Hmm…this is an interesting thing. I have a very sensitive sense of
smell. When I’ve soldered in our makeshift shop (not in a basement
our garage), I still have not had much of fumes. In another area
(MUCH smaller and not ventilated) there were fumes, but they
bothered me less than most people do when they wear perfume. There
were smells, but not overly noxious. Maybe it’s a situation where the
longer you’re exposed to something, the more sensitive your nose
gets? Or it could just be that I’ve been so completely consumed by
what I was doing when soldering/creating that I just didn’t notice.
Kim