# Paint, corrosive, flammable (including paint, lacquer, enamel, stain, shellac, varnish, polish, liquid filler and liquid lacquer base) — Postal shipping restrictions by item category

For Paint, corrosive, flammable (including paint, lacquer, enamel, stain, shellac, varnish, polish, liquid filler and liquid lacquer base), carrier is USPS; restriction type is restricted; scope is domestic mail: surface only (air prohibited); conditions is Hazard class 8, UN3470, packing group II; domestic mail air: Prohibited; domestic mail surface: 8A, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Item category:** Paint, corrosive, flammable (including paint, lacquer, enamel, stain, shellac, varnish, polish, liquid filler and liquid lacquer base) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Carrier:** USPS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** restricted _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** domestic mail: surface only (air prohibited) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Conditions:** Hazard class 8, UN3470, packing group II; domestic mail air: Prohibited; domestic mail surface: 8A _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Paint, corrosive, flammable (including paint, lacquer, enamel, stain, shellac, varnish, polish, liquid filler and liquid lacquer base) 8 UN3470 II Prohibited 8A

## Source

- https://pe.usps.com/cpim/ftp/pubs/pub52/pub52.pdf

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-08-10.
Part of [Postal shipping restrictions by item category](https://referencesource.org/shipping-restrictions-by-class/).