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Why does a Faraday Cage work better than a solid object?

If I take a radio and put a metal mesh trash can over it, the metal mesh acts as a Faraday Cage and the radio stops working. However, if I take a solid metal trash can and put it over the radio, it continues to work.

Why does the Faraday Cage work but the solid metal does not?
gpt
Both should work equally well, in theory.  The thing with Faraday cages blocking EM waves is that the diameter of the holes in the mesh should be less than the wavelength of the wave trying to pass through it.

Maybe check the material that the solid trash can is made out of?