# Paints and solvents, nonflammable (watercolors, acrylics, artist oil paints) · FAA (air transport) — Flying with restricted items: FAA, TSA and IATA baggage and air cargo rules

For Paints and solvents, nonflammable (watercolors, acrylics, artist oil paints), authority is FAA (air transport); restriction type is allowed; scope is carry-on and checked baggage; conditions is Artist paints that are nonflammable are not regulated by FAA, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Item or substance:** Paints and solvents, nonflammable (watercolors, acrylics, artist oil paints)
- **Authority:** FAA (air transport) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** allowed _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** carry-on and checked baggage _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Conditions:** Artist paints that are nonflammable are not regulated by FAA.

## What the source says

> Artist paints that are nonflammable are not regulated by FAA and may be carried 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/).