---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 72.05-45"
title: "46"
number: "72.05-45"
heading: "Paint."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/72.05-45"
---

# §72.05-45. Paint.

- (a) An excessive number of coats of paint will be discouraged unless noncombustible paint is used.
- (b) Nitrocellulose or other highly flammable or noxious fume-producing paints or lacquers shall not be used.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16903, Dec. 30, 1965, unless otherwise noted.