Getting a Sharpie Pen to Flow Again?
 

I've seen a few solutions on Google. One says put it in a microwave for
5-10 sec. I have my doubts. No one confirmed it. Another was to put it
in very hot water, apparently in about 3-4" or so, but nothing more was
offered.

Anyone got a tried and true method?

(I just tried 10 min in hot water w/o any luck. Probably a real goner.)

Getting a Sharpie Pen to Flow Again?
 

On Jan 4, 9:33*pm, "W. eWatson" wrote:
I've seen a few solutions on Google. One says put it in a microwave for
5-10 sec. I have my doubts. No one confirmed it. Another was to put it
in very hot water, apparently in about 3-4" or so, but nothing more was
offered.

Anyone got a tried and true method?

(I just tried 10 min in hot water w/o any luck. Probably a real goner.)

"Anyone got a tried and true method?"

Buy a new one.

Getting a Sharpie Pen to Flow Again?
 

In article
,
DerbyDad03 wrote:

On Jan 4, 9:33*pm, "W. eWatson" wrote:
I've seen a few solutions on Google. One says put it in a microwave for
5-10 sec. I have my doubts. No one confirmed it. Another was to put it
in very hot water, apparently in about 3-4" or so, but nothing more was
offered.

Anyone got a tried and true method?

(I just tried 10 min in hot water w/o any luck. Probably a real goner.)

"Anyone got a tried and true method?"

Buy a new one.

Yeah, no kidding. A box of ten costs a couple of dollars.

Getting a Sharpie Pen to Flow Again?
 

On 1/4/2011 9:33 PM, W. eWatson wrote:
I've seen a few solutions on Google. One says put it in a microwave for
5-10 sec. I have my doubts. No one confirmed it. Another was to put it
in very hot water, apparently in about 3-4" or so, but nothing more was
offered.

Anyone got a tried and true method?

(I just tried 10 min in hot water w/o any luck. Probably a real goner.)

Are Sharpies water-based now? I thought they were like magic markers,
which you can sometimes bring back to life with an eyedropper full of
alcohol. (The real stuff, not the watered-down 'rubbing alcohol'.)

--
aem sends....

Getting a Sharpie Pen to Flow Again?
 

On Tue, 4 Jan 2011 18:36:58 -0800 (PST), DerbyDad03
wrote:

On Jan 4, 9:33*pm, "W. eWatson" wrote:
I've seen a few solutions on Google. One says put it in a microwave for
5-10 sec. I have my doubts. No one confirmed it. Another was to put it
in very hot water, apparently in about 3-4" or so, but nothing more was
offered.

Anyone got a tried and true method?

(I just tried 10 min in hot water w/o any luck. Probably a real goner.)

"Anyone got a tried and true method?"

Buy a new one.

What, no warranty?

Getting a Sharpie Pen to Flow Again?
 

W. eWatson wrote:
I've seen a few solutions on Google. One says put it in a microwave
for 5-10 sec. I have my doubts. No one confirmed it. Another was to
put it in very hot water, apparently in about 3-4" or so, but nothing
more was offered.

Anyone got a tried and true method?

(I just tried 10 min in hot water w/o any luck. Probably a real
goner.)

Did you try WD-40?

Not that I think it will work, it's just closer to working than duct tape or
vice grips.

Getting a Sharpie Pen to Flow Again?
 

On Jan 4, 8:33*pm, "W. eWatson" wrote:
I've seen a few solutions on Google. One says put it in a microwave for
5-10 sec. I have my doubts. No one confirmed it. Another was to put it
in very hot water, apparently in about 3-4" or so, but nothing more was
offered.

Anyone got a tried and true method?

(I just tried 10 min in hot water w/o any luck. Probably a real goner.)

I have used alcohol with success. Someone suggested an eyedropper,
but I wouldn't put the whole thing in at once. A couple drops, then
cap the pen and store it point down, maybe tap the cap a few times
against a hard surface. If that doesn't do it, a few more drops.

I agree with the comment to buy a new one, but I have been in a
situation where I needed a marker right away, and this was the only
option.

Getting a Sharpie Pen to Flow Again?
 

On Jan 4, 10:30*pm, " wrote:
On Jan 4, 8:33*pm, "W. eWatson" wrote:

I've seen a few solutions on Google. One says put it in a microwave for
5-10 sec. I have my doubts. No one confirmed it. Another was to put it
in very hot water, apparently in about 3-4" or so, but nothing more was
offered.

Anyone got a tried and true method?

(I just tried 10 min in hot water w/o any luck. Probably a real goner.)

I have used alcohol with success. *Someone suggested an eyedropper,
but I wouldn't put the whole thing in at once. *A couple drops, then
cap the pen and store it point down, maybe tap the cap a few times
against a hard surface. *If that doesn't do it, a few more drops.

I agree with the comment to buy a new one, but I have been in a
situation where I needed a marker right away, and this was the only
option.

You should have bought 2 the last time you went shopping.

Getting a Sharpie Pen to Flow Again?
 

On 1/4/2011 8:33 PM, W. eWatson wrote:
I've seen a few solutions on Google. One says put it in a microwave for
5-10 sec. I have my doubts. No one confirmed it. Another was to put it
in very hot water, apparently in about 3-4" or so, but nothing more was
offered.

Anyone got a tried and true method?

(I just tried 10 min in hot water w/o any luck. Probably a real goner.)

I'd just pull out a new one from the box of ten in the office.

--
Steve Barker
remove the "not" from my address to email

Getting a Sharpie Pen to Flow Again?
 

On Tue, 4 Jan 2011 21:04:49 -0600, "HeyBub"
wrote:

W. eWatson wrote:
I've seen a few solutions on Google. One says put it in a microwave
for 5-10 sec. I have my doubts. No one confirmed it. Another was to
put it in very hot water, apparently in about 3-4" or so, but nothing
more was offered.

Anyone got a tried and true method?

(I just tried 10 min in hot water w/o any luck. Probably a real
goner.)

Did you try WD-40?

Not that I think it will work, it's just closer to working than duct tape or
vice grips.

TFF

Getting a Sharpie Pen to Flow Again?
 

On 1/4/2011 6:36 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Jan 4, 9:33 pm, "W. wrote:
I've seen a few solutions on Google. One says put it in a microwave for
5-10 sec. I have my doubts. No one confirmed it. Another was to put it
in very hot water, apparently in about 3-4" or so, but nothing more was
offered.

Anyone got a tried and true method?

(I just tried 10 min in hot water w/o any luck. Probably a real goner.)

"Anyone got a tried and true method?"

Buy a new one.
I knew I overlooked something.

Getting a Sharpie Pen to Flow Again?
 

On 1/4/2011 7:02 PM, Oren wrote:
On Tue, 4 Jan 2011 18:36:58 -0800 (PST), DerbyDad03
wrote:

On Jan 4, 9:33 pm, "W. wrote:
I've seen a few solutions on Google. One says put it in a microwave for
5-10 sec. I have my doubts. No one confirmed it. Another was to put it
in very hot water, apparently in about 3-4" or so, but nothing more was
offered.

Anyone got a tried and true method?

(I just tried 10 min in hot water w/o any luck. Probably a real goner.)

"Anyone got a tried and true method?"

Buy a new one.

What, no warranty?
What no one is up to a challenge. Too much food for the holidays. :-)

Getting a Sharpie Pen to Flow Again?
 

Rubbing alcohol works fine. I put about a teaspoonful in a small paper
cup, and left the put the fine point pen in it for an hour.

Getting a Sharpie Pen to Flow Again?
 

On 1/4/2011 8:33 PM, W. eWatson wrote:
I've seen a few solutions on Google. One says put it in a microwave
for 5-10 sec. I have my doubts. No one confirmed it. Another was to
put it in very hot water, apparently in about 3-4" or so, but nothing
more was offered.

Anyone got a tried and true method?


We used to dip the exposed tip in acetone (nail polish remover) for a
couple of minutes. If there's any ink left and the tip had just dried
out, that will usually get a bit more usage out of the marker.

Getting a Sharpie Pen to Flow Again?
 

Metspitzer wrote in
:

On Tue, 4 Jan 2011 21:04:49 -0600, "HeyBub"
wrote:

W. eWatson wrote:
I've seen a few solutions on Google. One says put it in a microwave
for 5-10 sec. I have my doubts. No one confirmed it. Another was to
put it in very hot water, apparently in about 3-4" or so, but
nothing more was offered.

Anyone got a tried and true method?

(I just tried 10 min in hot water w/o any luck. Probably a real
goner.)

Did you try WD-40?

Not that I think it will work, it's just closer to working than duct
tape or vice grips.

TFF


the problem is that the ink's solvent has dried up.
You can drill a hole in the far end,inject some solvent in there,give it a
short time to work,then the pen will write again.

from Google;
The principle solvents are alcohols, but they also contain ethylene glycol
monobutyl ether.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
localnet
dot com

Getting a Sharpie Pen to Flow Again?
 

"HeyBub" wrote in
:

W. eWatson wrote:
I've seen a few solutions on Google. One says put it in a microwave
for 5-10 sec. I have my doubts. No one confirmed it. Another was to
put it in very hot water, apparently in about 3-4" or so, but nothing
more was offered.

Anyone got a tried and true method?

(I just tried 10 min in hot water w/o any luck. Probably a real
goner.)

Did you try WD-40?

Not that I think it will work, it's just closer to working than duct
tape or vice grips.



Damn you're good! I hope someday I will have such logic & foresight.

Getting a Sharpie Pen to Flow Again?
 

"W. eWatson" wrote in news:ig0lad$14r$1
@news.eternal-september.org:

I've seen a few solutions on Google. One says put it in a microwave for
5-10 sec. I have my doubts. No one confirmed it. Another was to put it
in very hot water, apparently in about 3-4" or so, but nothing more was
offered.

Anyone got a tried and true method?

(I just tried 10 min in hot water w/o any luck. Probably a real goner.)

Stand point down on cement. Whack top end wih hammer. Next step obvious.

Getting a Sharpie Pen to Flow Again?
 

On Jan 5, 11:22*am, Red Green wrote:
"W. eWatson" wrote in news:ig0lad$14r$1
@news.eternal-september.org:

I've seen a few solutions on Google. One says put it in a microwave for
5-10 sec. I have my doubts. No one confirmed it. Another was to put it
in very hot water, apparently in about 3-4" or so, but nothing more was
offered.

Anyone got a tried and true method?

(I just tried 10 min in hot water w/o any luck. Probably a real goner.)

Stand point down on cement. Whack top end wih hammer. Next step obvious.

Are you talking about the Sharpie or something else?

Getting a Sharpie Pen to Flow Again?
 

On 1/4/2011 9:03 PM, RobertPatrick wrote:
"W. wrote in
:

I've seen a few solutions on Google. One says put it in a microwave for
5-10 sec. I have my doubts. No one confirmed it. Another was to put it
in very hot water, apparently in about 3-4" or so, but nothing more was
offered.

Anyone got a tried and true method?

(I just tried 10 min in hot water w/o any luck. Probably a real goner.)

Set it in a glass point down (keep the cap on). Gravity will do the trick.
You should be able to write with it. I'm nursing along one right now that
I can write a few words after the treatment.
Interesting.

Getting a Sharpie Pen to Flow Again?
 

On 1/5/2011 9:24 AM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Jan 5, 11:22 am, Red wrote:
"W. wrote in news:ig0lad$14r$1
@news.eternal-september.org:

I've seen a few solutions on Google. One says put it in a microwave for
5-10 sec. I have my doubts. No one confirmed it. Another was to put it
in very hot water, apparently in about 3-4" or so, but nothing more was
offered.

Anyone got a tried and true method?

(I just tried 10 min in hot water w/o any luck. Probably a real goner.)

Stand point down on cement. Whack top end wih hammer. Next step obvious.

Are you talking about the Sharpie or something else?

His finger? :-)

Caution with the rubbing alcohol. If left in the fluid too long, the ink
will start draining out very slowly. Over done and it could suck it all
out.