Comment on Late Uncles Electronics stash: Things to not use anymore because of safety and obsoleteness and things that are as good as new

• FabledAepitaph@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Just wash your hands and don’t lick it tbh. People handle much worse on the regular–most denatured alcohols are literally poisoned. People use them all the time directly on their skin and inhale the fumes the entire time, for example. I wouldn’t personally work in a lead mine, but a little exposure by touching a bit of it will be fine.

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  • a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Lick the solder. Got it.

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    • BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Don’t lick, that’s dangerous, but nobody said “don’t eat 60/40 solder”. So go for it. Just remember to put a few sheets of paper in the bowl before taking a dump, otherwise you might break it.

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  • aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    soldering fumes are not lead, they are rosin. Those fumes can still be an irritant

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• vext01@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Ventilation

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• aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  i use nitrile gloves and am careful about solder debris; often doing the work on a piece of cardboard I can discard. I don’t sweep debris onto the floor or blow it away.

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