Why does smoke from a soldering iron ALWAYS go towards your face (youtube.com) 20 points by TeeMassive 5y ago ↗ HN
[–] rapjr9 5y ago ↗ Because you are not using a smoke absorber to pull it away. Anyone that does a lot of soldering should have one:https://www.amazon.com/s?k=soldering+smoke&ref=nb_sb_noss_2I suspect the actual answer to your question is the updraft around your body due to body heat. Bodies have heat plumes, bacterial plumes, CO2 plumes, DNA plumes, virus plumes, and more. [–] rapjr9 5y ago ↗ Oops, thought this was an "ask HN". [–] karmakaze 5y ago ↗ I thought so too. That's hypothesis #2 of more in the video. [–] TeeMassive 5y ago ↗ > I suspect the actual answer to your question is the updraft around your bodyHaha that's what I thought too! But nope, the answer is a bit more subtle.
[–] TeeMassive 5y ago ↗ > I suspect the actual answer to your question is the updraft around your bodyHaha that's what I thought too! But nope, the answer is a bit more subtle.
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I suspect the actual answer to your question is the updraft around your body due to body heat. Bodies have heat plumes, bacterial plumes, CO2 plumes, DNA plumes, virus plumes, and more.
Haha that's what I thought too! But nope, the answer is a bit more subtle.