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1. Pewter
Pewter, first made by the early Chinese, was originally an alloy of tin and lead. The finest pewter consists of tin hardened with a little antimony, copper, and bismuth.
http://www.fun-home-projects.com/collecting/​pewter.html

2. Spoons
Most spoon collectors, however, are interested only in spoons, and they don't seem to care whether or not the spoons are antiques, or whether they are made of silver, gold, pewter, tin, or wood.
http://www.fun-home-projects.com/collecting/​spoons.html

3. Ceramics
Early painting was done with slips stained with various metallic oxides, among them being tin, iron and copper. The first "kilns" were merely fires into which the sun-dried clay objects were placed, while more sophisticated versions were depressions or holes in the earth, covered by pyramids of sticks, grasses, dung, etc.
http://www.fun-home-projects.com/crafts/​ceramics/​

4. Automobile Exhaust
As a temporary repair, cut off the top, bottom, and rims of a tin can. Cut can down the seam, then wrap the metal around the exhaust pipe over the hole.
http://www.fun-home-projects.com/household_repairs/​a/​automobile_exhaust.html

5. Cooking Utensils
(Do not use steel wool because it will remove the tin coating as well as the rust, and rust will then spread.
http://www.fun-home-projects.com/household_repairs/​c/​cooking_utensils.html

6. Hinges
If the leaves do not come together when the hinge is shut, you can make a washer out of thin aluminum sheet or a tin can, place over screw hole and drive in a round-headed screw.
http://www.fun-home-projects.com/household_repairs/​h/​hinges.html

7. Lead
Then tin both surfaces with a special tin-lead-bismuth solder. Hold patch over hole and heat it with a not-too-hot iron until the solder melts.
http://www.fun-home-projects.com/household_repairs/​l/​lead.html

8. Marble
Then wet surface with water, sprinkle on a pinch of tin oxide available from drugstore, dampen a cloth and rub briskly until shine appears.
http://www.fun-home-projects.com/household_repairs/​m/​marble.html

9. Venetian Blind
Then with epoxy glue stick a patch cut from thin aluminum or a tin can to the back of the slat over the joint.
http://www.fun-home-projects.com/household_repairs/​v/​venetian_blind.html

10. How To Solder Metal
Solder is a mixture of tin and lead. It is available in the form of wire, bars, or paste.
http://www.fun-home-projects.com/household_repairs/​basic_methods/​how_to_solder_metal.html


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