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How do you know you do not need one.. no cancer yet?
Soldering without mask is easy.. using mask after you get cancer is useless.
I don't remember posting that..
"I'm afraid that I was very, very drunk"
With all the great tips for soldering well covered I will only add a few details. When it comes to soldering or slobbering the bigger the blob the better the job. OK, seriously I see soldering as a skill or art form. Good soldering experience comes with time. The skills are developed with practice, much like welding and other similar skills. Don't get discouraged when those early jobs don't look quite like a beautiful picture in a book. Time and practice will get you there. Good work habits come in time and are developed.
Thanks for the link KISS!
Slobbering? And yeah, I was actually quite suprised how well I did with the little soldering I did on that kit before the iron messed up.
I am buying a soldering station, but since I have that iron I figured what the hell, so I got some sandpaper and sanded the tip, it didn't work too well but I don't think I did it good. So I sanded some more and it looks shinyer now, but then I ran out of time and had to quit. So I don't know if it works.
There is a little workshop-like room in my basement, but it is quite small and does not have good air circulation, and only one doorway. Would that be good for soldering if I put some fans in there? Would the solder smoke go into the rest of the house?
How much soldering are you going to do?
For compounds of Tin an[d?] N95 respirator is fine
there was little talk about solder fumes, i hate them too, so i installed small fan, big enought to make enought wind to blow fumes away (which is small) but in same tame small enought so it doesnt cause too much breeze for you or solder to cause it heat all the time....
Prroably should have read: "For compounds of Tin, a N95 respirator is fine."
technoid, i use fan to BLOW towards me, but i do keep my window open too, which is behind my back, this way there is constant, small air flow that keeps fumes away.
technoid said:My mom has asthma, so a filter would be ideal to get rid of the fumes entirely, rather than just have constant airflow to keep it away from me, because it's in the basement.