2 Apr
2002
2 Apr
'02
8:01 a.m.
ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) said:
Hmm... Now you've me a bit
more to worry about...
ROFL!
Theoretically, judging by the amount of solder flux I've inhaled over the
past few years, I should be either on my deathbed or have some form of
cancer by now...
Fact: If I listed every single chemical I've ever exposed myself to, it
would probably be long enough such that if I printed it out, it would go to
the sun and back...
And some of the chemicals on that list:
Acetic acid (photographic stopbath)
Hydroquinone (photographic developer)
God-knows-what (photographic fixer)
Acetone (nailvarnish remover)
Whatever SRBP board dumps when heated to 180 deg C (toner transfer)
Ferric Chloride (PCB etchant)
Lead (solder)
Rosin (solder flux - Maplin probably don't use it in their lousy
"Adepto" solder)
Xylene (Electrolube lacquer pen)
Mercury (glass tiltswitch)
Need I go on? Once again, my philosophy is "Screw it - I'm going to snuff it
at some point anyway".
And if scraping my fingers (and cutting them) with solderjoints is as bad as
breathing in solder fumes, I should REALLY be dead by now...
Later.
--
Phil.
philpem(a)bigfoot.com
http://www.philpem.btinternet.co.uk/
Don't eat
sandwiches while you're soldering...and wash your hands when
you're done ;-) Lead in gasoline (petrol over here) was a bigger
problem.
But I am not at all convinced that the alternatives that are added to
'unleaded' petrol are any more healthy... Resin flux is
a known carcinogen, so don't breathe the fumes.
Oh _great_. Still, it's a well-known fact that research causes cancer in
rats :-) 
2 Apr
2 Apr
9:38 a.m.
On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, Philip Pemberton wrote:
And some of the chemicals on that list:
Acetic acid (photographic stopbath)
Hydroquinone (photographic developer)
monomethyl-P-aminophenyl sulfate
paradihodroxybenzine
God-knows-what (photographic fixer)
sodium
thiosulfate
Acetone (nailvarnish remover)
(also good
for unsticking duper glue)
And if scraping my fingers (and cutting them) with
solderjoints is as bad as
breathing in solder fumes, I should REALLY be dead by now...
"should"?
1:14 p.m.
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8:41 p.m.
On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Tony Duell wrote:
Whatever the stuff is, it is really, really nasty! The worst part is
cleaning the crud off the board and surrounding components...
I've been using solder made by Alpha Metals, and have had very good luck
with it. The flux gives off nearly no smell, and does not turn brown when
heated. I imagine it is some type of no-clean flux, but I still use flux
remover to clean it from any boards I work on.
-Toth
Whatever
SRBP board dumps when heated to 180 deg C (toner transfer)
And whatever tantalum bead capacitors give off when then explode! Rosin
(solder flux - Maplin probably don't use it in their lousy
"Adepto" solder)
Which is why I prefer real 'Multicore' brand solder... 
3 Apr
3 Apr
7:07 a.m.
Hi,
Tothwolf <tothwolf(a)concentric.net> said:
On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Tony Duell wrote:
I use something similar by "On-LINE" (made in Taiwan!) sold in the UK
by RadioSpares. Highly reccomended.
--
Cheers,
Stan Barr stanb(a)dial.pipex.com
The future was never like this!
Which is why I prefer real 'Multicore'
brand solder...
I've been using solder made by Alpha Metals, and have had very good luck
with it. The flux gives off nearly no smell, and does not turn brown when
heated. I imagine it is some type of no-clean flux, but I still use flux
remover to clean it from any boards I work on.
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