View previous topic :: View next topic |
Author |
Message |
hermes
Joined: 22 May 2006 Posts: 1
|
Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 11:24 am Post subject: solder a health risk in a cooking pot? |
|
|
Greetings from Cambodia where I am working. I am cooking secretly in my hotel room because vegetarian food is so unavailable here and hygiene in restaurants so poor. This is not a epicurian's delight of a country!
I purchased a steel or aluminum Chinese-made electric wok-like pot. Seemed like a good idea at the time since it is divided into two sections so I could cook grains in one and veg in the other, for example. Turns out it was made imperfectly and pouring water in one side - well, it seeps through unseen gaps in the divider.
I'm thinking of having a soldering man make the divider solid so I can use its ful potential. Or maybe weld it? I doubt it's possible - it's very thin.
Would either be a health risk? |
|
Back to top |
|
![](templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif) |
Guest
|
Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 11:33 am Post subject: lead-free solder available in the west |
|
|
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/5056.html
The link above advises against using any solder with a 0.2% + lead content. Old-fashioned solder was 50% (?). Tin and antimony blends would be ideal. Problem is Cambodia, like Thailand 20 years ago, is that this is a land of fraud in labelling. paints are totaly bogus brands, for example. Most likely a corner electrical shop won't know or care about health risks.
I'll keep you posted what I discover. |
|
Back to top |
|
![](templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif) |
|
|
You can post new topics in this forum You can reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum
|
Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group
|