rushedI am about to embark on a huge and terrifying purge of my belongings, in part because I need to have less stuff (because reasons), in part because I need to have more money (because related reasons). One of the things I have a startling supply of is BPAL (Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab) perfume.
Does anyone know, from "I have done it and here's how" experience, how to mail perfume/essential oil within the US? I've found both "it's a hazardous material and you can't" and "it's possible, just hard." Well, I need to know how.
Help?
January 25 2016, 04:09:20 UTC 1 year ago
Second, liquids with a flash point (i.e. how hot do they have to be to catch fire from a spark) below 200F have to be labelled with their flash point and shipped ground transport only, well-wrapped and with hazardous markings.
I can't find a concise summary official summary of that, but the PDF covering everything is at
http://pe.usps.gov/cpim/ftp/pubs/Pu
search with keywords "Flammable Liquids" and "perfume" to see the references.
The packing instructions are
http://pe.usps.gov/text/pub52/pub52apxc
they depend on the flash point but don't sound too onerous.
And a chart of the typical flash points of essential oils are at:
http://www.wholesalesuppliesplus.com/pd
January 25 2016, 20:37:12 UTC 1 year ago