{"id":3403,"date":"2019-12-06T17:00:06","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T21:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/?p=3403"},"modified":"2019-12-03T20:16:44","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T00:16:44","slug":"bring-dead-sharpies-back-to-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/2019\/12\/06\/bring-dead-sharpies-back-to-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Bring Dead Sharpies Back to Life!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to workshop problems, dried-out Sharpies aren\u2019t major. But they are annoying when you can\u2019t find another one to mark your measurements or project notes. To bring your permanent marker back to life, simply remove the back from the marker. This will be different for each brand of permanent marker, for Sharpies simply remove the back nib. Next, deposit a few drops of isopropyl \u201crubbing\u201d alcohol onto the felt material inside. Shake the marker a bit to ensure the rubbing alcohol is absorbed. It\u2019s the solvent that the ink is mixed with that dries out first, making the pigment unable to flow. Once the felt absorbs the rubbing alcohol for a couple of minutes the marker will be practically good as new!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to workshop problems, dried-out Sharpies aren\u2019t major. But they are annoying when you can\u2019t find another one to mark your measurements or project notes. To bring your permanent marker back to life, simply remove the back from the marker. This will be different for each brand of permanent marker, for Sharpies simply [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3403"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3404,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3403\/revisions\/3404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}