Amathini e-tinplate ebanga lokudla aphuzi avame ukusetshenziselwa ukugcina itiye, ikhofi, amakhukhi nokunye ukudla, futhi angasetshenziselwa ukuhlobisa.Amathini enziwe nge-tinplate avame ukusetshenziswa njengezinto zokupakisha ekuphileni kwansuku zonke.Zinokubekwa uphawu okuhle kanye ne-ductility, zisetshenziselwa ukugcina izinto futhi azikwazi ukugqwala, futhi zisetshenziswa kakhulu embonini yempahla yokupakisha.