DONT SOLDER PLASTIC

Sweebez · Post by **Sweebez** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 8:22 pm

I was opening my old laptop to add some ram today and there was a stripped screw. "No problem" i said, "ill just use the soldering iron to melt the plastic around it."

Good Idea on paper.

Bad Idea in real life.

See, I forgot to protect my eyes, so when dell plastic met the iron, it started to melt a bit before a HUGE puff of white smoke came out of it, going straight into my eye. DANG that hurt! I couldnt see straight (literally) for like an hour or two.

So just a word of warning, protect your eyes ALWAYS!

Post by **Skyone** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 9:08 pm

Dude. Melting plastic is usually toxic.

Post by **Triton** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 9:11 pm

dude, so is solder (usually) lol we all gonna die!

Sweebez · Post by **Sweebez** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 9:12 pm

yeah. so it seems. my eye still stings...

for the first five minutes or so it was like almost blind in that eye. all i could see were super white washed out outlines.

<---Moron

Post by **Skyone** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 9:13 pm

That sucks man. Live and learn!

@Triton: If you have a well ventilated room, it's not bad.

Post by **Triton** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 9:17 pm

still carcenogenic lol, so is everything tho so lol

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 9:23 pm

heh, think thats bad... Try soldering superglue! Those invisible fumes will hurt like nertz.

doctorjames · Post by **doctorjames** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 9:34 pm

G-force wrote:heh, think thats bad... Try soldering superglue! Those invisible fumes will hurt like nertz.

Ya, tell me about it, I once got super glue fumes in my eyes when I sealed a bike pump. I started pumping before it dried and the whole garage was lethal.

Sweebez · Post by **Sweebez** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 9:35 pm

OUCH! Dude, forget my problem, YOURS is the one I'm worried about.

Post by **Skyone** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 9:59 pm

Sweebez wrote:OUCH! Dude, forget my problem, YOURS is the one I'm worried about.

EDIT: Seriously, wear eye-gear.

Post by **Triton** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 10:07 pm

hooray for the vapor of cyanoacrilate!! lol whats bad is a combo of gas fumes, spraypaint fumes and paint thinner fumes in one barn/garage, its BAD, and we had fans going too. or smoke from certian kinds of wood when they burn, or burnng paper smoke, it BURNS

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 8:16 am

I wear glasses, so burn.

I might get contacts soon, though.

Extreme_Jesus · Post by **Extreme_Jesus** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 8:19 am

Triton wrote:dude, so is solder (usually) lol we all gonna die!

specially the lead based stuff

mmmm lead fumes....

Sweebez · Post by **Sweebez** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 8:54 am

@vskid: watch out when you've got contacts. There was a guy near us who was messing with a soldering iron, and the contact like fused onto his eye. He had to go to the ER and he wound up almost losing his sight.

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 9:10 am

Sweebez wrote:@vskid: watch out when you've got contacts. There was a guy near us who was messing with a soldering iron, and the contact like fused onto his eye. He had to go to the ER and he wound up almost losing his sight.

Thats why I might get contacts. That would really suck to have it fuse to your eye, maybe I won't get contacts.