Unauthorized Items

Unauthorized Items

Below is a list of common unauthorized items that can not be shipped.

***Transportation shipment provider has the right to refuse any item that may endanger your shipment.

Combustible liquids

• Alcohol
• Antifreeze Compounds
• Camphor Oil
• Combustible Fluid Cleaners
• Chlorinated Hydrocarbons in Decorative Lamps

Corrosive liquids

• Battery With Acid
• Disinfectants
• Dyes
• Flame Retardant Compounds
• Sulfuric Acid
• Iron/Steel Rust Preventing Compound
• Iron/Steel Rust Removing Compound
• Paint
• Paint Related Materials
• Muriatic Acid
• Nitric Acid
• Photographic Acids

Explosives

• Ammunition
• Black Powder
• Blasting Caps
• Dynamite or Similar Explosives
• Explosive Auto Alarms
• Fireworks
• Fuse lighters
• Igniters
• Primers
• Propellants
• Signal Flares
• Smokeless Poweder
• Souvenir Explosives (war items)
• Spear Guns w/charged heads
• Toy Propellants or Smoke Device

Flammables

• Acetone
• Adhesives (glues, cements)
• Ammonia
• Charcoal Briquettes
• Cleaning Fluids
• Compound 3 Weed Killers
• Denatured Alcohol
• Enamel
• Gasoline
• Insecticides
• Kerosene
• Lacquer
• Leather Dressing or Bleach
• lighter Fluids
• liquors (and single container exceeding 1 gallon)
• Matches
• Wood Oil Stains
• Paint
• Paint or Varnish Remover
• Propane Tanks (non-purged)
• Other Gas used For Cooking/Heating
• Shellac
• liquid Shoe Polish
• Plastic Solvents
• Wood Filler

Compressed Gases

• Engine Starting Fluids
• Fire Extinguishers
• Contstruction Gases (welding)
• Scuba Tanks (see note)

Aerosol Cans

• Containing a Flammable gas
• Flammable liquids
• Containing a Corrsive Substance

NOTE: Only those scuba diving tanks containing not more than 25 pounds per square inch at 70 degrees Fahrenheit may be shipped as in personal property. Servicing for shipment will include:

1. Written certification of purging serviced by dive shop or licensed individual qualified to perform purging. A tag or label must be affixed to the tank certifying service was performed.
2. Completely empty tank, remove the valve and replace valve with plug designed for this purpose.