Grout Sealer in checked bags?
 

Can I check Grout Sealer?

It says nothing about being flammable (so I assume it isn't). It is in the original unopened container (1pt - 473ml). It contains Diethylene glycol monobutylether and fluorophosphate esters. It says it may irritate eyes and skin.

It is for the tile floor of my apartment in Prague and I am in the US now. The stuff is not available in Prague.

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Obscure2k
TravelBuzz Moderator

Should not be a problem.

Chances are that it will be removed from your luggage by the airline. Probably not a TSA issue but it may be considered hazardous cargo. My stained glass flux was removed from my checked luggage. It's not flammable. The best thing to do is find out if it was (or can be) shipped by air - ask the store where you bought it. If it can be shipped by air, then it will be ok.

Something you can do to avoid this problem if you are desperate is to tranfer the product to an innocuous container like a shampoo bottle.

Stained glass flux looks a lot like facial skin toner.

Bear spray made it through recently
 

Took my bear spray [aerosol pepper spray] in checked bag to BZN and did the same on the return. No problem.

My luggage is opened on trips to Prague over 75% of the time with only personal stuff, clothing, toothpaste etc in it. My guess if the TSAs read the word ether it will be blown up with a 1/4 lb of C4 and you will permanently miss all your luggage and probably miss your flight. Use the local grout as it seems to last 100's of years or FedEx it.

MisterNice

No motor oils either :eek:
 

Years ago, DH had her pocket mace that she always carry in her purse, flew LGA-ORD-SEA with no problem but got stopped @ SEA after we went from one terminal to another, had to go thru security screening again & it got spotted by the eagle eyes on the x-ray. Taken out, surprised, lectured on it, went to the bin, and we resumed our journey & flew home. So it "passed" 3 screeners before it got picked up by the fourth .... doing the job ! :eek:

On a somewhat similar but real story last month - nephew worked at LH ground ops at JFK and he came home one day with 6+ qts. of genuine Honda Motor Oil, sealed in plastic wraps against leakage that international customer wanted to fly home with (checked baggage) - it was a "no go" so it ended up as gifts to the counter check-in crew after it got pulled out. (Surely, they didn't bring it as carry-on, apparently this business FT had plenty of space in his luggage, wanted to bring the real motor oil along, cheaper here than their home town but ended up blowing money away. :confused:

Trying to figure out what security risk the motor oil posed .... explode in the unpressurized belly luggage compartment? Guess I will check out my MSDS guide online to see what's the biohazard ....

Did you ever find out?
 

I just searched the same question on Google. I want to take it to Thailand flying Qantas and SilkAir.

Welcome to FlyerTalk! Would it be easier to send it via FedEx/UPS/DHL?

its non hazardous
 

Went to the website of the product. Im going to get something from them saying it is non hazardous and elastic band it to the bottle.

You seem to assume that your average smurf can read... or knows what "ether" is. ;)

And yes, I do believe that TSA characters that post here are exceptional. Which leaves no doubt about mental abilities of an average one.

Looks like that 75% failure rate continues to haunt the TSA.

Wouldn't be refreshing if a TSA employee could give a definitive answer just one time?

I regularly check:
1) cases of wine- this every time I go to the US or to France. Never once a problem in dozens of times.
2) plant fertilizer- always 15-20kg when I fly out of the USA. Never a problem in many years of doing that.
3) grout, silicone sealant, tile adhesive, etc- I buy in the US at Home Depot and carry threm to France and Brazil. Almost every trip. never a problem.
4) I have checked Mace numerous times, US departures. I asked the first time to clarify, but was told absolutely no issue (I don't remember the carrier) and since I have not asked.

I have not originated these products in the UK, but I have transited LHR on BA with them in my bags. In recent years I have not done any of this recently from Asia either.

I did try to check a generator as luggage, and almost succeeded but it was 2kg over the 32kg limit so I had to send it as freight instead.

You misspelled "stunning." HTH. HAND.