I have never seen this many warning signs on anything that I have ever bought. I know that I’m supposed to suck away the soldering fumes, even if I use lead free solder, which I’m going to do with a 12 volt computer fan fitted with a carbon filter. But what the heck is in the flux that will damage my nervous system… 💀 putting my mask back on… 😷
As you mention, use a small fan filter to draw away the fumes. If you can smell the flux vapors, you don’t have enough ventilation (although most people won’t care). Unless you do long sessions I rarely see people wearing masks or gloves but if you are confortable doing so then yes that’s a good idea.
One thing is glasses. Especially when inexperienced, it can happen that you can fling around small solder blobs by accident. You don’t want that in your eyes.
I would suggest not avoiding flux. It’s basically easy mode compared to without. Even if you use flux core solder.
Thanks! Great input on the glasses! I wear prescription glasses daily, but I’ll grab a pair of protective ones tomorrow. 😊