How safe is DeOxit?

[Randall]

How safe are the chemicals in your shop? Primarily DeOxit and solder fumes. With these damned new spray cans that fire hose the stuff, and have a habit of leaking from between the plastic and can, I am getting this stuff on my hands a lot lately. I keep a small clip-on fan blowing down on my workbench, so that helps to mitigate solder fumes, but I know I am breathing some of it. How much should we worry about chemical induced diseases like lymphoma? Asking for a friend.

[Jazz P Bass]

They do make solder fume extractors.
It's a fan with a filter.
PITA as it gets in the way.

As for Deoxit, you will have to look up the safety data sheet.

Man I wish they would get rid of that stupid fire hose.
I dropped mine and now it leaks at the cap when I use it.

[nosaj]

They do make solder fume extractors.
It's a fan with a filter.
PITA as it gets in the way.

As for Deoxit, you will have to look up the safety data sheet.

Man I wish they would get rid of that stupid fire hose.
I dropped mine and now it leaks at the cap when I use it.

I did find this on their site for different tips using ithttps://caig.com/hacks/
How about buying it not in aersol form and putting it in this?
https://www.amazon.com/Misto-Gourmet...SIN=B009I5U3GY
nosaj

Looks like they have a pump version https://www.amazon.com/CAIG-Laborato.../dp/B001DPXWG0

[Randall]

"I did find this on their site for different tips using ithttps://caig.com/hacks/"

All useless IMHO. It still comes out way too much, and the lids still leak. I had one dump all over a blackface carbon board recently, a fine mess that was.

"How about buying it not in aersol form and putting it in this?
https://www.amazon.com/Misto-Gourmet...SIN=B009I5U3GY
nosaj"

Because their is no straw, how are you going to get just a spritz into a buried pot with that contraption?

"Looks like they have a pump version https://www.amazon.com/CAIG-Laborato.../dp/B001DPXWG0"

I like the pump idea, but at $28 per, I have to ask "why?".

Anyway, my question is really about how safe this stuff is over long run, as in can't do anything about how much exposure from the past, and how that might effect the future.

[nosaj]

"I did find this on their site for different tips using ithttps://caig.com/hacks/"

All useless IMHO. It still comes out way too much, and the lids still leak. I had one dump all over a blackface carbon board recently, a fine mess that was.

"How about buying it not in aersol form and putting it in this?
https://www.amazon.com/Misto-Gourmet...SIN=B009I5U3GY
nosaj"

Because their is no straw, how are you going to get just a spritz into a buried pot with that contraption?

"Looks like they have a pump version https://www.amazon.com/CAIG-Laborato.../dp/B001DPXWG0"

I like the pump idea, but at $28 per, I have to ask "why?".

Anyway, my question is really about how safe this stuff is over long run, as in can't do anything about how much exposure from the past, and how that might effect the future.

If you look at the pic it has a head just like a rattle can which you could put a red straw in( I save all my straws and there are different sizes)
nosaj
Well don't drink it , here is the msdshttps://hosatech.com/wp-content/uplo...-D5S-A_v31.pdf

[Jazz P Bass]

The original can is still available here: https://www.parts-express.com/caig-d...SABEgJHmvD_BwE

Buy 2.

[g1]

"Looks like they have a pump version https://www.amazon.com/CAIG-Laborato.../dp/B001DPXWG0"

I like the pump idea, but at $28 per, I have to ask "why?".

I think because it is a 5 times stronger solution (25% vs 5%). But also because it's not guaranteed to spray out 10 times more product than you wanted. If it had a nozzle that's what I would buy.

As far as the hazards, get a fume extractor (anyone who is more than a casual hobbyist). You can get them on an articulating arm which makes them pretty easy to keep out of the way. Or even a fan like you mentioned will do a lot if set up right.
I have pretty serious lung disease (emphysema). I was a long time smoker, but my respiratory specialist says the damage is much worse than my smoking history would account for. The only thing I can think is that it was a combination of the smoking and the solder/flux fumes, perhaps some other chemical exposure, but mostly those 2 items.
Protect your lungs, they don't have any fixes for them yet.

[Randall]

"The original can is still available here: https://www.parts-express.com/caig-d...SABEgJHmvD_BwE"

Are you sure about that? My last purchase was online from a seller that looked like the old cans, so I did buy two. Two new style cans arrived. Apparently the page hadn't been upgraded. I can't remember if it was this seller, tho. So much chemical exposure has effected my memory.

[Helmholtz]

how are you going to get just a spritz

If you just need a spritz, use a Spritze (German for syringe) or a plastic pipette (see e.g. StewMac).

[Jazz P Bass]

"The original can is still available here: https://www.parts-express.com/caig-d...SABEgJHmvD_BwE"

Are you sure about that? My last purchase was online from a seller that looked like the old cans, so I did buy two. Two new style cans arrived. Apparently the page hadn't been upgraded. I can't remember if it was this seller, tho. So much chemical exposure has effected my memory.

I don't know, it says "CAIG D5S-6-LMH DeoxIT Spray 5 oz. Original Can".
I will advise when I receive it (I bought 2)

[Mick Bailey]

Solder flux can be a problem - especially rosin. I'm increasingly suffering from a reaction to this after long periods of soldering - a constant need to clear my throat that last for days. I have some rosin-free cored solder that is fine, but it's nowhere near as good for wetting a joint. I have a fume extractor that's always in the way and have now resorted to a disposable filter mask that works much better.

[nevetslab]

If you just need a spritz, use a Spritze (German for syringe) or a plastic pipette (see e.g. StewMac).

Ah, another use for my collection of stainless steel & glass syringes that I bought years ago when you COULD buy such things on ebay without a medical purchase agent license. Haven't tried that yet....problem being is pulling in just enough into the syringe to spray that amount. Learning curve req'd here. I bought them for use with light machine oil, but hadn't thought about the alternative to the expensive pump action DeOxit cans. Good idea!

[tedmich]

In the lab we find dropper bottles from Nalgene to be handy for precisely adding small amounts of liquid (like to microscope slides)
https://www.amazon.com/Nalgene-Plast...ustrial&sr=1-7

arrow is at the 2oz size. The tips fit inside a luer needle sometime requiring a trim of some Parafilm to seal well and as always beware the tip unless you use blunt needles (or make them so)

[Leo_Gnardo]

In the lab we find dropper bottles from Nalgene to be handy for precisely adding small amounts of liquid (like to microscope slides) The tips fit inside a luer needle sometime requiring a trim of some Parafilm to seal well and as always beware the tip unless you use blunt needles (or make them so)

At the hobby shop I found a similar bottle to help in my latest shop trick. Rather pricey, over $6 for a "glue bottle" : squeezable plastic with a tough steel applicator tip. Perfect for delivering just one drop of D5. And it goes where I want it, without splattering all over the place. To reload I spray a shot from the can into the glue bottle every now & then. And try to train myself to use the glue bottle regularly instead of the schpritz can.

[nosaj]

At the hobby shop I found a similar bottle to help in my latest shop trick. Rather pricey, over $6 for a "glue bottle" : squeezable plastic with a tough steel applicator tip. Perfect for delivering just one drop of D5. And it goes where I want it, without splattering all over the place. To reload I spray a shot from the can into the glue bottle every now & then. And try to train myself to use the glue bottle regularly instead of the schpritz can.

How's that training working for ya?

nosaj