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| wraper:
Decent fume extraction(filter) system will cost 400EUR+. If there is possibility, the best would be to remove air to the outside instead of filtering it. |
| starjump:
Hello and thank you for all of your kind responses. I have, over the years done as many of you suggest and used nitrile gloves in other manual work, woodwork, vehicle maintenance etc. It is a good point. The quality of the glove does vary, you find your favourites, as people have pointed out. I found the latex ones un-useable personally, as I reacted to them. Hairdressers with skin conditions told me the same thing. Avoiding the allergen does seem to make a big difference, obviously. I have scraps of oak and other hardwood in my shed, but pine is banned! Thank you again for your concern. I will have to experiment a bit, wrapping myself up like an Egyptian Mummy and forcing fumes outside in some way. The number of different solders is bewildering. |
| starjump:
I will also try the ESD gloves mentioned, thank you 'wrapper'. |
| Ian.M:
You can set up effective fume extraction fairly cheaply. Get a small inline bathroom duct fan + matching ducting. Use full diameter ducting for as much of the run as possible. For the outlet, if possible have a dedicated one, otherwise make up an adapter board with a fitting for the duct on it, edged with foam draft excluder strip to fit in a partially open window, or to fit over an exterior air vent. Running costs will be a few pence per hour for electricity + the extra load on your heating system to warm up the replacement air. N.B. such a system may *NOT* be safe for extracting fumes of flammable volatiles at significant concentration or flammable dust, so don't use it for solvent fume extraction. If you need to extract potentially explosive vapours or dusts, you need an intrinsically ignition-safe fan and conductive or static dissipative ducts, or at least a bare grounding wire run through the ducts to minimise static buildup. If you cant find an affordable ignition-safe mains duct fan, suitable 12V fans can be bought from marine chandlers, sold for bilge ventilation applications of petrol engined vessels. |
| GreyWoolfe:
--- Quote from: starjump on October 13, 2018, 08:05:20 am ---I have, over the years done as many of you suggest and used nitrile gloves in other manual work, woodwork, vehicle maintenance etc. It is a good point. The quality of the glove does vary, you find your favourites, as people have pointed out. I found the latex ones un-useable personally, as I reacted to them. Hairdressers with skin conditions told me the same thing. --- End quote --- I don't know if they are available across the pond but I use Grease Monkey brand nitrile gloves. They are latex free. Yes, they do make my hands sweat a bit but they are comfortable enough to use. I get them from the local home improvement store. I prefer that to the inevitable flux that ends up on my fingers and washing them with IPA to get them clean. |
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