> I think here Jim ignores the distinction between "soft" and "hard"
> conversion. The Canadian metric laws and regulations required only soft
> conversions, even of canned and prepackaged food. The products of Jim's
> old molds would have been quite acceptable if labelled in millimetres.
>
> Even now, paint is frequently sold in 3,78 L cans.
>
> Joseph B. Reid
True, but that's only because it's the same paint made
for the US market, with Canadian labels. I don't think
it's because the paint industry didn't want to retool or
change their can sizes, which they could have done
over time. Still, as you say, they're not mandated to
adopt hard metric sizes.
Stephen Gallagher
