A lot of electric sharpeners say they cannot be used with colored pencils. Can this sharpener be used with colored pencils without getting jammed?
1440517
I've sharpened hundreds of colored pencils with mine, with about one in 15 getting jammed. Unjamming it takes abot 10 seconds. What happens is the lead, because it is softer than graphite breaks off, preventing the next pecil from sharpening properly. Removal of the tip takes about 10 secods total.
1440518
i sharpen all kinds of colored pencils with this. staedtler, prismacolor, conte, and blick. it's the best point possible. couldn't be sharper. i've gotten the best drawing of my life because of this sharpener. i take it to life drawing class as their electric sharpener is no where as good.
1830535
Yes, if you do not expect each slot to hold more than one sharpie per slot. The elastic is tight at first for normal width pencils. I can get 4 in each slot at a time so I can hold a full set of 48 colored pencils in a relatively small area. Works great with my backpack. Hope this helps as this is very well designed and of high quality. I would definately recommend this product.
1967374
I bought the suggested sharpener - the leads still broke.... Maybe I was just unlucky but it happened with both sets of Prismacolor pencils I purchased.
294528
It depends on how thick the pencil is, but the sharpener is designed for standard pencils and I don't believe it would sharpen an extra-thick pencil.
2223223
Most sharpeners say warranty is void if you use color pencil. I don't know specifically about this one.
1988691
Yes-this sharpens the colored pencils well. Mine are not too soft- so this was not a problem at all. Not sure if you have a softer lead with your pencils-but this worked well in ours.
467258
If it is very light and not much it will ease with one of the white eaters for the color pencils. This has been my experience but I am very new to using them. Hope this helps.
2262295
Yes it can. I can say that I only sharpen colored pencils once with this sharpener.
1827764
Yes, as Heidi mentioned - sharpening regular pencils to clean the blade and oil from the Prismacolor pencil buildup is a plus. Awesome sharpener.
1744533
I don't know about Prismacolor pencils directly, but it works for all of my other wooded pencils quite well. I do also have some solid color pencils as well, but it seems to go through those a bit quick. I use my smaller handheld sharpeners for more control over that aspect so I don't wear down my solid color pencils as quickly. In either case, the device is really nice and the fact that it's portable is a real help. I noticed last week there was even one in my painting class and everyone there uses it for the sketch class which overlaps the painting class. Hope that helps.
527095
I have found out, since I just had to replace the one I bought a year ago, that in order for an electric sharpener to last you need to alternate colored pencils with a regular graphite one every five colored pencils. I am not sure, though, if I am going to sharpen many colored pencils with the one I just got.
1216885
First, if it's still making noise when you put in a pencil, it's probably just jammed. Take something small to fit in the mechanism to get it out. However, if it's making NO noise when you put in the pencil, try the guarantee. Supposedly, you should be able to have the motor replaced if it's not even recognizing a pencil. None of the teachers on my campus have ever gone through the effort of the warranty because it's not as simple as we wish it could be. We are all switching over to manual sharpeners.
1211409
There is an art to sharpening colored pencils with a hand sharpener. It's very easy to break the tip. As manual sharpeners go, this is one of the better ones. But like all of them, it dulls pretty quickly. It's worth the few bucks I paid for it and I would buy it again. Hope this answers your question.
1956288
No, You would have to purchase a special type of sharpener. Most people also use a knife or blade to sharpen that type of pencil.
777739
The size of the sharpener only allows it to sharpen #2 pencils. I have used it to sharpen colored pencils which works as well.
1567806
Hi Marsha! I have a small pencil sharpener and a large one. I got the large sharpener out of my local beauty supply store, it works just fine. I did wait until the wax was barely there.
1392364
Very carefully! :) I use a handheld sharpener. I find an electric sharpener tend to break the pencil core because natural tendency is to hold the pencil straight. If you feel comfortable you can also use an exacto knife to sharpen the pencil. But for me a simple hand held sharpener with easy rotations allows me to sharpen the pencils with out breaking the or ruining the core.