Technique to get your ballpoint pen to write again - Simple!

How to fix your ball point pen that will not write.

[mizumiie]

I love this guy, He just went to the video we need without a long stupid intro.

[johndavies]

Just opened an entire pack of pens and not one will work, tried this method and nothing changed at all. Snapped all of the pens, threw my desk over and kicked my TV off the stand.

[sweetboo]

yeah, totally worked. I used to do this but it wasn't working, but I wasn't taking it apart. Did it your way now my expensive gel pens writes like a dream. Cheers mate

[ketyko]

Warning:don't burnt it for to long or directly on the tube, that's what i did and the tube melted, And the tip literally jumped out of it's place.

[shirleytrill]

So simple - I just put the tip of the pen in a match flame for a few seconds, and it decided to cooperate! Thanks - I wish I could retrieve all those pens I threw away before I saw your video !

[everplank]

Didn’t work. So I slammed it on the table a few times and now it does.

Edit: Nevermind the ball came out when I slammed it and now it just leaks out massive amounts of ink lol.

[muffinmonster]

lol I'm not gonna take a lighter out my pocket when I'm doing at essay at school😂

[SamSam]

I put all my dried out pens in a spout of a boiling kettle that does the trick as well 😊

[snowlostvayne]

I tried this myself once but got scared of melting the pen, then noticed you held it there for a decent while and it didn't melt.
So I tried it again and I have my pen back!
Thank you for a simple but effective handy video! :)

[alexaf.]

Guys, I read some of these comments about people ruining their pens... It really takes only 3 seconds to do this. Get rid of the plastic of the pen and only burn the very tip of the pen (the ball part) DON'T burn the plastic. That will obviously ruin your pen. Be careful and do it for a second at a time, then repeat until you see or feel the INK MOVING! Once that happens your pen is working again, and you should stop before the ink shoots out or something lol

[Saud-mtwi]

Guys there is one more way which can be better for you, this is mainly for people whose pens melted. Use a hair dryer instead, it won't cause the pen to melt ( it can if u do for long time which u won't lol) but yeah use a hair dryer it works too! 😁😂

[hotpotato]

Teacher: are you smoking?!!
Me: just tryna ink my pen

[Bizorke]

Give this man a Nobel prize. And another to whoever can discover why pens that are apparently full of ink stop flowing in the first place.

[brizol]

Bruh mind blown 🤯🤯🤯
All my pens from a pack a bought would stop writing after using them for a fill days which made me want to throw them away but after trying your technique they started to work again 🙌🏾
SOMEONE GIVE THIS MAN A MEDAL 🎖

[maitey]

An even simpler and safer method: Use boiling water in a coffee cup instead of the lighter or any other open flame. Will work just as well if there's any ink left in the cartridge.

[reggiemoore]

This was the perfect tutorial just in general straight to the point and it actually worked

[cytherians]

This is only a temporary solution in most cases, as the ink won't keep flowing. What generally happens to ballpoint pen ink over many years is that it breaks down and thickens. Thus, it won't flow down to the tip. Heating it up will encourage flow for a bit, but once it cools you're back to the same problem again.

[cyrusleung]

If you have more than one of these pens, the best way to save a defective one is this.: use pliers to take out a working tip and "transplant " it in the tube which contains the defective tip. So, once you find a pen which works very well, use it all the way . The tip can then be used again in a similar pen. Forget about lighters, hot water etc. These are only short term measures which get you practically nowhere.

[emiayau]

Thank you. Just re-started college, after an almost 20yr break. Bought my favorite r.s.v.p pens. Pen died after a few hours. Couldn't believe it. Heated just the metal tip and now it's working again.

[dr.charlenecrump]

Thank you so much for sharing. I have box o pens that stop writing and I knew ink should still be there!! Thanks again!🥰😎