Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Crafting Safety Tips (things that are hot)

The Etsy forums are an invaluable source of information for us crafty types. Here is a list of useful studio safety tips gleaned from the Etsy forums.
-Items fresh out of the enameling kiln are hot, and will be for some time. Do not touch them. (my contribution)
-Resist the temptation to stir molten metal with your fingers.
-Don't check to see if something is cool yet with your fingers.
-Don't mix rock with metal unless you like explosions.
-Don't touch the end of a hot piece of wire solder, unless you like puncture burns.
-If you have been heating something held in a pair of tweezers, the tweezers will be hot.
-If you use said hot tweezers to pick up a small piece of wire, that small piece of wire will be hot very shortly.
-If your soldering board is hot from a previous operation, any small piece you set on it will become hot as well.
And Finally...
-Just let the hot metal fall, don't try to catch it!

Many thanks to LunasaDesigns, Stamp, sherrytruitt, studiometalsmith, yoboseiyo, wingedegg, blueladystudios, mysmallwonders, and sylviavincent for their insights!
View the original thread here: http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=5208061&page=1

1 comment:

Lunasa Designs Jewelry said...

haha! Great advice and very funny! :)