Ive sent my friend a lot of things, I usually save everything and send it over in one big package instead of lots of little ones. Every single one of them has been opened and checked. At first they were very careless with my packages, it would always end up missing a few things. So ever since then I've always put little notes to the american customs in my box. Something like "please make sure this arrives safely and complete, thank you very much, have a nice day" and now it's fine lol. Everything arrives in one piece.
Thank you for that link! I already bought the set but I'll keep it in mind for next time!
Um. To answer your question about hazardous material:
The paints themselves (I assume that these are oil paints?) are not flammable, but the white spirit most definitely is. The medium may or may not be flammable depending on the contents.
I agree with the other posters... buy from the US, avoid the hassle. :)
I've had a package that was sent to me from Britain that was opened because a bunch of stuff was rattling around (I think it was that, anyway). It was olbas oil, lucozade and something else.
Have you already bought the set? If so, I'd go ahead and send it. They may not open it. I imagine that customs is like the airport her - they select every so many people (unless they look suspicious, I imagine). There's no way that customs can inspect every package that comes in. I figure they probably pay more attention to stuff coming from Afghanistant or whatnot - or if it's got a massive leak, or smells like canabis - that sort of thing.
I'd mail the whole lot, airmail. It is technically illegal to mail flamable items in the USA... But maybe you could put the flamable stuff into a plastic tube and seal it. That way reagents can't get to it.
you'd think customs cant inspect every package... but everyone of MINE have been checked, and this will be my 5th package I send over. I think I'm on their black list or something lol
it can't be entirely illegal because there are plenty of online art ssupply stores and mail-order catalogues and they sell flammable materials like oil mediums which have to get to you somehow. Most of those places use another shipper like UPS rather than the US mail, so perhaps if you sent the whole kit in it's original packaging via UPS or FedEx or something similar and just made the customs form vague enough (like oil paint kit instead of mentioning that that the kit includes solvents) but that would probably be much more expensive than the Royal Mail and really the flammability of some types of oils in medium it probably really is just a better idea to just keep them out of the kit. (I've had spontaneous combustion of linseed oil on a rag before at art college and I know at least one person whose print shop burnt up due to it. so I'm in the err to the side of cautiousness community when it comes to art oils now)
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Thank you for that link! I already bought the set but I'll keep it in mind for next time!
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The paints themselves (I assume that these are oil paints?) are not flammable, but the white spirit most definitely is. The medium may or may not be flammable depending on the contents.
I agree with the other posters... buy from the US, avoid the hassle. :)
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But now what do I do with the two bottles, seems such a waste..
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I don't figure anyway.
I've had a package that was sent to me from Britain that was opened because a bunch of stuff was rattling around (I think it was that, anyway). It was olbas oil, lucozade and something else.
Have you already bought the set? If so, I'd go ahead and send it. They may not open it. I imagine that customs is like the airport her - they select every so many people (unless they look suspicious, I imagine). There's no way that customs can inspect every package that comes in. I figure they probably pay more attention to stuff coming from Afghanistant or whatnot - or if it's got a massive leak, or smells like canabis - that sort of thing.
I'd mail the whole lot, airmail. It is technically illegal to mail flamable items in the USA... But maybe you could put the flamable stuff into a plastic tube and seal it. That way reagents can't get to it.
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