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                            SECTION 1 PRODUCT







NAME:                        BRITE BOY METAL POLISH



PRODUCT CODE                 492



PRODUCT TYPE                 METAL POLISH







HEALTH            FLAMMABILITY        REACTIVITY         PPE



  0                   0                   0               0



HEALTH HAZ         FIRE HAZ           REACTIVITY    PERSONAL PROTECTION



0=MINIMAL          0=WILL NOT BURN      0=NONE       0=NOT NECESSARY



1=SLIGHTLY HAZ     1=FP>141F            1=MILD       1=GOGGLES



2=HAZARDOUS        2=FP=>73F=<141F      2=STRONG     2=GOGGLES, GLOVES



3=SERIOUS HAZ      3=FP<73F                          3=GOGGLES, GLOVES,



4=SEVERE HAZ       4=BP<95F                          PROTECTIVE CLOTHES



                   FP BY PMCC                        4=GOGGLES, GLOVES



                                                     & RESPIRATOR



DGIS



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                     SECTION 2 - HAZARDOUS INGREDIENTS



ETHANAL                            CAS #64-17-5              WT%=5.3



AMMONIA                            CAS #7664-41-7            WT%=1.6



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                   SECTION 3 - HEALTH HAZARD & FIRST AID







1. ACUTE HEALTH EFFECT                       NONE



2. CHRONIC HEALTH EFFECTS                    NONE



3. CARCINOGEN                                NO



4. PRIMARY ENTRY ROUTES:



        A) SKIN & EYES: PROLONGED CONTACT WITH THE SKIN MAY CAUSE SOME



        IRRITATION. EYE CONTACT ME BE SLIGHTLY IRRITATING.



        B) INGESTION: MAY BE HARMFUL.



        C) INHALATION: NOT CONSIDERED AN ENTRY ROUTE.



5. FIRST AID



        A) SKIN: REMOVE CONTAMINATED CLOTHING-WASH SKIN WITH SOAP & WATER.



        IF IRRITATION PERSISTS GET MEDICAL ATTENTION.



        B) EYES: WASH EYES WITH LARGE VOLUMES OF WATER FOR AT LEAST 15



        MINUTES WHILE LIFTING THE UPPER AND LOWER EYELIDS AND ROTATING THE



        EYEBALL.  GET MEDICAL ATTENTION IF IRRITATION PERSISTS.



        C) INGESTION: GIVE LARGE VOLUMES OF WATER.  INDUCE VOMITING.



        GET IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION.



        D) INHALATION: N/A



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            SECTION 4 - PHYSICAL & CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS







1. PHYSICAL STATE                          LIQUID



2. COLOR                                   LIGHT TAN OPAQUE



3. ODOR                                    AMMONIA



4. SOLUBILITY IN WATER                     DISPERSIBLE



5. SPECIFIC GRAVITY (H2O=1.0)              1.2



6. PH                                      9.50



7. FREEZING POINT                          N/A



8. FLASH POINT                             NONE (WILL NOT BURN)



9. VAPOR PRESSURE                          N/A



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                   SECTION 5 - FIRE AND EXPLOSION HAZARD







1. FLASH POINT                             NONE ( WILL NOT BURN )



2. EXTINGUISHING MEDIA                     N/A



3. SPECIAL FIRE FIGHTING PROCEDURES        NONE



4. UNUSUAL FIRE & EXPLOSION HAZARD         FIRE FIGHTERS SHOULD OBSERVE ALL



PRECAUTIONS THAT APPLY TO ANY FIRE WHERE CHEMICALS ARE STORED.



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                      SECTION 6 - REACTIVITY DATA







1. STABILITY                           STABLE



2. CONDITIONS TO AVOID                 NONE KNOWN



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                 SECTION 7 - SPILL OR LEAK PROCEDURES







1. IF PRODUCT LEAKS OR SPILLS - MOP UP USING LARGE VOLUME OF WATER AND



DISPOSE TO THE SANITARY SEWER.



2. ABIDE BY FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL REGULATIONS.



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                   SECTION 8 - PERSONAL PROTECTION







NONE REQUIRED



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                     SECTION 9 - SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS







1. STORE CONTAINERS TIGHTLY CLOSED AND IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION.



2. DO NOT DESTROY OR DEFACE THE LABEL.



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         SECTION 10 - SECTION 313 SUPPLIER NOTIFICATION (SARA)







THIS PRODUCT CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING TOXIC CHEMICALS SUBJECT TO THE REPORTING



REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 313 OF THE EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY



RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT OF 1986 AND OF 40 CFR 372:



AMMONIA                  CAS# 7664-41-7              WT%=1.6



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                  SECTION 11 - TOXICOLOGICAL INFORMATION



NONE



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                   SECTION 12 - ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION







NONE



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                   SECTION 13 - DISPOSAL CONSIDERATIONS







1. SEE SECTION 7 ABOVE.



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                   SECTION 14 - DOT TRANSPORT INFORMATION







THIS PRODUCT IS NOT REGULATED.



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                 SECTION 15 - OTHER REGULATED INFORMATION



ALL INGREDIENTS APPEAR TO THE TSCA INVENTORY LIST.



VOC CONTENT = 50 GRAMS/LITER.



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                      SECTION 16 - OTHER INFORMATION







1. N/A = NOT APPLICABLE



2. DANGEROUS GOODS IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM (DGIS)



3. PMCC = PENSKY MARTIN CLOSED CUP



4. MANUFACTURER BELIEVES THAT THE INFORMATION GIVEN HERE IS ACCURATE.  THE



SUGGESTED PROCEDURES ARE BASED ON EXPERIENCE AND COMMON SENSE AND ARE NOT



NECESSARILY ALL-INCLUSIVE OF EVERY CONCEIVABLE CIRCUMSTANCE.