Conversation
holy fuck leaded solder is banned in the eu and the uk? wtf
6
0
4
@shibao only commercially tho. You can still jist buy it for yourself iirc
2
0
0
@shibao like even for hobby and home use? wtf
1
0
1
@cell yeah it's banned to be sold to consumers, wild
1
0
2
@shibao@shitposter.world hell yeah more e-waste from shitty solder joins breaking in consumer electronics!
0
0
0

@snacks @shibao I was gonna say, that's news to me. I just bought some the other day

0
0
2
@shibao @cell I have some still and you can get it relatively easily. Thankfully
0
0
1
@shibao @snacks i think it got outlawed commerically 2018, which is kinda recently if u only stock up every few years.... also there is usually some transition period for those kind of laws
1
0
0
@snacks oh okay, seems technically illegal though?
1
0
0

@shibao It's really not, it's banned in manufacturing but almost all commercial solder sold contains lead

1
0
0

@shibao i support this. it sucks balls to solder without lead but for manufacturers it's probably easy since most of them already do that

0
0
0

@shibao they even banned plastic straws over here in the eu aaacrypanic

1
0
0
@grillchen @shibao HOLY FUCK THEY'RE BANNING LEAD ALLOYED STEELS
1
0
1
@grillchen @shibao seems it already happened in germany and china in 2006
2
0
1

@snacks @grillchen @shibao it's really just for manufacturing, soldering without lead is impractical and not dangerous to breathe in, it's just for pollution reasons and you don't really pollute anything by fixing electronics or making your projects so

2
0
1
@snacks @shibao yeah though 2006 was for products only
1
0
1
@snacks @shibao You can buy it personally I think, but using it commercially is illegal.
0
0
1
@meso @grillchen @shibao i think shibao wants to sell stuff to the eu
1
0
0
@grillchen @shibao it's still legal for private use from what i can tell
2
0
0

@snacks @grillchen @shibao figure out how to use leadless solder then ig

2
0
0
@snacks @shibao yeah just hard to obtain. since noone can legally sell it to u
1
0
0

@snacks @grillchen @shibao They sell it at any supplies store, I've never encoutered lead-free solder in general sale

1
0
0
@snacks @grillchen @shibao realising i never got lead poisoning from soldering without proper ventilation cause i used chinese solder sold in germany gaiaSob im such a larper
3
0
2
@meso @grillchen @shibao i'm currently using some and it's slightly worse at wetting than the leaded stuff i've used before, but barely noticeable
1
0
0
@coolbean @grillchen @shibao the fumes are just the flux. You get lead poisoning from not washing your hands
1
0
2
@coolbean @grillchen @shibao also, the chinese sell leades solder to germany
1
0
2
@dagda @grillchen @snacks @shibao du meinst ich sollte nicht das zinn wie einen lollipop lecken? oh
1
0
0
@coolbean @dagda @snacks @shibao mal bei einem synthesizer selbst bau workshop rumgelötet, dabei die ganze zeit gesnacked. kopf aua bekommen und vom bekifften workshop leiter dann gesagt bekommen das liegt vllt am blei....
1
0
1

@shibao @snacks https://eleshop.de/premium-loetzinn-6337-bleihaltig-mit-harzflussmittel.html literally i boight this 63/37 witjout issues recently and it was so worth it it smelled soooo nice

0
0
2