I ordered Pens Plus and the walnut finishing oil from Dr. Woodshop a month or so ago. It was shipped promptly and showed up in good order. We were just leaving for vacation and i didnt open the box till after we got home. Came home and inspected the shipment, one bottle was wrong, I contacted Michael and he immediately sent out the walnut finishing oil replacement. Nice guy, good products and things happen. USPS sent me tracking info on Sept 3 and indicated delivery would be by Sept 10. This is several days longer than the prior shipment but no biggie. Now it gets weird...the 10th comes and goes and the 11th and the 12th. A small box arrived today with a bottle of food grade walnut finishing oil...strapped in a big mail tub with a HAZMAT sign on it. Why in the world would USPS do this? The bottle didn't leak, it was sealed in two plastic bags and packed nicely in a small box. Even that box had a "ground ship only" sticker. Anyone else ever experience this? Seems an aweful lot of resources were used to hand deliver something I could probably drink without much issue. And why did the prior shipment come through with no issue if this bottle is such a big deal? Thoughts?
Bizzaro USPS experience...opinions or input?
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HMIS®, the Hazardous Materials Identification System, rates products for the paint and coatings industry.
"Fire" denotes the fire hazard, and ratings are assigned based on the flashpoint and boiling point of the materials contained in a specific brand.
flammability rating of 2 which is moderate,
Don't know what all is in the finishing oil, as to solvents and other oils and such. That would be on the msds sheet. But they would add tho the hazmat rating.
Since walnut cooking oil has a 300°F flash closed cup test.
The post office is no different than any other group of working people, some are good and know their jobs. other are just there to keep them off welfare as they mostly dumber than rocks and not as useful.
Seen the word "Oil" and went off the deep end.
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"Fire" denotes the fire hazard, and ratings are assigned based on the flashpoint and boiling point of the materials contained in a specific brand.
flammability rating of 2 which is moderate,
Don't know what all is in the finishing oil, as to solvents and other oils and such. That would be on the msds sheet. But they would add tho the hazmat rating.
Since walnut cooking oil has a 300°F flash closed cup test.
The post office is no different than any other group of working people, some are good and know their jobs. other are just there to keep them off welfare as they mostly dumber than rocks and not as useful.
Seen the word "Oil" and went off the deep end.
:clown:
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There is a very large book that covers how to ship anything that could be considered hazardous. In aviation we had to take a test to see if we could read it properly. It covers how much total can be in the vehicle, what is the maximum of each container, what things can't be shipped at the same time and how it is to be packaged. They can't see inside the box to see how it is packaged and putting a liquid in a box is fairly standard. My guess is either it was handled by a new guy or a "somebody" was at the post office that day. Pretty safe guess the drivers were laughing about it. Want to try something fun? See what it takes to get 4 gallons of battery acid on an airplane.