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report it as a trade secret because it is not YOUR trade secret; it is someone else's. <br />Businesses are not required to seek additional information from suppliers. <br />26. Many paints contain up to 15 ingredients which can be solvents, pigments, defoamers, or <br />resins. The user cannot tell from the MSDS which of these ingredients are solvents and/ <br />or may fall into the "characteristic" category. Furthermore, the aggregate flash point of <br />the total mixture may fall below the 140 degrees Fahrenheit threshold for ignitability or it <br />may be above 140 degrees Fahrenheit. We need some specific guidelines on how to <br />report solvent -based paints and their ingredients. <br />QUESTION: Do we report the individual ingredients (if listed) when the flash point of <br />the mixture is greater than 140 degrees Fahrenheit? <br />ANSWER: Only report listed individual ingredients with flash points less than 140 <br />degrees Fahrenheit when they are removed from the mixture during the process, so as to <br />become ignitable. <br />QUESTION: Can we report the entire mixture without listing individual ingredients if <br />the flash point is less than 140 degrees Fahrenheit? <br />ANSWER: Only when the individual ingredients are unknown. Known hazardous <br />ingredients of mixtures should be reported individually. Remaining quantities of <br />mixtures, if the remainder is known to be hazardous (characteristic) but the ingredients <br />are not known, should be reported under the appropriate generic characteristic substance <br />category. <br />QUESTION: Are we required to report unlisted solvents which have a flash point of <br />less than 140 degrees Fahrenheit even though the total mixture has a flash point greater <br />than 140 degrees Fahrenheit? <br />ANSWER: No, unless you have documentation that the solvent has a flash point less <br />than 140 degrees Fahrenheit, and the solvent leaves the mixture so as to become ignitable <br />during processing. <br />-62- <br />