[Healeys] Shipment of dangerous flammable goods-Paint and solvents

[rd_parker at juno.com]

Robert,

Your explanation is very informative and your points are well taken.  I
think the average person just does not see the dangers of shipping these
kinds of materials, nor the costs therof.  I suppose even a home
experimenter's chemical set would even be now labeled as a hazardous
material shipment.

Bob in Bellflower, CA. 
On Fri, 7 Mar 2014 17:03:02 -0500 "Robert F. Begani"
<rfbegani at speakeasy.net> writes:
> Gentlemen:
> 
>  
> 
> I have been selling and shipping products including Hazardous and 
> Dangerous
> items internationally for 40 years and am quite familiar with 
> situations as
> have been described.  First of all, Europe is a union of sovereign
> countries. When you are shipping Paint or Paint in aerosol or paint 
> in a pen
> via a common carrier, it is considered dangerous and hazardous. 
> However, it
> becomes more complicated when you ship such an item across a border 
> or
> across an ocean as the rules change immediately.  The documentation 
> is very
> technical and time consuming.  Moreover, it is in total very 
> expensive.
> That is why many distributors of industrial products state on their 
> catalog
> or website, for example, Paint or solvent, especially in aerosol 
> cannot be
> supplied because of the cost and documentation.  They would have to 
> have a
> person certified to fill out and file Hazardous Goods Documents. You 
> cannot
> put a Flammable label and ship it.
> 
>  
> 
> Just in case you do not believe it could be such a problem with one 
> small
> can of paint, the ink in your felt tip marker is largely a highly 
> flammable
> solvent.  Put 12 in a box and 12 boxes in a shipping carton and now 
> you have
> a package of dangerous goods.  Be careful shipping paint or solvents 
> or any
> flammable items, the fines are HUGE.  That is why the UPS store asks 
> you
> questions about what you are shipping in that little brown box.
> 
>  
> 
> Regards,
> 
>  
> 
> Bob Begani
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