Stuart wrote:
Opening a tub of emulsion today I was faced with the usual pieces of dried paint
around the rim of the tub and got to wondering if there is an easy way of
preventing this as what usually happens is that flakes drop in to the paint as
you take off the lid and even trying to remove the dried bits ends up with some
going in .....
Has anyone found a way of preventing this ..

It's a pain, isn't it. If you slosh the paint around inside and
leave it for a day or two, it binds the flakes. Remove the lid
while the paint's not fully hardened, and peel off what you can.
Failing that, just tip the tub up to coat the inside and remove
the lid carefully.