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| Thread ID: 86819 | 2008-01-29 23:45:00 | Fixing ball Point pens, what actually works | Morgenmuffel (187) | PC World Chat |
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| 635276 | 2008-01-29 23:45:00 | Ok i have a pile of non-working ball point pens that don't work, they appear to have ink in them, but their Balls don't turn (don't even think dodgy thoughts there), I have tried What has actually worked for you I fully expect lubrication jokes, but what actually works |
Morgenmuffel (187) | ||
| 635277 | 2008-01-29 23:57:00 | Googled: If you have a ballpoint pen which has stopped working although there is still a quantity of ink remaining. Heat the ball point for a few seconds over a small flame (eg. cig. lighter) and this should restore their functionality. Take out the ink cartridge inside your pen. Take a piece of lead (best to be 0.7) and insert inside the opening of your ink cartridge. Then take another piece and swivel the lead which is already inside. Make sure your lead touches the floor of the ink cartridge. Personally I have so many pens I just chuck them and use a new one. Banks, shops, etc give them away so I haven't had to buy pens in years. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 635278 | 2008-01-30 00:27:00 | Cheers i have googled and do know the lighter trick, the glass trick etc, but 90% of the time they don't work for me, so i was wondering if anyone had a tried and tested method and i know i should throw them out but it seems a waste |
Morgenmuffel (187) | ||
| 635279 | 2008-01-30 00:34:00 | One of my favourite pens stopped working after not being used for quite a while so I tried the lighter trick. It worked a treat but it didn't work for another of my good pens. Seems like you can't win with pens. If you store them upright they sometimes leak everywhere and if you lay them flat they dry up and die. :( I have tons of them but only write best with a couple since my writing is pretty scribbly at the best of times. |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 635280 | 2008-01-30 01:17:00 | glass. try writing on glass, usually starts up again. Don't forget the CGA:rolleyes: | plod (107) | ||
| 635281 | 2008-01-30 01:27:00 | Yes one of the simplest tricks to get them working again is to scribble on a coarse surface say like the rubber sole of your shoe etc. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 635282 | 2008-01-30 01:31:00 | Long method: 1. Try all the recommended methods 2. Throw the pen away Short method: 1. Throw the pen away :D |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 635283 | 2008-01-30 02:12:00 | Plan B. Stop buying junk pens. Allow any brand / model 2 failures, then never buy another of that brand / model. Take all the old dead pens and give them to Roger Douglas to write down his good ideas. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 635284 | 2008-01-30 02:13:00 | We used to make "tick" marks all over the windows, then throw the pen away. Lurking. |
Lurking (218) | ||
| 635285 | 2008-01-30 02:14:00 | Do what the Russian astronauts do - use a pencil. | dvm (6543) | ||
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