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

For Paint, flammable, corrosive (including paint, lacquer, enamel, stain, shellac, varnish, polish, liquid filler and liquid lacquer base), carrier is USPS; restriction type is prohibited; scope is domestic mail (air and surface); conditions is Hazard class 3, UN3469, packing group I, II; domestic mail air: Prohibited; domestic mail surface: Prohibited, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Item category:** Paint, flammable, corrosive (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:** prohibited _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** domestic mail (air and surface) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Conditions:** Hazard class 3, UN3469, packing group I, II; domestic mail air: Prohibited; domestic mail surface: Prohibited _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Paint, flammable, corrosive (including paint, lacquer, enamel, stain, shellac, varnish, polish, liquid filler and liquid lacquer base) 3 UN3469 I, II Prohibited Prohibited

## 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/).