Air Travel with Golden Artist Color Products
You may be denied permission to airmail, or fly with Williamsburg Handmade Artist Oil Colors, unless you are able to prove that they pose no hazard. The statement below provides the information the authorities need to make the proper determination.
IATA status of water-based Golden Acrylic Paints and Mediums
The following GOLDEN product lines are water-based acrylic paints and mediums which are not "Dangerous Goods" as classified in the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) Dangerous Goods Regulations.
They are not flammable (as described in Class 3 or Class 4 criteria), poisonous or corrosive, nor do they fall within any other class description of "Dangerous Goods".
GOLDEN Acrylics
GOLDEN Additives
GOLDEN Airbrush Colors
GOLDEN Fluid Acrylics
GOLDEN GAC Acrylic Polymers
GOLDEN Gel Mediums
GOLDEN Gessos & Grounds
GOLDEN High Flow Acrylics
GOLDEN High Load Acrylics
GOLDEN Matte Acrylics
GOLDEN OPEN Acrylics
GOLDEN SoFlat Acrylics
A "UN NUMBER" does not apply to these materials because such numbers are assigned only to "Dangerous Goods" by the United Nations Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods.
July 16, 2021
IATA status of Williamsburg Handmade Oil Colors
Nearly all Williamsburg Handmade Oil Colors are not "Dangerous Goods" as classified in the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) Dangerous Goods Regulations as they do not fall within any applicable class description of "Dangerous Goods". A "UN NUMBER" does not apply to these materials because such numbers are assigned only to "Dangerous Goods" by the United Nations Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods.
The exceptions to the above are: Williamsburg Flake White, Lead Oil Ground and Silver White which are lead-pigmented products, classified as “UN3082, Environmentally Hazardous Substance, liquid, N.O.S. (Lead Carbonate Hydroxide)”. However, these materials are exempt from regulation in package quantities of 5 liters or less (per IATA DGR 4.4 SP A197).
October 20, 2017
IATA status of QoR Watercolor Artist Paints and Mediums
QoR Watercolors are water-based artist paints and mediums which are not "Dangerous Goods" as classified in the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) Dangerous Goods Regulations. They are not flammable (as described in Class 3 or Class 4 criteria), poisonous or corrosive, nor do they fall within any other class description of "Dangerous Goods". A "UN NUMBER" does not apply to these materials because such numbers are assigned only to "Dangerous Goods" by the United Nations Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods.
April 22, 2014
Sincerely,
Ben Gavett
Director of Regulatory Affairs
Golden Artist Colors, Inc.
