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**hunterandscrapper** · 10-08-2014, 07:48 AM

i have these tin pieces quite a few and a while back before i scrapped i threw them in the fire pit to melt them so some them are have chunks melted on them what should i take them in as shred or tin or what?

**mcunningham22** · 10-08-2014, 09:46 AM

Never hurts to call around and ask. If you have the option of multiple buyers you might get better deals.

**EcoSafe** · 10-08-2014, 01:02 PM

change your thinking. This will help. what you have is light iron not tin. Tin is fairly rare and is worth $20+ a lb. Tin is added to iron to make light iron more corrosive resistant. Carbon is added to iron to make steel. have a computer scrapper show you some memory with "silver" fingers. That's Tin. or "silver" coated wire. The coating is Tin,so, what you have is iron with other metals attached. the difference between light iron and heavy iron is, heavy iron is 1/8 in or thicker. It should make no difference if it is rusty. Rust is iron oxide. Iron oxide mixed properly with Alu oxide is......never mind

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**hobo finds** · 10-08-2014, 01:30 PM

Tin in scrap metal terms is usually sheet iron, the element "tin" pays much better than steel!

**hunterandscrapper** · 10-08-2014, 03:11 PM

They are old soffits

**IdahoScrapper** · 10-08-2014, 03:20 PM

Are they aluminum? I have yet to see sheet metal melt in a fire, but I suppose it's not entirely impossible. Have seen plenty of aluminum melt though.

Shred = tin. Tin = shred.