret to the soda stream is that it is unregulated?   
   > And that all that unregulated carbon dioxide goes into a teeny tiny nozzle?   
   >   
   > If the sodastream is unregulated, then I'm guessing the sodastream squirts   
   > the carbon dioxide gas at a bit over 800 psi up to over 1,000 psi (or even   
   > 2,000 psi depending only, I think, on the temperature and amount of liquid   
   > in the carbon dioxide tank) through that teeny tiny nozzle.   
   >   
   > Does it?   
   >   
   > Short of taking a sodastream apart and reusing its fittings, and short of   
   > hooking the five pound carbon dioxide tank directly to a sodastream machine   
   > (which I don't have), what common air hose fitting can I find that squirts   
   > the carbon dioxide (unregulated?) into the bottle through a similar teeny   
   > tiny nozzle?   
   >   
   > Since I'm using car tools (such as the compressor fittings), I'll add them.   
      
   Small bubbles!  You could add a fine carbonating stone to your rig, and   
   feed the CO2 in slowly.   
      
   https://www.amazon.com/Carbonating-Stone-Barb-0-5-micron/dp/B0064OKB00   
      
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