Thread: Tin foil

haha i can tell you don't cook much?

Originally Posted by Curiosity

Aluminum (or aluminium in the UK) foil used to be made of tin and is sometimes still referenced as such. Such as making tin foil hats to keep out the alien brain waves. Aluminum has been tested and certified to block all alien frequencies as well, if not better, than tin.

And here I was thinking it was only the CIA trying to hack into my brain...... Now it's aliens too.......

Originally Posted by dr4g0n3

go to the dollar store and get a roll of aluminum foil
it is refered to tin still dont know why

but it pulls off the fiberglass really easy.

Its refered to as tin for the same reason I ask for a kleenex or say "grab a scott towel".

Originally Posted by J187

Its refered to as tin for the same reason I ask for a kleenex or say "grab a scott towel".

kleenex and scott are popular brand names for their respective products, "tin foil" isn't... aluminum foil is called tin foil because:

Originally Posted by Wikipedia

Commonly, it is a misnomer for aluminium foil, as tin foil was commercially available before the aluminium counterpart, and some people continue to refer to the new product by the name of the old one.

Originally Posted by evandude

kleenex and scott are popular brand names for their respective products, "tin foil" isn't... aluminum foil is called tin foil because:

Kleenex and Scott are popular brand names, because they are either pioneers in their field, or simply the accepted "Original". Same thing holds true w/ Tin foil, being made exclusively from Tin in the begining, then switching over to Aluminum. Tin foil was the "original" so the name stuck. Same thing.


Do you think if Kleenex Brand Stopped making Tissues tomorrow, we'd stop calling them Kleenex??

He is just joking, this cant be true