Solder Explosion!

[HTG-Apprentice]

Evening chaps, Just a quick story from today!

So set the scene..me and the guvner are sweating a 108 to 54mm reducer (commercial tower block)
and weve got it outside, the boy (yours truly) if using the blow lamp to heat about a tonne of solder
out of this joint while the guv is smoking a roll up when disaster strikes,

A rain drop drops from the guttering and hits the red hot solder, the solder pops and bangs
stucking tiny bits of solder everywhere, right up in my face and all over the work wear,

after a little 5 seconds of wtf moment and regaining my composure, i carry on.
bit of a random one but just take it easy lads and old solder cracks and bangs if cold
water gets on it, you guys have probably done this a million times but it scared the life
out of me!

Take it easy...:smilewinkgrin:

 

[Mickplumb]

Nasty ,you live and learn sometimes it hurts

 

[tamz]

A pot of lead is worse :smile:

 

[stevetheplumber]

picking little ballbearings of lead out of the corners of your eyes is a pig

 

[Ermintrude]

On the mouth is nice! Always have mouth open when solder can splash. Thankfully u were wearing correct Ppe and your eyes ect were ok!

 

[Killy Bing]

I was burning a 2 inch nut off of a seized axle from one of the big volvo dump trucks.

bing the tit i am i had a bucket of water incase i got burned.
Then the nut head fell into that and blew into a million pieces.

While getting the bits picked out of my legs and arms i decided solder isn't so bad!!!