Does anybody know anything about this? Another active member at IMOA's forums posted the following:

http://mercuryclub.com/forums/index...st=0&#entry9982

One thing to consider is that the paint mfr's are reformulating paint materials to meet the new regs and are well aware of this..The other thing is the enforcement is the job of the states and most states have rules so small users such as the one man shops and hobbyists are not severely impacted by all of this..

Personal examples is the the products I use harden into a "hockey puck" which is no longer considered hazardous waste..the masking paper and tape with dried paint is not hazardous waste..I am now using a product made from recycled glass to blast with..works just fine is cheap and does not trip the triggers of the feds. Here a person has to make 200 lbs a month in hazardous waste to even have to file a report and that can cover a fairly active painter if he takes some common sense steps to run a clean operation..

I do not see any reason for any of us to panic over this at all as we will continue to do what we do..

Sam

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Also dupont and probably others are working on water based automotive paints for this exact problem.

This has been going on now for some time. If you notice on the can of paint that you get at the supplier, it states "For Professional Use Only". It's only a matter of time before you will have to have a Certificate of Training to buy any automotive paint. Thanks to SEMA, it won't be for a long time yet.

The big targets are the Professional Autobody Shops. And that is the little shops vs the big chains that wants to run the little guy out of business.

I have been buying automotive paint for years, and can't remember not seeing the "For professional use only" on a can. It would not surprise me to see them requiring that the "professional painters" be "licensed" or "certified" in some way, eventually.

Aaron

The regulation in question is the National Emissions Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Paint Stripping and Misc. Surface Coating. The text of the rule as published in the Federal Register can be found at http://www.epa.gov/EPA-AIR/2008/Jan...y-09/a24718.pdf .

Reading this rule, one of two things must be true.

1. In keeping with most magazine lead times, Mr. Lentinello wrote his editorial long before the rule was printed on 1/9/08.

2. Mr. Lentinello is illiterate.

The rule states : The final subpart does not apply to any of the following activities listed in § 63.11169:
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Surface coating or paint stripping performed by individuals on their personal vehicles, possessions, or property, either as a hobby or for maintenance of their personal vehicles, possessions, or property. This subpart also does not apply when these operations are performed by individuals for others without compensation. An individual who spray applies surface coating of more than two motor vehicles or pieces of mobile equipment per year is subject to the requirements in this subpart that pertain to motor vehicle and mobile equipment surface coating regardless of whether compensation is received.

So, if you paint less than two vehicles per year, and don't get paid or otherwise compensated for it, the rule/limit does not apply to you. If your operating a business out of your garage painting cars, then it does - and it should, IMHO.

As far as the worry about the term "area source", and area source is a grouping or contiguous area of air pollution emission. For example, an exhaust from a single paint booth is a point source, the total emissions from a manufacturing facility, including any paint booths, would be an area source. Hobby painters spread across the country does not qualify as an area source.

That's the kind of information I was looking for, and it adresses the part about having to use a qualified paint booth, but does this have the potential to affect the availability to the hobbyist of the materials (paint) necessary for painting? That document, like most legislative documents, is no fun to read and it doesn't seem to search quite right.