Gentlemen; I called a wire manufacturer a while back, and they indicated that true enamel coated wire was a rare product. They have a number of types of coating that you can get on your wire, some of which can be stripped clean by the heat of an iron and solder. Could save you the grief of stripping entirely. Chirs Eddy Joe McCauley wrote: > Wagner, > > I too have similar problems stripping fine wire (0.032 to 0.055 mm diameter) > I normally use a hot soldering iron and tin the wire. This works eventually,