Liquid Lamp Fuel and Liquid Chafing Fuel are SAFE!

We recently attended one of our industry's largest international trade shows and met with some of our best distribution customers. During conversations about our liquid lamp fuel, a salesperson from one of our long-time customers made the comment:

"It's too bad that we cannot ship this fuel UPS."

This prompted our Director of Sales to say: "Wait, what did you say? That is decidedly NOT true. None of our liquid wax lamp and liquid chafing fuel items require any special shipping or handling."

It turns out this customer received some erroneous information from their shipping department.

There is a common misconception that items with the word "Fuel" in their names are automatically restricted from certain shipping methods and require special onsite handling and storage.

In our industry, liquid wax lamp fuel is composed of two materials: Liquid Paraffin and Mineral Oil. Both of these substances are classified by the NFPA (National Fire Protection Agency) in the same NONFLAMMABLE category as vegetable oil (Class IIIB). Likewise, the DOT (Department of Transportation) classifies lamp fuel as NONHAZARDOUS.

Therefore, all liquid wax lamp fuel is safe to ship by any method, including express air. Furthermore, Lamp Fuels require no special handling, no special labeling for shipping, no special storage facilities and no extra insurance.


The same holds true for liquid chafing fuels made with DEG (Diethylene Glycol). Most liquid chafing fuels are DEG-based. (All Hollowick liquid chafing fuels contain DEG, exclusively.)

All DEG liquid chafing fuels are safe to ship by any method including express air. Furthermore, Liquid Chafing Fuels require no special handling, no special labeling for shipping, no special storage facilities and no extra insurance.