I ruined my pens

June 14th, 2006

In case you skimmed the title of this post too quickly, that’s P-E-N-S.

And I did. After drawing the first two panels of today’s strip a couple days ago, it appears I left my two primary Rapidograph pens with the caps off. When I returned to the strip last night, they simply didn’t work. Clogged, I suppose, with dried ink. I feel like an idiot.

Does anyone know how to clean Rapidographs? I lost the manual. (For people who don’t know anything about Rapidographs, yes, they come with a manual. They’re really good pens.)

3 Responses to “I ruined my pens”

  1. Simon Says:

    RAPIDOGRAPH USAGE INSTRUCTIONS
    http://chartpak.com/rubonart/rapidocraft/instructions.html

    Pen Components
    http://chartpak.com/rubonart/rapidocraft/parts.html

    Luck.

  2. Brad Says:

    Ooh, that’s exactly what I was looking for! Thanks!

  3. Jim Says:

    Doing a little web searching, I found one recommendation for getting an inexpensive ultrasonic jewelry cleaner to clean them with.

    No experience of my own with the pens or the cleaner, but it sounded like a reasonable approach to me.

    -Jim

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