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Process Name	Painting (Solvents)
Description	Types of organic chemicals used as paint solvents include aromatic, aliphatic, glycol ethers, chlorinated solvents, terpenes, alcohols, acetates, and ketones. Significant exposure can occur in spray painting and in brushing or rolling. [Burgess, p. 248-50] See "Painting (Pigments, Binders, and Biocides)."
Category	PAINT
Agents	Hazardous agents associated with this process: 1,1,1-Trichloroethane 1,2,3,4-Tetrahydronaphthalene 1,3-Dioxolane 1,4-Dioxane 1-Bromopropane 1-Hexanol 1-Nitropropane 2-Butanone 2-Butoxyethanol 2-Butoxyethyl acetate 2-Ethylhexanoic acid 2-Isopropoxyethanol 2-Methoxyethanol 2-Nitropropane Acetone Acetyl acetone Benzonitrile Benzyl acetate Chlorobenzene Cumene Cyclohexane Cyclohexanol Cyclohexanone Cyclopentane Decahydronaphthalene Diacetone alcohol Diethylene glycol dibutyl ether Diethylene glycol monobutyl ether Diethylene glycol monoethyl ether Diethylene glycol monohexyl ether Diisobutyl ketone Dimethylformamide Dipropyl ketone Dipropylene glycol methyl ether Ethyl acetate Ethyl alcohol Ethyl butyl ketone Ethyl lactate Ethylene glycol GLYCOL ETHERS Isoamyl acetate Isoamyl alcohol Isobutyl acetate Isobutyl alcohol Isophorone Isopropyl acetate Isopropyl alcohol Isopropyl ether Kerosene Methyl acetate Methyl alcohol Methyl isobutyl ketone Methylal Methylcyclohexanol Methylene chloride n-Amyl acetate n-Butyl acetate n-Butyl alcohol n-Butyl lactate N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone n-Propyl acetate n-Propyl alcohol Naphtha (coal tar) Nonane o-Dichlorobenzene o-Methylcyclohexanone ORGANIC SOLVENTS Petroleum distillates Propylene glycol Propylene glycol monomethyl ether Pyridine sec-Amyl acetate sec-Butyl acetate sec-Butyl alcohol sec-Hexyl acetate Stoddard solvent tert-Butyl acetate Toluene Trichloroethylene Turpentine VM & P Naphtha Xylene isomers

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