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The pen I used was "Pentel RSVP fine point" by Pentech, a purple ink pen. Please DO NOT anyone use this or a gel pen for writing on fabric. The first thing I did was to treat the stain as if it had been done with a gel pen since they are so hard to remove. A tsp. of ammonia in a gal. of warm water for 2 days did NOT remove the stain! (that was the recipe, but I used much stronger strength). It's the remedy for removing the toughest gel ink. I was sure the ammonia treatment would work. It did not. The inks are either plant based (different oils) or animal based or solvent based (kerosene). There are additives, solvents, resins and chemicals even added to some inks on the market. Some may even contain lead poisoning. Phenol is added to prevent mold/bacteria from forming in the ink pen and who knows what all else is in it. Let me say this so clearly that I don't care how fancy a name is on a bottle that says it WILL REMOVE anything, don't buy into it! Check it out first. Sometimes that is even not enough! The FDA does not require all labels to be marked with all ingredients! Some ingredients are skirted and called by ANOTHER name!! If you come across a funny sounding name on a label, do a search on the net and find out what this ingredient is all about! And finally, although our friends are well intentioned and have good advice, what worked for them may not necessarily work for us as the variables will all be different. For example, their fabric could've come from another country and their product worked great but it might not work so well on your fabric! And finally, the rule of thumb is to practice first on a scrap before trying it permanently. At least that would be the safest thing to do. Even though this happened, I was still very positive it could be removed easily. Unfortunately, it took many different products to find that cure. Well, I hope this has helped someone and thanks for asking such a good question!! It will help us realize that we can TRUST NOTHING!! Check it out first.

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