# Paints and solvents, flammable (thinners, turpentine, MEK, acetone, lacquers) · FAA (air transport) — Flying with restricted items: FAA, TSA and IATA baggage and air cargo rules

For Paints and solvents, flammable (thinners, turpentine, MEK, acetone, lacquers), authority is FAA (air transport); restriction type is prohibited; scope is carry-on and checked baggage; conditions is Most paints and paint-related solvents are regulated as flammable liquids and are forbidden, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Item or substance:** Paints and solvents, flammable (thinners, turpentine, MEK, acetone, lacquers)
- **Authority:** FAA (air transport) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** prohibited _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** carry-on and checked baggage _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Conditions:** Most paints and paint-related solvents are regulated as flammable liquids and are forbidden.

## What the source says

> Most paints and paint-related solvents are regulated as flammable liquids and are forbidden in carry-on or checked baggage.

## Source

- https://www.faa.gov/hazmat/packsafe/paints-solvents

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-08-10.
Part of [Flying with restricted items: FAA, TSA and IATA baggage and air cargo rules](https://referencesource.org/air-travel-item-restrictions/).