OT - Exposure to solder fumes/pregnancy

[Cliff Schecht]

Soldering iron burns are the greatest...

Battle scars!

[george]

Soldering iron burns are the greatest...

Battle scars!

... they dont count as battle scars if they are on your butt ...

just be careful out there ....

[gez]

I have been preaching wearing glove while soldering for awhile now. I have a dedicate set of work gloves just for soldering. They are fairly tight so I can handle things, protect my hands from burns caused by iron slippage, stop solder spit/splatter that may hit my hands, and did not cost that much. Cheap insurance.

I use disposable latex gloves, but only the hand that holds the solder.  Doesn't do much in the way of protecting against solder splashes, but that's never really been a problem for me.  I'm pretty sensitive to solder fumes (cough like hell) so it just seemed a sensible thing to protect my hands too (it's pretty easy to develop an allergy to rosin).

I saw on another forum the other day some kid who'd wired up some PUs into his guitar and splashed his eye lid.  Don't forget the eye protection folks!!