Cleaning oil-based paints off brushes and rollers using solvents such as turpentine, white spirit or cellulose thinners. Cleaning emulsion and vinyl emulsion paints off brushes and rollers using water.

Placing ink on the printing slab.Using hand-operated or power-driven machines and presses to make prints.Cleaning up the printing slab, press bed and plate using various solvents.

Many different paints are available in cans to be applied as aerosols. The propellant is usually butane.

The solvents are usually highly flammable (hydrocarbons, esters or ketones) but are sometimes non-flammable chlorinated hydrocarbons. This risk assessment also covers paint strippers that use similar solvents.