It sounds like this paint store did not want to sell you any paint.
Try another one. If you are not a business with employees, OSHA
regulations do not apply. The EPA is concerned with the hazardous
waste you generate. Unless your state (not the Fed.) has restricted
the sale of paint to only license shop, there should be no
restrictions for you to use it. All the solvent in the paint you use
will eventually end up in the atmosphere, whether you or a shop do it.
Lacquer type paints will not be sold after this summer in Maryland
because too much solvent is released into the atmosphere. Lower
solvent paints will still be available.
Good luck in painting your own.
Marty Schlining
57 MGA Coupe
75 MGB
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Subject: Painting you own car at home...
Author: Railroad2@aol.com at BALT.SMTP
Date: 2/21/96 12:26 PM
Hi All,
I've been trying to decide which route to take getting my Rover sedan
painted. Since every single body panel is unstressed and simply unbolts from
the car, I thought I might do it myself one panel at a time and thoroughly
rustproof the car as I went. Recently, though, I spoke to auto paint
supplier who told me that this would probably be considered illegal by the
state EPA which has been cracking down on all the hole in the wall body shops
with poor OSHA-type practices. I can see wheree these shops may be doing a
significant volume and could have a significant effect on the environment,
but is the private owner working on his own car really at risk? This auto
paint supplier cited cases wherein the individual's equipment was confiscated
and fines up to $50,000 applied. What's the experience of the list on
painting your car at home?
Glen Wilson
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