Zinc won't work for roofs - acid rain or just a pine tree drip will eat it alive.
Think Tanic acid from Oak trees...
Martin

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Eric R Snow wrote:
On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 21:58:19 -0500, "RAM³"
wrote:


"Eric R Snow" wrote in message
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On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 21:35:46 GMT, Lew Hartswick
wrote:


daniel peterman wrote:

I have been on this planet 50 years and I have never seen TIN foil.
Aluminum yes.


Well you need to have been "on this planet" a little longer,
maybe 73+ . There was such back when I was a kid. It was
MUCH heaver than aluminum foil.
...lew...

Greetings Lew,
And we still call 'em tin cans. But I can't recall even seeing a tin
plated steel can. However, I do remember some tin, not tinned, cans at
an antique store. And Ball brand canning jars with tin lids. It's
funny, I read posts here and pretty much feel like everybody is about
my age. But then you find out that the ages here vary quite a bit.
Then I meet some of the guys who post here and I think, gee, they're
OLD. Then I happen to glance in a mirror and say to myself: gee I'm
OLD TOO.
Eric

The tin plating was primarily on the inside, Eric, frequently covered by a
coating such as Tung oil. [Coca Cola used to use Tung oil and tinned steel
cans as did most beer canners.]



I know where it was used. It's just that I can't remember ever seeing
a can with the tin inside. It could be that the tin was coated like
you said. Certainly tin was been replaced many years ago for general
food packaging. I still hear people speak about tin roofing. I wonder
if tin has been replaced by zinc for this use.
ERS

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