![]() ![]() The biggest issue is the soldering iron, which btw modern soldering irons have a heat setting. Still can burn but if they are touching anything metal when they turn solid (which they should given you were soldering onto metal) then there shouldn't be much worry. Liquid metal is really good at losing enough heat to become solid. If you are working on a roughly metal surface it will have no ability to drop on you. With that said, it's not like it's that dangerous really if you are only going to do a quick solder If you are still super afraid of it, then just put like a shopvac close to the working surface so that it suck the fumes away and spits it out multiple feet away from you (outside of course). They sell lead free solder, actually I'd argue it's more popular now and days given the amount of incentives to not use lead in electronics.but with that said you aren't vaporizing the 's still not good breathing in what comes off of it.but if you did use lead solder and wanted to be as safe as possible make sure to wash your hands well after (make sure to wear disposable gloves), solder it outside. Soldering irons get like over 600 Fahrenheit, thats easily enough to 3rd-degree-burn you. I know what welding is and I know what soldering is they are very different, but melting lead, a very toxic metal, and having the consistency of watery yogurt is kinda dangerous, it could roll off whatever you are soldering and burn you. ![]() The hot iron is more dangerous than the lead. Even old-school leaded solder isn't going to hurt you unless you ingest it. If you're not using lead-free solder (which is sticky and difficult to work with anyway), you don't even have that to worry about.Įither way, just wash your hands before handling food or touching your face. You don't want to breathe that stuff long-term, just work in a well ventilated area and set up a fan to blow it away from you. The lead in leaded solder doesn't even vaporize, all the smoke you see is just the rosin flux burning off. I soldered when I was 12, somehow I didn't kill myself or give myself 3rd degree burns, and this was with a 5$ kit. Solder is "sticky" as in, it likes to connect to metal, and will not ever roll off on you unless you are using WAYYYYY too much solder. There is no such thing as liquid lead at room temperature, a solder sucker cannot "squirt" anything, it only removes solder from an area by sucking (hence the name).
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