“Ever wonder why some canvas, like the stuff that a Carhart jacket is made of, is so much tougher than, say, a drop cloth?
The secret is ‘tincloth,’ invented in some year by some guy – probably an American – who needed something tougher than canvas or denim – tough enough for fighting dragosaurs with a claw hammer on horseback across the Great Plains.
Tincloth is that kind of tough stuff.
To demonstrate the wonder of tincloth I took a shower in my clothes and tried to set myself on fire. Allow me to explain…”