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   Michael_A_Terrell to All   
   Re: Splattering solder into eye?   
   17 Aug 20 23:44:19   
   
   From: terrell.michael.a@gmail.com   
      
   AK wrote:   
   >   
   > How are you managing to splatter solder that far?   
   >   
   > Solder melts, not explodes.   
      
      
       Only a fool would believe that.   
      
       I was re-soldering a lug on a tube socket of some Military surplus   
   when I was about 16. The bad joint was full of rosin that tossed the   
   solder about 18 inches and onto my bare thigh. It was summertime, and I   
   didn't expect it. It was too hot for pants, so I received a nasty burn   
   that took months to heal. It looked like someone had put out a cigar on   
   my skin. The burn was bigger than a US nickle.   
      
   I've had cheap rosin cored solder do similar, but not near as much   
   molten solder. I switched to Ersin Multicore in 1970 and never looked back.   
      
      
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