{"id":30407,"date":"2018-10-05T03:47:10","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T10:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/?p=30407"},"modified":"2018-10-03T11:29:25","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T18:29:25","slug":"eliminating-chlorines-effects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/2018\/10\/05\/eliminating-chlorines-effects\/","title":{"rendered":"Eliminating chlorine\u2019s effects"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elliot Kimelman\u2019s C-Spray is available online at amazon.ca. (photo from Elliot Kimelman)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Going for a swim is something many people enjoy. But, many times, even if you shower right after, you can still smell the chlorine. If only there was a way to prevent that. Now, thanks to Winnipegger Elliot Kimelman, there is.<\/p>\n

Kimelman attended Gray Academy of Jewish Education for elementary and high school. He took to swimming as a child and kept it up, eventually becoming a swimming instructor in Grade 10.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was really enjoying my job, but that\u2019s how the idea for C-Spray started \u2013 because my skin started getting really irritated by the pool water,\u201d he explained. \u201cI have quite sensitive skin, so it bothered me a lot. I knew I had to be in the pool for work, but, at the same time, I could literally feel the damaging effects on my skin, which I didn\u2019t like.\u201d<\/p>\n

He tried various products, but didn\u2019t find them very effective. So, he researched the topic more deeply and found that certain combinations of minerals and vitamins have the potential of eliminating chlorine molecules. And, with help from some friends who were studying chemistry at the University of Manitoba, he developed a chlorine-eliminating body spray.<\/p>\n

\u201cBasically, I found that Vitamin C is one of the active ingredients in a solution I created that eliminates chlorine on skin, hair, swimsuits, or anything,\u201d said Kimelman. \u201cI felt that this was cool and very interesting.<\/p>\n

\u201cI started creating the solution, just for myself, and I used it and loved it … and didn\u2019t think much of it. Then, I was discussing it with my coworkers and friends, and they all said, \u2018Elliot, you have a really interesting product there. Why don\u2019t you try bringing it to market?\u2019 So, I thought to myself, \u2018That sounds great. But, how do I do that?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

He was in high school at the time.<\/p>\n

In Grade 12, Kimelman enrolled in an entrepreneurial program for students, called Junior Achievement. When his group was looking for an idea for a product or a service to create in a four- to five-month period, Kimelman pitched the idea of C-Spray and the group liked it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey all thought it was quite unusual,\u201d he said. \u201cThey didn\u2019t really understand it. I don\u2019t think I understood it at that point. But, they didn\u2019t have any other interesting ideas, so we thought, \u2018Why not?\u2019 That\u2019s when C-Spray was born.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was the president of that entrepreneurial group. And so, we met every week for five months. We created this product \u2013 the beta version, the testing, the prototype \u2013 and we brought it to market, in the sense that there were a few trade fairs that were organized for us that we sold the product at … which was all very exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then, Kimelman found his first client \u2013 the owner of Swimming Matters, a swimwear accessory outlet in Winnipeg. They were interested in the product and agreed to carry it on a trial basis.<\/p>\n

But, being part of a short-term program, C-Spray was shelved when Kimelman\u2019s Junior Achievement stint ended. He went off to business school but soon decided to re-launch C-Spray, which he did this past summer.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt that point, I\u2019d studied business for almost two years,\u201d he said, \u201cso I had a better sense of what accounting was, what marketing was, how operations worked, etc. And, I felt I might as well try to start this business up again when I come home for the summer\u2026. I arrived back in May and I put the pedal to the metal, and basically started C-Spray again. I started Winnipeg production, getting all the pieces moving. Then, of course, the most difficult part \u2013 getting the sales. I started talking to everyone I knew, every store I could think of \u2013 a store for luxury swimwear, cheap swimwear, anything related to aquatics whatsoever.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kimelman has been getting feedback from a wide range of customers, from high-end swimwear retailers who are worried about chlorine on their swimwear, to people who swim all the time and are worried about the chlorine\u2019s effect on their skin and hair.<\/p>\n

C-Spray has been on sale via amazon.ca, as well as at 10 other retail outlets in Winnipeg and Toronto. The product comes in two spray bottle sizes, 240 millilitres, which should be good for about 160 uses, and half that size.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow it works is, after you swim, whether in a chlorinated pool or hot tub, you get out, hop in the shower and rinse off whatever pool water you have on you,\u201d said Kimelman. \u201cThen, you spray an ample amount of C-Spray all over your body and hair \u2013 anywhere you\u2019d like to eliminate chlorine\u2026. It doesn\u2019t actually turn soapy \u2026 there aren\u2019t any additives in it whatsoever. You spread it around your body and hair, and then shower as usual. You can use whatever products you\u2019d like. At the end of the process, you\u2019ve completely eliminated chlorine, which soap alone doesn\u2019t do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kimelman said that, even in saltwater pools, high levels of chlorine are used, so you should follow the same process.<\/p>\n

While other products on the market claim to eliminate chlorine, Kimelman has found that they mostly just mask the smell.<\/p>\n

C-Spray differentiates itself in a few ways. First, it is made with a combination of vitamins, minerals and stabilizing salts. \u201cThere are no additives, parabens (preservatives), perfumes, colours or sulfates,\u201d said Kimelman. \u201cIt\u2019s a completely natural, raw formula, which a lot of customers like.\u201d<\/p>\n

Second, he said, \u201cWhen you do chemical tests to other products specifically marketed as being chlorine-eliminating shampoo and body wash … in beakers, you see the concentration of chlorine via these DPD tablets…. C-Spray eliminates the chlorine instantly, but these other products either don\u2019t or they only mask the smell of chlorine, but it still exists. So, C-Spray is more effective than most sprays on the market.\u201d<\/p>\n

The only reason you will not find C-Spray in retail stores in other places in Canada, including Vancouver, is because Kimelman has not yet had time to spread the word.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m happy to work with any retailer, to give some samples or give an introduction remotely,\u201d said Kimelman. \u201cMy plan is now to primarily focus on maintenance and building the company slowly and organically while I finish school.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rebeca Kuropatwa<\/strong> is a Winnipeg freelance writer.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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