Juicing up your distress markers

Firstly, try this at your own risk.  This worked for me and it may work for you, but this is not endorsed by Ranger!  Actually they say this will not work!  But in my world using a dead marker is worth the risk, what have you got to loose?   Yesterday I did a little demo on ink pads.

Initially I had pulled out an orange distress marker: I tried a little scribble and ugh it was pretty dead, so I Just grabbed a pink one.

I went back to that marker and thought I would really like to get that one going, I know I had done very, very little coloring with it if any at all.   As you can see from this picture, what I did worked.

Both ends of this marker were dried out.  I pulled the nibs out and the pen crowns holding them in.

I did learn the brush nib had two ends - yay!

The fine line nib is a very interesting material, I'm not sure what it is, my guess would be a molded nylon.  It has a very tough durable tip.

I watered up the fine tip a little with a water and glycerin solution ( 1/2 tsp glycerin with 1 drop alcohol and two oz of water, in a 2 oz bottle with an eye dropper.

Next I put a few drops of the same solution in both ends of the pen barrel, then I added 1 dropper full of distress reinker in each end.  I know Ranger says is isn't the same formula, but it worked , really well.  I reassembled the pen and let it sit for a few minutes. 

It was like new!!!

That was 3 days ago, I have tried it several times since then all with perfect results.!

I think my favorite line of product would be the T H distress products.  They are to me worth the investment.  The ink pads are wonderful and last a long, long time and with the refills easily available, It increases there life span by years if stored properly.  I have been just a bit disappointment in the pens - knowing I actually can refresh them will mean I can enjoy them much longer and look forward to new color lines!

I hope this was helpful!

Thanks for stopping by!

Ginny M