Does shaving cream protect the skin while handling lead-containing solder or other metals?

November 6th, 2008 | Tags: ,
How do you Solder?
annajriley asked:


I am an artist learning to make stained glass, using leaded solder and came. I was told that rubbing shaving cream on my hands would form a protective lead-barrier for handling the solder.
This ’shaving cream’ protection technique is used by guys at the telephone company who handle wires or something with lead.

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