Rick Blaine wrote:
Looked closely at your favorite store's paint aisle recently? The paint industry
seems to be following the tuna and potato chip companies in reducing the content
while keeping the packaging the same.

Despite the fact that the shelf tags all said "Gallon". I was surprised to see
that it was almost impossible to find a full gallon of paint. In most cases, the
more expensive (by package) paints had the smallest amounts. As little as 113
liquid ounces instead of 128.

Interesting enough, there were a few inexpensive brands that contained a full
128 ounces.

Even the "5 Gallon" buckets were short - in some cases by a quart or more. When
you are selling thousands of gallons a day, that adds up.

Wonder if this is a retail phenomena or if they're trying this on the pro
painters as well?

I'm sure they'll try to argue that the coverage is so good that you don't need a
full gallon. Ha!

It's to leave room for the tints, so you can change the color.

-jav