How it all started
Get to know the story of how a determined salesman, an ad guy, and a warehouse full of product created the #1 selling metal cleaner and the iconic CLR brand.
arrow downTHE 1940’s
In 1949 Manny Gutterman founded Manny Gutterman & Associates, Inc. as a national sales representative organization. This new company was dedicated to selling all types of proprietary products to chain drug, variety, hardware and department stores and also established an ethical and reliable channel for "close-out" merchandise.
The hair wiz
commercial
The Hair Wiz was a featured product from one of the variety chains in the 40’s.
Play VideoTHE 1960’s
A friend in advertising asked Manny to sell a warehouse full of cleaning product in barter from a bankrupt client. Of course he accepted the challenge and Jelmar, LLC. was born. Manny – along with sons Steven and Arthur – reformulated and repackaged the abandoned product and sold it as Tarn-X® Tarnish Remover.
The tarn-x®
commercial
The original Tarn-X as seen on tv commercial showed people how to polish silver.
Play videoTHE 1980’s
Manny, Arthur and Steven were meeting with business partner Al Eicoff to develop a product that could serve as a complement to Tarn-X. A powerful lime and rust remover was developed. And after some struggles to find a name for the product, CLR® Calcium, Lime & Rust Remover was born.
The first clr®
commercial
The first CLR Calcium, Lime, & Rust commercial featured in the 1980’s.
Play videoTHE 2000’S & BEYOND
In 2007, Alison Gutterman continues the family legacy and became the president of Jelmar. Jelmar developed and grew CLR into the company’s second nationally-recognized cleaning brand. Jelmar continued to develop new and innovative products, including CLR Bath & Kitchen Cleaner, CLR Power Plumber, CLR Mold & Mildew & More.
NEW!
The 2020 clr®
BRAND REFRESH
In 2020, CLR debuted a new sleek, modern and bright packaging design. This brand redesign and change in pronunciation from "CLR" to "CLeaR" reinforced the brand's evolution beyond much more than it's classic CLR® Calcium, Lime & Rust Remover. Several products were also renamed to reflect the breadth of the product line.
NEW!
Today’s CLR
Commercials
CLR current advertising, featuring a nasty cast of characters, urges you to fight the clean fight.
Defeat the nasty mold & mildew.
Get rid of that crusty countertop crud.
Show that nasty disposal rot who is boss.