Originally Posted by Peckish

Well, this is interesting.

Several years ago, hubby dropped a gel pen on a cotton dress shirt and it wicked up an awful stain about 2-3 inches in diameter. I tried everything and I mean everything to get that stain out. Finally turned to the internet for help. In my research I found several law enforcement sites that recommended you write checks with gel ink, because criminals can't bleach the ink out. (My first thought was who writes checks anymore, and my second thought was bleaching checks seems like a lot of work to do, especially when there are so many easier ways to defraud victims, but I digress....)