Anti foul on air plane.

[dougg]

Has any one travelled with tins of anti foul in the hold luggage?
Is this a no no? Do they check etc?

 

[Sans Bateau]

I remember once seeing a a chap collecting his bags from the baggage claim, as he lifted them off the wine which he had bought poured out of the bag. Antifoul would make a hell of a mess after the baggage handlers dropped your case from the loading platform.

It may also come under the description of dangerous goods. Airlines love those.

 

[macd]

Conventional paint seems not to be proscribed, although anything with solvents might be. But whether antifoul would be considered a "poisonous and toxic substance" is anyone's guess, although I don't suppose barnacles get to make that judgement.
I'd check by e-mail with the airline, and if they say it's OK, take a print-out of their reply with you.

Hold luggage is checked, at least sometimes. I've been pulled on arrival in Athens with a bag full of power tools: all legit and no problems when checked, but it must have looked strange on the scanner.

 

[nigelmercier]

Flexible bottles are OK (especially if you squeeze a bit of air out), but I wouldn't carry tins: the lids can pop off when the pressure drops.

 

[Seajet]

Doesn't a/f have the ' harmful ' label ?

I bet most airlines would try to lock one up in Siberia for suggesting it, also some antifouls are not too good for aircraft alloy if they did pop open; could mean a very nasty invoice !

 

[captainboo]

As someone who has to do mandatory Dangerous Air Cargo training I can strongly recommend that it would be extremely unwise to try and 'smuggle' the tins on board. If they were to leak the potential financial implications would be quite severe not including potential damage to a/c, other luggage etc. There are a number of quite stringent regulations that would be infinged in doing so and as others have stated the potential for the tin to leak is possibly quite high.

 

[mcanderson]

It is Dangerous Cargo which can only be carried on Freight Only Aircraft. If you try to smuggle it onboard and get caught you can expect to have the book thrown at you. Airlines have a VERY strong view on non-declared dangerous goods. Buy it at the other end.

 

[lpdsn]

Is there really a need to take out your own anti-foul? Major cost saving?

 

[westernman]

Is there really a need to take out your own anti-foul? Major cost saving?

There is a major cost saving. Antifouling costs about 3x in most places on the continent compared to blighty.

 

[WF36]

There is a major cost saving. Antifouling costs about 3x in most places on the continent compared to blighty.

Someone suggested that when I towed a RIB down to Portugal I fill it full of antifouling and re-sell!

 

[Carl Edwards]

I work for FedEx

There is a major cost saving. Antifouling costs about 3x in most places on the continent compared to blighty.

Don't put it on board an aircraft !
I work for FedEx. We will carry it but ordinary airline won't and will pass on any costs of leakage if it happens.

I used to keep a boat in Mallorca. I bought my antifoul from the local hardware store ( ferreteria in Spanish ).
Same brands at about half the price.
It's not worth the risk.

 

[DaveS]

There is a major cost saving. Antifouling costs about 3x in most places on the continent compared to blighty.

This is a bit of a drift from the subject, but just out of curiosity from one who does not use the term, what is generally understood to constitute "blighty"? The UK? England? Part of England (which part)?

 

[westernman]

This is a bit of a drift from the subject, but just out of curiosity from one who does not use the term, what is generally understood to constitute "blighty"? The UK? England? Part of England (which part)?

The bit where Dad's army come from.

 

[macd]

This is a bit of a drift from the subject, but just out of curiosity from one who does not use the term, what is generally understood to constitute "blighty"? The UK? England? Part of England (which part)?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blighty
OED concurs.

 

[DaveS]

Thanks for the quick answers, but I'm afraid I'm not much wiser. The part [of England, presumably] that Dad's Army came from is the south of England. The Wikipedia link, however, defines Blighty as "England or Britain" so apart from eliminating NI, this doesn't really shed much light. I remain confused.

Do those who use the term consider that it includes Scotland, Wales, or northern England?

 

[macd]

It meant "back 'ome" to British troops, originally in India and then on service elsewhere, so now means pretty much what you want it to mean along those lines. 'Old on, I'll ask Vera Lynne, see if she can specify lat and long...

 

[DownWest]

It is not just airlines, the X-channel ferries can be fussy. Mate wanted to carry about 20kg of epoxy, so being careful, asked the company. Nope. Need to use hazardous carriage outfit. Joke being, it was classified by the manufacturers as non toxic, being water based. Considering the amount of petrol sloshing about on ferries, sounded a bit jobsworthy.

When I saw the post header, I was wondering if he was talking SEA-plane....

 

[nimbusgb]

Paint tins with the steel sealing clips left fitted to the lids will not erupt at 8000' ( the maximum cabin altitude ) that's what the clips were designed for. If the tins are tripple wraped in hevy plastic and packed in the middle of a couple of towels and lots of clothes the chances of even the worst baggage handler rupturin a tin are as god as zero.

That having been said it is illegal and it would be better to contract the carriage to one of the white van men who run to the continent.