Here in Canada, paint used to come in Canadian gallons, 160 ounces. When we
went metric they downsized the cans to 4 litres. Now we get paint in US
gallons which is smaller again, reduced in size to allow for adding tints. I
still have an old 160 ounce can, it towers over the tiny US gallon cans we
now get.

PS: The price per can never went down, only up.

"greg2468" wrote in message
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I recently went to our favorite big box store. While wandering around
the paint department, I noticed that most brands sold there are no
longer full gallons. They were one pint less than a gallon. Yet,
spread rate magically remains the same! Of course the price remains
the same! I live in the southeast United State and am curious to know
if this has happened in other areas. (Quarts are now 28 ounces).