The history of Berryman Products dates to 1918 when Waldo B. "Pappy" Berryman traded a prize winning stud horse for a patented tire sealing formula. The patent was transferred on the 23rd day of December, 1919.

With his family, Pappy traveled across the country in a converted wood panel Graham Truck

They traveled from coast to coast bartering their Sealex Tire Sealer for meals, fuel and accommodations. It's told when Pappy hit a hot sales area he would set up production in a rented room, mix his formula in the bathtub, then fill orders from his truck the next day.

Located in a back-woods area of Lima, Ohio, an old shack was converted to serve as the first manufacturing site for Berryman Products.

Packaged in glass, early major products like Solvall Tune Up Oil, OilZall Valve Oil, and Lubrex Super-Lubricant gained localized acceptance and popularity and set the pace for Berryman's quality reputation.

Coolex, Rust Knox, EZ Doz-It, Zingo, Gyroseal, Rad-Seal, Bloxit, Boilero and Quix were other products added to the line during the first 35 years of business.

In 1958, B-12 Chemtool ® was developed as a multi-purpose surface cleaning solvent and soon became Berryman's flagship product.