The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1879-04-10
What is Tln-ware The Care Of II

1t does not appear to be generally
| kE0wn That the article so commonly
used fof household utensils, fGf' cans
| for rOOling, etc, called *tin, really
contains very little tin, seldom more
than one part III forty or fifty. Tin
pure this q s;lYery white metal, and
/ Is the lightegt and easiest melted OF all
the metals In common use; it being only
about liye-eighths as heavy as lead, and
requires only about two-thirds the
heat to melt it. Pure tin is called
"blOck-tin," but it is rarely used pure,
the utensils said to be made of block
tin being alloys with other metals.
Our common tin-ware is really tin
| TRle-a film sheet Of ig9R, codteq with
1 iilm Qf tin, PLATES Of ifOn gf the
proper size and thickness are secured
with sand and acid until perfectly
clean, and then dipped several times
into melted tin; a coating of tin, of va
riOus thickness, adhereS TO the iron.
The object in coating iron with tin in
1 this manner is to protect the iron from
Tusting. Tin when exposed to the air
does not rust or even taTniSh, while
irsn readily does so, ana the thin coat
ing of tin completely protects it. No
doubt that many hOusekeeperS will be
ready to ASSERT That tin-Sare dges rust
and they are cOTrect-tin-1DqFe does
rust, but tin itself does not; 50 long as
the coating of tin is perfect, no rusting
can take place. The knowledge of the
fact that all our tin-ware is only tin
upon the surface, but that the body is
iron, should lead TO greater care in the
pqrchase ard use of such articles.
Aside from the filst fiiat The 'ifOn Elate
to be covered with tin may be good OF
bad, there Is a great difference in the
coating of tin: for cheaper ware, not
only is the tin adulterated with lead
/ but this put on in the thinneSt posi-
BILE coating, various eXpedients being
used to quite cover the iron and vet
make the coating as thin rs possible
a mere lilm or wash, In this, rs in
| many other cases, the purchaser must
rely upon the honesty of the manufac.
| turer, for in this as in silYeT-plate the
bad looks equally well with the good
| the maker of the ware can buy tin
plate on which there are three or four
times as heavy a covering of TIN as on
the cheapest. 1t is important TO have
good ware at the start. 1t will be un-
derstOOd that when 4 plate of tin is
cut, the iron is exposed ut the edges
in making Up utensils careful manu-
factIEers tin these Odgo4, J.: c., cover
them with a film of tin. The neglect
TO do this Is what makes cheap ware
show rusty spots after a few days use
With the best of ware the tin will in
time wear Off and expose the iron, but
this is often hastened by improper
cleaning. Some persons, especially
help. pride themselves upon theiI
bright tin-ware, which is furiOusly
secured with soap and sand; one such
securing will remove the Timing from
cheap ware, and the best can moi
stand many repetitiOns unharmed
Nothing cOarser than whiting should be
used upon tin-WaFe, unless in the Fart
cases when some accident has made il
necessary care in its use, and the
| knowledge that the tin, like beauty, Il.
but skin deep'-that the articles art
really iron, with thin covering of {
very soft metal-tin-shOuld lead to Z
more economical treatment of thesC
most useful household convenience
From american AgTicUlturiSt .f0I
| March.