{"id":1262,"date":"2020-11-18T19:57:47","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T19:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/touchupdirect.com\/blog\/?p=1262"},"modified":"2025-04-22T20:28:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T20:28:46","slug":"why-do-aerosol-cans-have-paint-inside-the-cap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/touchupdirect.com\/blog\/?p=1262","title":{"rendered":"Why Do Aerosol Cans Have Paint Inside the Cap?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why Do Aerosol Cans Have Paint Inside the Cap?\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TTS-93iJWIg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We get a lot of people asking us if we&#8217;ve sent them a faulty Aerosol can because of the paint in the cap. 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