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Business Restructuring (Schedule of Restructuring Activity) (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Mar. 31, 2012
Sep. 30, 2011
Sep. 30, 2012
Person
Sep. 30, 2011
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]          
Severance and Other Costs   $ 160      
Pension Curtailment (Gains)/Losses   5      
Asset Write-offs   53      
Business restructuring 0 208 0 208 [1] 0
Currency Impact (3)     (3)  
Total Reserve Balance at end of year 98     98  
Employees Impacted       1,959  
Activity to date       (107)  
Activity to date       (1,225)  
Employees Impacted at year end       734  
Severance and Other Costs [Member]
         
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]          
Severance and Other Costs       160  
Currency Impact (3)     (3)  
Severance and Other Costs Balance at end of year 98     98  
Activity to date       (59)  
Pension Curtailment (Gains)/Losses [Member]
         
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]          
Pension Curtailment (Gains)/Losses       (5)  
Activity to date       5  
Asset Write-offs [Member]
         
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]          
Asset Write-offs       53  
Activity to date       (53)  
Performance Coatings [Member]
         
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]          
Business restructuring       65  
Employees Impacted       740  
Performance Coatings [Member] | Severance and Other Costs [Member]
         
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]          
Severance and Other Costs       52  
Performance Coatings [Member] | Pension Curtailment (Gains)/Losses [Member]
         
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]          
Pension Curtailment (Gains)/Losses       1  
Performance Coatings [Member] | Asset Write-offs [Member]
         
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]          
Asset Write-offs       12  
Industrial Coatings [Member]
         
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]          
Business restructuring       46  
Employees Impacted       348  
Industrial Coatings [Member] | Severance and Other Costs [Member]
         
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]          
Severance and Other Costs       39  
Industrial Coatings [Member] | Pension Curtailment (Gains)/Losses [Member]
         
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]          
Pension Curtailment (Gains)/Losses       (1)  
Industrial Coatings [Member] | Asset Write-offs [Member]
         
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]          
Asset Write-offs       8  
Architectural Coatings - EMEA [Member]
         
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]          
Business restructuring       63  
Employees Impacted       795  
Architectural Coatings - EMEA [Member] | Severance and Other Costs [Member]
         
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]          
Severance and Other Costs       65  
Architectural Coatings - EMEA [Member] | Pension Curtailment (Gains)/Losses [Member]
         
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]          
Pension Curtailment (Gains)/Losses       (5)  
Architectural Coatings - EMEA [Member] | Asset Write-offs [Member]
         
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]          
Asset Write-offs       3  
Optical and Specialty Materials [Member]
         
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]          
Business restructuring       32  
Employees Impacted       50  
Optical and Specialty Materials [Member] | Severance and Other Costs [Member]
         
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]          
Severance and Other Costs       2  
Optical and Specialty Materials [Member] | Asset Write-offs [Member]
         
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]          
Asset Write-offs       30  
Commodity Chemicals [Member]
         
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]          
Business restructuring       1  
Employees Impacted       22  
Commodity Chemicals [Member] | Severance and Other Costs [Member]
         
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]          
Severance and Other Costs       1  
Corporate [Member]
         
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]          
Business restructuring       1  
Employees Impacted       4  
Corporate [Member] | Severance and Other Costs [Member]
         
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]          
Severance and Other Costs       $ 1  
[1] The charge for business restructuring costs in the nine months ended September 30, 2012, includes charges of $65 million related to the Performance Coatings segment, $46 million related to the Industrial Coatings segment, $63 million related to the Architectural Coatings - EMEA segment, $32 million related to the Optical and Specialty Materials segment $1 million related to the Commodity Chemicals segment and $1 million related to Corporate. These costs are considered to be unusual and non-recurring and do not reduce the segment earnings used to evaluate the performance of the operating segments.