Talk:Steel and tin cans

message: The section on Materials is very unclear.  This question arises: Were tin cans EVER made "primarily or wholly" out of tin?  If so, during what era?  The sentence that uses the term "second half of the 20th century" is a grammatical train crash.  When, exactly, did tinplate steel come into use? Around the mid 20th century..after the mid 20th century?  The next sentence talks about aluminum coming into use in 1960... hmmm, that sounds like the "mid 20th century" too!.. or is it "the second half of the 20th century"? Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?!?!
1) Get rid of "THE SECOND HALF OF THE 20th CENTURY" terminology.  2) Get the dates straight.  3) Write a couple of barely-intelligible sentences in English, so a grammar expert can later fix them.  I'm not a grammar expert, but I will do my best to smooth out any rough spots until a grammarian becomes available. 71.135.13.69 (talk) 20:30, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Materials 

message: I removed from Can opener the following (re cans):
: invented in 1810 by Peter Durand in Britain
as later and less documented in WP than the Frenchman.  But no doubt his contribution was important and should be described on this talk page's article.
--Jerzy (t) 19:42, 2005 May 4 (UTC)
::The history ought to be expanded in this article, or a clear link given to a main article on the history of tinning. Njál 19:41, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  History 

message: Maybe it's just a regional thing, but I've spent time in 3 continents, and I've never seen engine oil sold in a cardboard can.  Axle grease, sure, but engine oil???  Sounds messy.  Can anyone confirm this, or think of a more likely non-food product to be sold in such a can? - Blueguy 65.0.212.9 (talk) 04:27, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: You may have "spent time on 3 continents", but if you were born after 1980, or so, there's no reason you would ever have seen motor oil sold in cardboard cans with metal lids.  Over a very short period they were replaced by the now-ubiquitous plastic bottles.  For proof, see the undated photo at :File:Motor_Oils.jpg, taken in a store in Kuwait.  At one time there were special can-piercing spouts for such cans, too, a common fixture in service stations and garages.  The article is currently incorrect, though, in stating that motor oil was sold in cans with pre-scored, tear-off tops:  That would have defeated the purpose of the can-piercing pour spouts.  The lids were always solid and the cylindrical walls were made of cardboard, usually with an aluminum foil or plastic liner to keep the oil from seeping through the paper.  There's a scene in the 1979 movie, The Jerk, starring Steve Martin, where cardboard oil cans are seen stacked up in a filling station, so they were still in use then, but they disappeared fairly quickly in the 1980s.  — QuicksilverT @ 04:59, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  "products like engine oil..." 

message: Theres not a whole lot of information about safety. It doesnt verify or debunk that any aluminum can be absorbed into the body. It doesn't even mention that many cans like these, especially when manufactured out of the usa, have a lead content in them that can leech into food. Someone should write about this and find some references to support that.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.160.131.17 (talk) 18:46, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  safety concerns of cans 

message: I have noticed that canned pineapple usually comes in zinc plated cans (there's the classic 'metal flower' pattern on the inside, and NO plastic liner). Can someone confirm this?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.165.34.114 (talk) 15:50, 9 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  zinc plated/galvanized steel 

message: The article states tins are made from aluminium. In the UK most tins (i.e. tins of baked beans) are magnetic, so what are they made from? I always thought they were steel. A beer tin is often aluminium.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.24.50.110 (talk) 07:39, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Material 

message: The article mentions 400g cans but that's referring to the contents. What's the weight of metal in an empty standard size tin can? It's the one datum that I came here to find out. ;o) 2.98.246.86 (talk) 13:10, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Whimmy wham wham wozzle! InedibleHulk (talk) 11:21, 7 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Weight of a can hasn't been given 

message: There is no information about the thickness of the sheet metal used in cans in the article at this time.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.189.135.20 (talk) 11:56, 28 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Metal Thickness 

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message: It could paper as well which is very recycled as well. 2A01:E34:EC12:36C0:240F:2BEA:9D03:C4E4 (talk) 17:26, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Comparison points should be given, with other materials. 2A01:E34:EC12:36C0:240F:2BEA:9D03:C4E4 (talk) 17:30, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is steel the most recycled? 

message: To make this topic more encyclopedic, we should split this page between tin cans and steel cans. Most people that will use this page only really want information about one of the two, and it would be more convenient to find the information readers are looking for with separate articles. This article has been rated B-class, and it would be much easier to improve this topic if the two are separate.  VMDraper (talk) 16:33, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible splitting of page.