---
type: restriction
id: usps-paint-and-related-items-un1263-lacquer-varnish-shellac-etc
asset: shipping-restrictions-by-class
title: "Paint and related items (UN1263) — lacquer, varnish, shellac, etc. — Postal shipping restrictions by item category"
sources:
  - https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c3_022.htm
source_quote: "Paint and Related Items (UN1263): A flammable or combustible liquid, which includes items such as lacquer, paint-thinning or paint-drying compounds, shellac, varnish, liquid aluminum, liquid bronze, liquid gold, liquid wood filler, and liquid lacquer base. They are mailable if they qualify as Limited Quantity surface material"
generated: true
harvested: 2026-08-04
stale_after: 2027-08-04
item_category: "Paint and related items (UN1263) — lacquer, varnish, shellac, etc."
carrier: "USPS"
restriction_type: "restricted"
scope: "domestic mail via surface transportation"
conditions: "Mailable if qualify as Limited Quantity surface material and meet quantity limitations and packaging requirements; Packaging Instruction 3A or 3B as applicable"
verified: true
unverified_fields: carrier, conditions, scope
---
**Item category:** Paint and related items (UN1263) — lacquer, varnish, shellac, etc.

**Carrier:** USPS

**Restriction type:** restricted

**Scope:** domestic mail via surface transportation

**Conditions:** Mailable if qualify as Limited Quantity surface material and meet quantity limitations and packaging requirements; Packaging Instruction 3A or 3B as applicable

> Paint and Related Items (UN1263): A flammable or combustible liquid, which includes items such as lacquer, paint-thinning or paint-drying compounds, shellac, varnish, liquid aluminum, liquid bronze, liquid gold, liquid wood filler, and liquid lacquer base. They are mailable if they qualify as Limited Quantity surface material

Source: <https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c3_022.htm>