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by Mark on Fri Jan 30, 2004 8:40 am

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I recently went to a few sites trying to buy some Eclipse cleaning fluid (ie. methanol) for my dSLR sensor. However, I discovered that many places will not ship this because of restrictions of going by air. Understandable since it is highly flammable. I ultimately made a drive to a local camera shop to get some.

This got me to thinking - what if you want to take this stuff on a trip? Has anyone encountered any problems with bringing this stuff on a plane? Carryon or check it?

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by Anthony Medici on Fri Jan 30, 2004 9:08 am

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I've been carrying it with me on trips for a while. The bottle, now less than 1/2 full, I feel is no more of a threat than a cigarette lighter or a bottle of perfume. All of these items are flammable and in large enough quantities should not be shipped by air.

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by Rocky Sharwell on Fri Jan 30, 2004 9:36 am

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I have always put the eclipse solution in my checked luggage--no problems so far.

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by erbsnet on Fri Jan 30, 2004 11:13 am

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When I got to my destination on my last trip I found a notice in my bag from TSA that the eclipse fluid had been removed as it was banned from checked baggage.

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by Dick Ginkowski on Fri Jan 30, 2004 11:28 am

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erbsnet wrote:When I got to my destination on my last trip I found a notice in my bag from TSA that the eclipse fluid had been removed as it was banned from checked baggage.

I think it technically is and they were acting with appropriate authority in doing so.

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by Paul Skoczylas on Fri Jan 30, 2004 11:29 am

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Just think of all that flammable booze that they carry in the passenger cabins... (Ah, but they can make money on that!)

I travel every so often with a colleague who carries a bottle of heavy crude oil with him. (He talks about it in the course we put on.) It's a sealed bottle, but he doesn't trust baggage handlers, so he always carries it in his carry-on bag. Never had a problem, so far!

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by erbsnet on Fri Jan 30, 2004 11:51 am

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I believe Dick is correct. Seems to be on the banned list. See the following link:

http://www.tsa.gov/interweb/assetlibrar ... 8_2003.pdf

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by Cliff Beittel on Fri Jan 30, 2004 12:00 pm

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erbsnet wrote:I believe Dick is correct. Seems to be on the banned list.

Actually, it seems to be on the banned list for both checked and carry-on. Guess you don't need it!

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by Dick Ginkowski on Fri Jan 30, 2004 12:01 pm

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Paul considers it one of his personal toiletries, eh? :roll:

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