DO NOT CONFUSE WITH "RETINA". If in doubt, see your ophthalmologist.

Seeking retinner for copper cookware [Texas]
Jul 1, 2002
Looking for a retinning service somewhere in Texas to retin several copper cooking items. All copper pots are heavy so close proximity would seem to keep the cost of the service to a minimum

Tin melts at around 500 degrees, so there aren't many actual cooking tasks that will be problematical, however, and a bit of melting doesn't seem to hurt anything. The piece wouldn't be ruined in any case, but would only need an early trip to the retinner.

Once you've found a retinner, be sure to establish cost (a 2 1/2 qt. pan usually costs $35 to $45 plus shipping) and the time (usually 2 to 6 weeks) it will take up front. If the pan has any special stamps or markings you want to preserve, make sure the retinner understands and can do what you expect. These companies will accept pans shipped to them.

Bridget Margaret O'KEEFE, female, b 1-31-1897, d/o Thomas & Catherine ROACH O'KEEFE, retinner, Windsor

Otherwise, tinsmith would be better than tinker, IMO, since tinker is pejorative and applies in particular to Irish gypsies, I believe, who stereotypically made their livings by repairing old pots and pans.