a blow - molded , plastic paint container for storing and dispensing paint includes a blow - molded container body defining an externally - threaded neck portion , an injection molded plastic closing cap , internally - threaded so as to be threadedly securable to the neck portion for closing the container body , a liner assembled into the closing cap and a depending annular wall positioned between the neck portion and the liner in order to cause any paint skin that forms to be formed into two portions , one portion being adjacent to the liner and the other portion being adjacent to the container body . each paint skin portion adhering to its corresponding structural portion of the paint container and remaining intact . in a related embodiment , the annular wall is replaced with three cutting blades .