Comments on: Tin is in? http://www.washingtonblade.com/2012/02/02/tin-is-in/ the gay community's news source Sun, 19 May 2013 20:09:04 +0000 hourly 1 By: Shawn Watson http://www.washingtonblade.com/2012/02/02/tin-is-in/#comment-44718 Shawn Watson Thu, 01 Mar 2012 20:06:01 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=35292#comment-44718 Tim,

You are correct. Traditional TIN is not available. The original tin or terne was steel coated with a mixture of tin and lead. Today’s tin is a mixture of tin and zinc. People commonly refer to terne roofing as tin. It still functions the same but the EPA didn’t want the lead. Hope this helps.

]]> By: Tim Werbstein http://www.washingtonblade.com/2012/02/02/tin-is-in/#comment-43080 Tim Werbstein Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:21:57 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=35292#comment-43080 The article mentioned “copper, zinc, TIN, terne, stainless steel and aluminum” as popolar metals for roofing. What do you mean by “TIN”? The historic, traditional TIN-coated steel is unavailable. Roofs were never made pure tin sheet.

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