Gold and Silver Ball Point Pens that Refuse to Write

[xstitcher]

Hi,

Last Dec. I bought two ball point pens that write in gold and silver for doing the Christmas cards.
Although both still have a lot of ink in them they won't write.

I'm sure some bright spark out there has a solution for this minor problem.

I'll be waiting to hear from you. Thanks.

[blueroseking]

Scribble vigorously for a while on a piece of scratch paper. Sometimes, this is all it takes to coax a pen into writing again.

Run tip under hot water. If dried up ink is clogging the tip, this could get things flowing again. Some inks are alcohol-based, so you might also try dipping the tip in a drop of alcohol or hair spray.

Warm up the pen. Leave it in a sunny windowsill for awhile or hold it under warm water.

Shake the pen. Hold the back end of the pen, opposite the tip, and shake the pen like a thermometer. Sometimes air bubbles get into the ink cylinder, so shaking the ink down toward the tip

[xstitcher]

Thanks for your very good answer. I have got the silver pen going now with the hot water but the gold writing pen seems to have given up the ghost.

[ianmunt]

try dipping the writing end in nail varnish remover for a while

[tinkerbell23]

honestly the easiest way is to suck the ink down the nib lol

it happns all the time!! cccc

[Bettypat]

Try striking the pen on the sole of your shoe. It always works on ordinary biros. Worth a try.