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How are you managing to splatter solder that far?
Solder melts, not explodes.
AK wrote:
How are you managing to splatter solder that far?
Solder melts, not explodes.
  Only a fool would believe that.
  I was re-soldering a lug on a tube socket of some Military surplus
when I was about 16. The bad joint was full of rosin that tossed the
solder about 18 inches and onto my bare thigh. It was summertime, and I
didn\'t expect it. It was too hot for pants, so I received a nasty burn
that took months to heal. It looked like someone had put out a cigar on
my skin. The burn was bigger than a US nickle.
I\'ve had cheap rosin cored solder do similar, but not near as much
molten solder. I switched to Ersin Multicore in 1970 and never looked back.
On 2020-08-17 23:44, Michael_A_Terrell wrote:
AK wrote:
How are you managing to splatter solder that far?
Solder melts, not explodes.
Only a fool would believe that.
I was re-soldering a lug on a tube socket of some Military surplus
when I was about 16. The bad joint was full of rosin that tossed the
solder about 18 inches and onto my bare thigh. It was summertime, and
I didn\'t expect it. It was too hot for pants, so I received a nasty
burn that took months to heal. It looked like someone had put out a
cigar on my skin. The burn was bigger than a US nickle.
I\'ve had cheap rosin cored solder do similar, but not near as much
molten solder. I switched to Ersin Multicore in 1970 and never looked
back.
Maybe we can get into a my-favourite-editor argument about solder.
I\'m a Kester 44 man all the way--I have a lot of well-aged junkbox
parts, and RA flux is the bomb.
Has anyone ever actually been unlucky enough to get solder splattering into their eye? I\'ve had it hit my leg, hand, and face, but never in my eye. How bad is it?
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Confuscious say: \"War doesn\'t determine who\'s right. War determines who\'s left.\"
But to all who read this, Follow safety rules and protect yourself if there are no rules in place. I almost got solder in my eye a second time but got lucky and blinked at the right time, so it hit my eyelid . I had forgotten to use my magnifying glass that day until that happened.
On Saturday, October 25, 2008 at 11:57:30â¯AM UTC-4, Peter Hucker wrote:
Has anyone ever actually been unlucky enough to get solder splattering
into their eye? I\'ve had it hit my leg, hand, and face, but never in my
eye. How bad is it?
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http://www.petersparrots.com http://www.insanevideoclips.com
http://www.petersphotos.com Confuscious say: \"War doesn\'t determine
who\'s right. War determines who\'s left.\"
I am the unfortunate person in this situation. I have gotten solder
splash in my eye, right in the center of my pupil in my right eye. Let
me tell you, it is not fun.
[...]
Sat, 11 Mar 2023 15:40:11 -0800, Tim Podpora:
On Saturday, October 25, 2008 at 11:57:30â¯AM UTC-4, Peter Hucker wrote:
Has anyone ever actually been unlucky enough to get solder splattering
into their eye? I\'ve had it hit my leg, hand, and face, but never in my
eye. How bad is it?
--
http://www.petersparrots.com http://www.insanevideoclips.com
http://www.petersphotos.com Confuscious say: \"War doesn\'t determine
who\'s right. War determines who\'s left.\"
I am the unfortunate person in this situation. I have gotten solder
splash in my eye, right in the center of my pupil in my right eye. Let
me tell you, it is not fun.
[...]
Damn, that is really scary.
If you get any such accident, always go to doctor ASAP.
Some people preferred the Alpha solder that Heathkit supplied with their
kits, because the like how the burning flux smelled. I was desperate
once and ad to buy some Oatey. They crap spitted and sputtered, as it
rolled off the joint you were trying to solder, leaving the work covered
in some plastic smelling flux.
The Oatey stuff is intended for plumbing, is basically zinc chloride (acid)
particles in a petroleum jelly suspension. If there\'s going to be running
water in contact with the joint, it washes away the acid, but... for
soldering DRY wires, or pipes that hold vacuum (physics lab stuff)
that acid doesn\'t get removed. Bad things happen.
For potable water, it\'s generally recommended not to drink from
the newly-soldered plumbing for a couple of days, then to open
your taps and flush the pipes out before tasting the water.
The petroleum jelly is benign.