bring a dried out marker back to life!

have you ever left a marker out and realized it, when it was already too late? heres a simple quick fix on how to bring it back to life!

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Step 1: Get your materials.

all you need is

1. dried out marker
2. wooden stick (optional)
3. mini baster thing... (optional)
4. white vinegar

the stick or the baster are to get a specific drop of white vinegar you don't want too much because that could delude the ink...

freidabob says: Feb 10, 2013. 6:39 PM

Water base markers come right back to life if you use a hypodermic needle to inject water into them. I have revived thousands of them that way. They have to be the fat tip markers. I stick the needle down in the tip and inject slowly. If you go too fast it overflows. You have to allow air to escape as you put a little in. Still trying to learn how to do Sharpies and dry erase markers. Also- glue sticks puzzle me. Would love to know how to make a glue stick refillable!

Guitarcat999 says: Mar 16, 2008. 5:23 PM

Does this work for sharpies and other permanent markers?

DELETED_lsloan says: Mar 28, 2008. 6:25 AM

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e-gr2learn says: Sep 23, 2009. 9:40 AM

Since Isloan mentions that Sharpies are alcohol-based, I used that. (My alcohol is oil-of-wintergreen scented, worked just fine.) I could not have sniffed the Sharpie, however, since it was a mini-sized whose cap had worked loose at some unknown time, in my bag. No smell left. Could've been dried out for weeks, as I rarely use it. Thanks to the "alcohol-rub" I gave it, it's found new life! Thank you.

acabrera7 says: Feb 8, 2013. 7:04 AM

u could revitalise the pen using hand disinfectant or isopropyl alcohol

dip the tip in and take it out. lid on, leave the pen upside down, and let it absorb.
repeat, but leave the pen tip facing down, next day READY!