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Tube🌱Time

put the fiber tip back in by just holding it with a Kim wipe and pushing it gently back in place.

25 March at 4:10 | Open on mastodon.social
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Tube🌱Time

these are pretty dried out so i am soaking the entire plastic pen and fiber tip (with the reservoir removed) in water. we'll see if that works.

25 March at 4:11 | Open on mastodon.social
Davide Bucci

@tubetime great stuff. I have two HP plotters and many dried out pens, I’ll try the technique: mastodon.sdf.org/@davbucci/111

25 March at 6:36 | Open on mastodon.sdf.org
Niclas Hedhman

@tubetime

Another idea; Isn't the tip soft enough to poke a syringe through it? If so, it should be less messy and probably allow for more refill cycles. Just an idea.

25 March at 9:32 | Open on angrytoday.com
Tube🌱Time replied to Niclas

@niclas it's not that soft and I'd worry about damaging the fibers

25 March at 14:40 | Open on mastodon.social
Tube🌱Time

ok next step is to take apart a fine tip sharpie and remove the internal ink reservoir. then cut a short length off.
25 March at 22:20 | Open on mastodon.social
Tube🌱Time replied to Tube🌱Time

take that little stub of a new ink reservoir and jam it into the cleaned pen, and then snap the cap back in place.
25 March at 22:21 | Open on mastodon.social
Tube🌱Time replied to Tube🌱Time

i've found that it actually helped if i didn't clean the fiber tip too thoroughly. just enough to loosen up the existing ink. i suppose you'll need to clean it out completely if you're changing the color or whatever.

25 March at 22:22 | Open on mastodon.social
Jeff Haluska replied to Tube🌱Time
Tube🌱Time replied to Jeff

@jhaluska it's not that bad, i wore one glove and only got one drop of ink on my fingers.

25 March at 22:23 | Open on mastodon.social
Jeff Haluska replied to Tube🌱Time

@tubetime Maybe when you do it, if I were to try this it would look like somebody attempted to kill me with a sharpie.

26 March at 0:26 | Open on mastodon.social
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