Originally Posted by
wphamilton
It's getting dark, in a hurry to get home, unscrew the valve nut exactly like always and waste a CO2 cartridge in an instant. Likely I unscrewed the valve core when I though it was the nut turning.
For those who are using threaded CO2 inflators Locktite-ing valve cores is an extremely good idea. The threaded chuck of the inflator will freeze itself to the core. They will unscrew together. "Juts tightening" the core is typically not sufficient to avoid this problem.
Either Locktite the core, or remember to let it warm up and thaw before unscrewing the chuck.