Originally Posted by Scrap Happy
I have heard that when you write checks to write them with a gel pen. A gel pen is harder for thieves to erase.
This is true. I found out the hard way. My husband dropped a gel ink pen onto a dress shirt and the ink wicked out into a spot about 2 inches in diameter. Horrified, I went online and did a search for how to remove it. I took some scrap fabric and replicated the stain on 8 scraps so I could try all the suggestions, which ranged from bleach to drain cleaner to WD-40 to carburetor cleaner. NOTHING worked. I finally gave up when I came across a law enforcement website that recommends signing checks with a gel ink pen because the ink is impossible to wash out.