Although I use commercial flux for silver soldering I saw a video of someone grinding a borax cone which reminded me of doing this at school. I sent off for a dish and cone and thought I would read the safety sheet, they make it sound deadly stuff but I don’t remember taking any precautions at school and people on youtube don’t seem worried. We were allowed to play with mercury at school in the days before it was dangerous. Boraxo used to be a good hand cleaner but it did have lanolin added to condidion your hands. My skin seems pretty resiliant to most things but does anyone find Borax cones are an irritant?

Mike

I thought Borax was a pretty safe material, the Cookson Gold safety advice, sounds scary. Go to borax cone on cookson site and find safety advice leaflet in question and answers tab.

Mike

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