dried up marker fix
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- Here is a quick fix for alcohol markers that have gone dry. You will need an eyedropper (or pipette or syringe) and denatured alcohol (or ethanol) to implement this quick fix!
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We must protect Lindsay at all costs! I have been watching Lindsay for years but I finally decided to use a set of alcohol markers I invested in about a year ago and one was dried out, as well as the my very first Copic marker I received in a subscription box. I was so frustrated and ready to give up on alcohol markers for good, because my watercolor markers don’t do this🤞🏾I knew Lindsay would have a solution. Thanks for saving us so much money 🤫 The art companies might not like that too much.
This is such a fabulous tip!! I purchased all the original sets and when I went to use one, it was so dry I put it away in disgust and ate a bowl of ice cream instead! My hips send a huge hug!! :-)~TFS, Sharon
You can use nail polish remover as well. That's what i used and it worked!
Acentone or acetone free?
@@bechodge7074 doesn't matter which one you use. They both work. Alcohol gel also works. E.g. hand sanitizer
Hi Lindsay, I want to tell you how you saved my old, old, sharpie markers. My favorite sharpie markers are the old fine tip. They don't make them any longer. I hate it! They are the ones that do not have the tiny felt tip that always messes up. I decided to give your idea a try. I removed, very carefully, the tip piece and put several drops of memento ink in it. Let it sit for a while and sure enough, I can use it again. It remains to be seen as to how long but maybe you have saved my favorite markers. Thank you.
I found the Denatured Alcohol at Walmart in the hardware department around the paints. Glycerine was over in the drug area next to the rubbing alcohol. Two must have item in the thrifty frugal arsenal. Surprisingly easy to find.
thank you so much for this. Refills are hard to come by. So I replaced some with new and guess what the ones that I was going to throw away have come back and the ones I was frustrated with last night are back. Thank you ... you have saved me a fortune
Well thanks a bunch! Now, I will go and get to fixin' those new but dried up markers. You are such a smaart ( Maine speak) crafter, helping us with supplies around our studio! I thoroughly appreciate all your tips..., and you have saved me a bundle of money!
I had bought a complete set of these from AC Moore and didn't use them much initially. When I went back to use them a year later, many of them were completely dried up. I tried this with the denatured alcohol, and it totally fixed them all! Thanks for the tip!
Thanks so much for this tip!! My Spectrum Noir markers have dried up and I was so bummed. I am going to try this very soon.
I can always count on you to have a solution to my problems. Yesterday I went to use my Spectrum Noirs ( I have a full set) and found 31 of them were dry. I have eye droppers and denatured alcohol in the house so guess what I am doing today. Thank you. You saved me a fortune and I can use the markers I love.
omg, I thrown lot of dried markers....hughhh!
Better saw this before...
Thank you i'll try it!
omg thank you so much. I just spent a butt ton of money on alcohol based markers and I just got them and some of them are dried up and I had no idea how to fix them ! thank you so much!!!!
I can't wait to try this. I bought a lot of the spectrum sets. Many were dry the first time I tried them. Very frustrating. BUT I did not throw them away hoping that there was a solution out there. So I will try to find some denatured alcohol & give this a try.
this is great to know, I have thrown out markers in the past that I could probably have saved this way. Is there any way to revive a gel pen that has dried out?? I have a bunch and about half of them no longer work.
Thank you so much for sharing this tip! I have a ton of Spectrum Noir markers and found that almost all of my markers are dried out! I was extremely disappointed that I spent all that money and I couldn't use them unless I purchased all the re-inkers. Which was totally out of the question! Will be heading to the store to pick some of that alcohol up! Thanks again!
thank you so much lindsay! you have the greatest tips and are so extremely helpful! God Bless You! :)
Thank you I needed this video. I have one that is dry and wondered how to fix it.
I have a few Spectrum Noirs that are dried up, so this is going to be a great fix! TFS!!
Thank you for the tutorial! Hopefully I'll be able to finish my studio final before it's due.
Thanks Lindsay. When I bought my Spectrum Noir Markers, half of them were dry and the other half were going dry. I returned them to the vendor and had them replaced. I did not know that they could be rejuvenated. I have a ceiling fan going at all times in my craft room, which makes things dry out faster. Now, I store all of my markers in airtight containers.
HOW DO YOU FIX CHEAP WATERBASED MARKERS THAT HAVE DRIED? BTW, YOU ARE MY MENTOR AND GO-TO FOR ANY QUESTIONS. GREAT PERSONALITY TOO. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
Thanks for the tip. I stop buying SN markers because I got so many that were after one or two uses. Now I can fix them
This video saved my Letraset markers! (once I figured out it's called "Methylated Spirits" in Australia) :D
I was shocked it was as simple as just pulling the chisel tip out rather than pulling the body apart and the remedy was under my kitchen sink all along!!
Thanks for that as most likely called that in the UK too haha. That’s what they use for camp stoves so I know where to grab me some now haha! 👍🏾
Thank you so much for posting this! I tried it and it worked great! I was worried that I would have to purchase the re-inkers already.
Love it I needed this I have a few like this. Thank you. Edith
Thanks! I also have some dried up markers. I'll give this a try.
Thanks so much, I have a couple Spectrum Noirs that are dry, so it's nice to know I can fix them instead of having to replace them :D
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your ENGERY. You are the best !!!!!
Lindsey, that you for the tip. I need to get some and do this. God bless, Peggy
Yet again, you anticipated my need. Yes, I have those markers and yes some of them dried up terribly. Off to the hardware store for denatured alcohol.
Great and helpful video as always Lindsey just wanted to let u know most dual tipped markers do best if stored horizontally as the ink reservoir is shared by both nibs.....gravity still applies.
I use Spectrums, so great information.!
I’ve tried this in the 90s with my Design markers str8 into the nib (no screw off) they dried up a few days later I used WD40 it works on different pigment markers acrylic water based and oil based markers
Omg, I'm at work and needed my marker to mark somethings but appeared to being drying out. I tried this and I'm back in business 😁. Thanks so much for the vbog ....👌👍👍
Have a wonderful day!
Hi Lindsay, I went ahead and tried 91% Isopropyl Alcohol, it's what I had on hand and was also anxious to try this. So far it's working! Thanks for this tip.
thanks so much for being brave and trying and sharing the results!
As an update, the markers are dry again. So I think it's better to stay with the denatured alcohol. I´m having a really hard time finding it here. I´ve gone to a hardware store, a pharmacy and an art supplies store. I´ll keep trying though.
I have all 168 of the originals and I too have had some dry out. Thanks for the great hint. I will eventually get the rest of the refills but at least this will allow me to use the markers until then. I love Crafter's Companion products and Spectrum Noir's especially. They are very economical as far as alcohol ink markers go.
In Australia, de-natured alcohol is methylated spirits - I asked my hubby what de-natured alcohol was used for and he told me what it was, duh!
Anyway, thanks for this, I have several Spectrum Noir pens, brand new, never used, that just don't work at all! I didn't want to go to the expense of replacing them if I didn't have to, so this solution is a great deal of help. I dare say we have methylated spirits in the shed somewhere for woodworking and cleaning car parts and stuff.
thank you so much you have helped a lot of people
Many of my Spectrum Noir markers have dried up. I really need to give this a try. Thanks for the cool tip! JIL
thank you so much ...was waiting for reinkers to go on sale ..great tip
Omg thanks you so much for the tip. I to have alot of sn markers that were never used but were dried out.
I’ve heard adding a tiny bit of glycerin with isopropyl alcohol 91%+ works well.
Thanks, I have the same problem, my markers are new and many all ready dry, thanks for the tip.
You always have some amazing ideas....
Thanks this really help me out now I don't have to buy anymore.
Awesome tip! I will have to keep this in mind for all of my markers! :)
Thank you for the great tip Lindsay!!! Hugs Liz x
Thanks for the tip...you are great....I was so upset as they were so dry ...but I could not afford to replace them all. Worst of all since I got them online...I could not remember who I got them from. You are a life saver. :)
Hi, love all the videos! What are the other uses for the denatured alcohol? Since I bought a quart, I would love to use it in other ways in the studio. Was thinking about
diy alcohol inks.
This is gonna help me out! Thanks for helping me
I wish you could bottle some of your energy. I would be first in line to purchase a few! I had this problem with Spectrum Noir pens, so I am pleased to know I can salvage the dry ones. Thanks,
Oh thank you so much i've just got mad as i saw it dried out. It worked thxxx
yes this happened to me.. I was so angry. I have almost all of these markers and over half no longer work. THANK YOU so much for sharing this. I hope i get as good as results.
I read your answered that this can be performed on Copic Markers so long as you don't do this for the Copic Airbrush System. Good to know.
I just love your all your videos.
Tysm for saving my markers I thought they were done for 🥺🙌
OMG!! It worked!! I now have 4 "New" markers restored.... Thank you!
yay!
Maybe you can do a quick video or blog post with a list of uses for denatured alcohol other than fixing dried markers.
Thanks for this tutorial...I have a question. My set of alcohol markers has a colorless blender, it is dry also. Do I add the alcohol to it also, or is there a different way to refresh the colorless blender? Also is 70% rubbing alcohol ok, or do I need to go get the denatured alcohol?? Thanks for this tutorial
thats is BRILLIANT thank you x
cazee100 Hi Lindsay, I saved almost all of my dried up markers thanks to you! In the UK, de-natured alcohol is known as Methylated spirits - i had to google it lol. MILLIONS of hugs and thank yous!!
+cazee100 thanks so much for your comment. I've been looking for denatured alcohol in Australia for a while now and couldn't find it as it's also called Methylated Spirits here. So excited to finally be able to reuse my dried out markers. 😃
Hi Lindsay, my fine tip wink of stella clear glitter pen is dried out (it is new). Can I use this process on the wink of stella glitter pen? Thanks so much for your help!
I bought a pack of micron pens and two have dried out and I also left my Pitt pen without capping all the way and it dried out. Do you think adding alcohol would work with the micron and Pitt?
My mom's friend has kids and they used my markers without my permission and didn't put the cap back on two of my markers so thank you for this video😭💞
Great vid and information! Thsnk you. Question will this work for dried out liquid correction fluid? (White out) ?
Depending on the brand, different solvents are used. You can actually buy correction fluid "thinner" to fix fluid that has gotten too thick. Just remember not to overdo it as if it is too thin, it will become too transparent.
Thank you for your video😊I went to use my markers and all of them had dried up… like most things out here in the desert 🌵 climate. You mentioned giving your infant fluoride in a syringe like this one…might want to google toxic substances list update on that.
The doctor prescribed it and he turned out fine, he's 20 now.
Great Tip!!!
thank you, thank you, thank you! I was about to pitch mine and was really upset cause the money I spent on them
Great tutorial - quick question - why Denatured Alcohol and not 91% regular alcohol?I've seen other TH-cam videos where they've used the 91%.Just curious. Thank you.
The denatured seems stronger than the drugstore stuff to me but maybe it is not, IDK
Shelly Salzman *_Yeah i don’t have that kind of alcohol!! Only isopropyl alcohol!! Did you try it?? Did it end up working??_*
Hi! I user nail remover and it really worked but after 2 days i tried to check again and they again became dry. Do you know the reason?
Sorry for answering late but do you have to use a syring
I would like to suggest a theme for video, about equivalent or similar colors between different brands and copic, I am an art student and would like to save on markers and refilling with copic inks.
lindsay has already done a video on cheaper alternatives to copics. here she is using spectrum noir, which i also have, brought from a sale at crafters companion, which are a cheaper alternative to copics, spectrum noir are made by crafters companion, you buy from their website, they have a UK website and an american website, just make sure you are on the correct one for your country. Another good alternative is promarkers, which i also have, i bought half price in a december/January sale, from hobbycraft in UK, but i don't know how easy they are to get hold of in america, a really cheap but very good alternative is ohuhu markers available online from amazon, i did a lot of research online and loads of people say ohuhu are cheap but very good. most of the cheaper brands you cannot buy replacement ink like you can with copics, but of course there are other ways to revitalise them, as shown here by lindsay. I do not own any copic markers, they are very expensive, and i don't believe in paying that much money, when there are other brands that are just as good, in my opinion.
@@mooncatandberyl5372 thank you very much for the tips, but besides saving with markers, i also think about avoiding producing so much plastic, as a way to recycle, if u can point me to the videos that show how to revitalize the markers on the channel, i am grateful
WOW...you are so smart!
i generally just use water in things like this (markers, eyeliner etc). Is it bad to?
I've heard rubbing alcohol works too? Have you tried it? Thanks.
What are the common places in a home where you could find this alcohol? Medicine cabinets?
I didn't have achool so I used water and it didn't
work do you know what else I used
This was great info!! Tsmfs!!!
Thank you.x
On certain Posca pens you can use water. It is still a big deal should provide refills or make it easier to put in water.
Lindsay, I keep going back to your tutorials and this one has helped me alot...I have't used my Distress Markers (I think they are Tim Holtz, they are the same colors as the Rangers Ink Pads) so can I use this technique with them too? Thanks so much..You have NO IDEA how much some of your video's (well a lot of them) have helped me..Thanks again, Victoria
+Victoria Ciolek for tim holtz markers if they have all the color but are just dry use an equal mix of water and vegetable glycerin to refresh. If they are used up reink with the distress reinkers.
Thank you...
Hey Lindsay, this video is great! I have some Chameleon pens that are quite expensive and there's a colorless blender liquid in one end that is used to lighten the color in the nib by using a fusion process, so you can start coloring with a highlight effect. As you color it gets darker, working toward a shadowed effect. Do you know if you can use denatured alcohol in the pen, in place of the colorless blender liquid that you can buy?
+Linda Taylor yes you can
Thank you, Lindsay!
Thanks! I shall try it :)
Will this method work for other alcohol based markers? How do you know which pens are etoh-based? vs. H2O-based markers? I don't have the brand you demonstrated but I have lots of old Sakura Pigma pens. Thanks for all your tips.
give the marker a sniff, if it smells like alcohol it will work!
thank-you, saved my markers and me!!!
WOW Cool!!!! I have been buying refills galore and spending tons of money!!!!! What are some the other things that we can use Denatured Alcohol for????
Thanks,
Donna
PS You are the BEST!!!!! So glad I recently found you and I going way way back to review all your video`s.......
I use it to refill my clear blending markers, thinning alcohol ink to get lighter shades, cleaning oil off stuff...
thefrugalcrafter . Thank you!!!
THANKS!!!!
Then with water based markers do we use pure water or water with a touch of glycerine? Love these money stretching tips.
water with glycerin, it helps the marker glide, you are a smart cookie!
This process is one of the easiest, you can use any kind of perfume or body spray or at least only alcohol. Pour a bit
Perfume on the marker nib and recap it and wait for at least 5 mins then wow you can use it now hurrah and it works, your one also works i thought perfume alcohol wont work but it did true i promise thank you sooooooo much for this idea. Well i burned my hand bcaz the alcohol droped much on my hand be careful when doing this wear gloves again thanks to yoy
And yes Do not forget to like this vid and put the marker upside down after pouring alcohol
woohoo thank u. i heard too u should store markers laying flat. a lot of times at craft stores they have been hanging up for a year or more. (at least at michaels).
+DieHysterical_Hag I dont think it is that big of an issue, just store them flat when you get home.
would this work on Fabric markers and Prisma color markers.
Same (NEW) markers, same problem (NOT HAPPY) Great fix, Thanks I'm Happy now! Love your vids! Thanks Brenda
I did this just last week with a load of my spectrum noirs. It's a great fix isn't it.
Yes! That old style marker must have an air gap somewhere but it's nice to know you can fix them and not have to trash them:) I hate waste:)
@@thefrugalcrafter I know me too. I'm hoping to start crafting again soon so went through all my spectrum noirs and had about 30 that had dried up. I had barely used them so knew they weren't empty. On a couple of them even after I had reactivated them the nib was still dry so I just added some alcohol directly to the nib just get the moisture back it in. That worked great too. I wouldn't of been happy if I had to throw all of them out!!
Lindsay great info as usual! i have a question....i bought a big set of gel pens from craft store and hardly used them, but stored properly and most are dry, but shows ink.... how can i revive them?? some leaked out :( #2. what if anything can you use to replace ink in gel pens and markers? #3. also, does the alcohol tip work for just those kinds of markers? do they say 'alcohol' based on them? how do ya know?? ahead of time for the info! :)
I've never had much luck reviving them, sometimes heating the tips with a heat gul will work then scribbling them:)
I don't have any of the alcohol based markers, poor me, but I will keep this in mind in case I ever get some. I bought two Distress Ink pads that came with little ink in them and I had to buy reinkers before I could use them. I contacted Ranger and what a run around they gave me and then told me the ink pads come with ink - duh!
I so needed this tip. Can you use alcohol from the drug store for this also?
Denatured alcohol is stronger but rubbing alcohol might work, scribble some ink on a piece of plastic and dab it with a q-tip dipped in alcohol and see if it dissolves the ink. If so try it:)
will 91% isopropyl alcohol work? Thanks for all your wonderful videos and help!
Jan Stroh it will but the markers might dry out sooner, denatured or ethanol is best.
Thanks so much 😁 you're the best!
Lindsay, can you use regular rubbing alcohol? Or does it have to be denatured alcohol? What is the difference in using the different alcohols?
Denatured is stronger and contains less water.
+thefrugalcrafter Lindsay Weirich Thank you so much
Hey! Would methyl hydrate work? I cant find denatured alcohol anywhere close to me
I'm not sure
great idea, will this work with all markers?
all permanent markers except for Chartpak brand;)
Hi lindsay. here in the uk you can only legally get it with purple or blue dye in in. Do you no if this will effect the colour of the pens if I was to use this? Sorry to keep pestering you, I have a very tight budget and would hate to waste anymore pens than I have to.
Thank you robyn x
Robyn Evans I don't know...can you get Ethanol? That will work. Or copic blending solution which is overpriced Ethanol. Also I have heard that the booze Everclear will work but I have not tried it.
thefrugalcrafter Lindsay Weirich
Will isopropyl alcohol work? At what percentage? (It's sold in percentages.)
muskndusk 99% should be OK:)
thefrugalcrafter Lindsay Weirich
Thanks. I now have some on the way from Amazon. Looking forward to reviving dried Sharpies which I've hardly used.
thefrugalcrafter Lindsay Weirich
This has now arrived, along with a leaflet giving masses of precautions which make it seem very scarey to use!