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The number measured on the product as used

By Dwight Davis, Founder

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VOC limits for consumer products apply after the minimum recommended dilution, which makes the instruction on your label part of how compliance is measured. The category the product falls into is decided by what it is for, so the description is a regulatory input too.

Getting started

Before the first batch.
Is this for you at allTurning a batch into a product

VOC limits

The number measured after dilution.
What a VOC limit actually limitsThe dilution rule, and why your instruction mattersWhich category you are in, and why the description decides it

The sprayer

Trigger, lock and chemical resistance.
Chemical resistance, and the parts you forgetTriggers, locks and outputConcentrates, dilution bottles and labeling both

What goes wrong

Named failures, with the cause for each.
The sprayer stopped workingIt leaked in transitThe concentrate ended up in the wrong bottleA claim moved it into another regime

Containers

The largest shelf here, and what suits what.
What we actually stock for thisSizes, and who is buying

Tools and directories

Things to use rather than read.
The check, before the formula is final
Written from 40 CFR 59 subpart C. Every page names its source.