The little disposable particle masks will stop pollen and such but you are correct, vapors will go right through.
Personally, I wouldn't bother with soldering outside. For one thing the smoke can drift into your face as easily outside as inside. As long as the area you are working is well ventilated then it should be OK. If you are really concerned about exposure, you could always rig up a fume hood arrangement to move air past you toward what you are soldering and then venting it outside. This could be as simple as soldering on a table in front of a window and having a fan in the window drawing air out of the room so any smoke moves away from you. I have the same philosophy about soldering as you do, though. I don't think a joint or two is going to hurt much. Chronic exposure, like if I ran a wave soldering machine every day, would be much worse. I figure that I get more exposure to "chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer" every time I drive on the freeway. FWIW, I've never bothered with flux paste. I use a good quality rosin core solder and it has always seemed to work just fine. Douglas Aalseth Shoreview, MN On Wednesday, February 26, 2003, at 12:36 PM, Adam wrote: > Hi all, > > After a year or so, I've started playing around with my compact Macs > again. > Top of my list of things to do is getting to work on the 69-odd bad > solder > joints and four or so fried components on my Colour Classic that wants > to be > a Mystic. > > To get the best possible repair quality and to hopefully make the whole > thing go by a bit quicker, I've decided to use some soldering flux for > the > first time. I picked up a tube of Radio Shack (Non-Spill Paste) Rosin > Soldering Flux in the 1oz. tube, but am a bit wary of the warnings on > the > back. For instance, when heated this stuff will "expose you to > chemicals > known to the State of California to cause cancer." Scary stuff, but > then > again so do cigarettes and you don't drop dead from smoking just one of > those. > > Anyway, what precautions should I take with this stuff? I've already > decided > to do this outdoors, and was considering one of those funky filter > masks, > though I'm pretty sure those only stop particulate matter and not > vapours. > > Anyone? > > Cheers, > Adam. > > > -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> > The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/ > compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- >> The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
