MSDS

MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET

PRODUCT NAME: ZAR PAINT & VARNISH REMOVER HMIS CODES: H F R P

PRODUCT CODE: 275 2 1 0

SECTION 1 – MANUFACTURER IDENTIFICATON

MANUFACTURE’S NAME: UNITED GILSONITE LABORATORIES EMERGENCY PHONE: (800) 424-9300

ADDRESS: 1396 JEFFERSON AVENUE

SCRANTON, PA 18509 INFORMATION PHONE: (570) 344-1202

NAME OF PREPARER: R. BARAKO

DATE REVISED: MAY 2013

SUPERSEDES: JULY 2011

SECTION II – HAZARDOUS INGREDIENTS/SARA III INFORMATION

OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS VAPOR PRESSURE WEIGHT

HAZARDOUS COMPONENTS CAS NUMBER OSHA PEL ACGIH TLV OTHER mmHg@TEMP PERCENT

* METHYLENE CHLORIDE 75-09-2 25PPM (TWA) 50PPM 125PPM (STEL) 355 (68F) 90

* METHYL ALCOHOL 67-56-1 200PPM 200PPM 200PPM 96 (68F) 7

* TOLUENE 108-88-3 200PPM (TWA) 50PPM (TWA) PROP 65 22 (68F) 2

PARAFFIN WAX 8002-74-2 NOT ESTAB NOT ESTAB NOT ESTAB N/A 1

* INDICATES A TOXIC CHEMICAL(S) SUBJECT TO THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 313 AND 40 CFR 372.

THIS PRODUCT CONTAINS A CHEMICAL KNOWN TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO CAUSE CANCER, REPRODUCTIVE OR

DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY.

SECTION III – PHYSICAL/CHEMCIAL CHARACTERISTICS

BOILING RANGE: 104 TO 231 DEG F SPECIFIC GRAVITY (H20=1): 1.2

VAPOR DENSITY: HEAVIER THAN AIR EVAPORATION RATE: SLOWER THAN ETHER

COATING VOC: 5.98 LB/GAL (717 G/L):

SOLUBILITY IN WATER: INSOLUBLE

APPEARANCE AND ODOR: CLEAR TO OPAQUE LIQUID WITH AROMATIC ODOR

SECTION IV – FIRE AND EXPLOSION HAZARD DATA

FLASH POINT: N/A METHOD USED: TCC

FLAMMABLE LIMITS IN AIR BY VOLUME: LOWER: 1.0% UPPER: 36.0

EXTINGUISHING MEDIA: NONE KNOWN

SPECIAL FIRE FIGHTING PROCEDURES: WATER MAY BE USED TO COOL CONTAINERS TO PREVENT PRESSURE BUILD-UP AND POSSIBLE

AUTO IGNITION OR EXPLOSION WHEN EXPOSED TO EXTREME HEAT. SELF CONTAINED RESPIRATORY PROTECTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN

FIGHTING A FIRE WHERE THIS PRODUCT IS STORED.

UNUSUAL FIRE AND EXPLOSION HAZARDS: KEEP CONTAINERS TIGHTLY CLOSED. ISOLATE FROM HEAT, SPARKS, ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT

AND OPEN FLAMES. CLOSED CONTAINERS MAY EXPLODE WHEN EXPOSED TO EXTREME HEAT. DURING EMERGENCY CONDITIONS

OVEREXPOSURE TO DECOMPOSITION BYPRODUCTS MAY CAUSE A HEALTH HAZARD. SYMPTOMS MAY NOT BE IMMEDIATELY APPARENT.

OBTAIN MEDICAL ATTENTION.

SECTION V – REACTIVITY DATA

STABILITY: PRODUCT IS STABLE

CONDITIONS TO AVOID: HEAT, SPARKS, OPEN FLAMES AND HOT METAL SURFACES

INCOMPATABILITY (MATERIALS TO AVOID): STRONG OXIDIZING AGENTS

HAZARDOUS DECOMPOSITION OR BYPRODUCTS: TOXIC GASES SUCH AS PHOSGENE

HAZARDOUS POLYMERIZATION: WILL NOT OCCUR

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MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET PRODUCT NAME: PRODUCT CODE: ZAR PAINT & VARNISH REMOVER 275 HMIS CODES: H 2 F 1 R 0 P SECTION 1 – MANUFACTURER IDENTIFICATON MANUFACTURE’S NAME: ADDRESS: DATE REVISED: SUPERSEDES: UNITED GILSONITE LABORATORIES 1396 JEFFERSON AVENUE SCRANTON, PA 18509 EMERGENCY PHONE: (800) 424-9300 INFORMATION PHONE: NAME OF PREPARER: (570) 344-1202 R.
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SECTION VI – HEALTH HAZARD DATA INHALATION HEALTH RISKS AND SYMPTOMS OF EXPOSURE: EXCESSIVE EXPOSURE TO VAPORS CAN RESULT IN HEADACHE, DIZZINESS, INCOORDINATION, NAUSEA AND LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS. SKIN AND EYE CONTACT HEALTH RISKS AND SYMPTOMS OF EXPOSURE: EXTREME BURNING ON EYE CONTACT. BURNING, REDNESS AND POSSIBLE RASH ON CONTACT WITH SKIN. SKIN ABSORPTION HEALTH RISKS AND SYMPTOMS OF EXPOSURE: THIS MATERIAL MAY CAUSE DEFATTING AND IRRITATION OF THE SKIN.