Our Story

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Allison, our 3 year old daughter has an allergy to a common ingredient in most fingerpaints. So she wasn't able to use it like her older sister was. But she always wanted to make "ART!" like her older sister, Jayne. So we introduced Allison to a few coloring apps on our iPad and from that moment on she was a coloring fool!  But alas, Allison's goal of making the fridge was still out of reach for most of her artwork, because she had to print it out and printing that much full color artwork is EXPENSIVE!   We consulted Jayne's kindergarten teacher and she recommended we make our own ink and refill the cartridges ourselves. Our first attempts were unmitigated disasters.  

We went through a lot of trial and error and studied a lot more than we thought we would have to and looked far back to ancient times and found pigments ranging from dandelion pollen to Lapis Lazuli and Red Ochre. We have grown from just Allison's iPad drawings now, spreading to our family and friends, then our local schools and with the help of generous investors we are ready to take Stainfree Ink to everyone!  What really sets us apart is our commitment to a sustainable environment for our kids and we don't take shortcuts. We take time to really let the pigments soak into the ink and still fill all our cartridges the old- fashioned way, by hand.