How to revive a marker pen with dried ink

This activity was done today, 1 June 2022. 

My daughter previously bought some marker pens on 70% discount from an art shop at Pavilion.  The caveat was that buy at your own risk as there was possibility that some of the markers may not be working, i.e. being old stock, it may have dried up.

We purchased it anyway and a few markers were indeed not working.

I remember seeing a YouTube video by JetPens that you could revive dried ink from the nib of fountain pens that has been stored too long with ink inside by dipping it in water and though let's use the same concept and give the markers a try.

So that's what we did. We soaked 3 of the dried up markers for about 3 to 5 minutes. Two coolers worked remarkably, the yellow and blue.

Unfortunately, the red, even after soaking for more than 8 hours still did not work.

We will keep soaking it overnight to see what happens. 

Writing sample of the 2 working inks after soaking in water