Can I Bring?

http://asi.faa.gov/these.asp



Looks like you can't bring paint on a plane.

http://www.tsa.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/Permitted_Prohibited_8_23_2004.pdf

I am wondering if you can bring a mildew additive that you can mix into a paint bought in Columbia. Your best bet is to check with the airlines.

Paint? I even had small can of lighter fluid confiscated from my checked luggage once.

yeah, no flammables whatsoever

At one time, they were calling a Bic lighter "an incendiary device", but latex paint in nonflammable. Who knows?

I hope you don't expect any logic in how the airline security people decide what's safe, what's not, Roger. Here's one I'm still scratching my head over: I was in Columbia, SC, last year and, while traveling, had accummulated a few souvenir matchbooks. You know the kind -- names of restaurants and hotels on them. I had packed them in my checked luggage, figuring there would be objections to my carrying them onto the airplane. They had no x-ray setup at the Columbia airport then and all checked luggage was hand-inspected. When the agent inspecting my bag saw the matches, he said I had too many books. A maximum of six was allowable. I asked him what I could do. Just throw them out or what? He told me to just put the extras into my jacket pockets. No limit on how many matchbooks you can have on your person.

If that makes sense to you, I worry for your sanity.

Not to worry.

ok
i'm slow
i just figured out that the items were to be taken back to Colombia (not that it matters in terms of what the airlines allow)
i was sooooooo puzzled

It's because paint can be explosive no matter which direction the plane is fly'n.

Latex paint?

I'm not sure how reliable this article is, but read on... http://www.geocities.com/pomanspaintball/new/grenade.html