A company called "MG Chemicals" makes an enameled-wire stripper.  Its=20
a fairly thick liquid and doesn't smell all that bad.  I would assume=20
that it contains Methylene Chloride or Methyl-Ethyl-Ketone (MEK) as=20
the working component.  Nasty stuff but safe to use so long as you=20
take the appropriate precautions.

There is a reasonable possibility that MG Chemicals products are=20
available in Europe.

dwayne


At 05:42 AM 8/6/2013, Joe McCauley wrote:
>Many years ago while working in a lab in France, I used a chemical=20
>stripper to remove the varnish from wire (similar wire to that found=20
>in transformers). This would dissolve off the varnish cleanly and=20
>effortlessly & I used it on wire diameters down to 0.038 mmm. It=20
>smelled absolutely horrible (corrosive), but only stripped off the=20
>varnish leaving the copper perfect.
>
>Does anyone know of a substance that will perform similarly?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Joe


--=20
Dwayne Reid   <dwayner@planet.eon.net>
Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd    Edmonton, AB, CANADA
(780) 489-3199 voice          (780) 487-6397 fax
www.trinity-electronics.com
Custom Electronics Design and Manufacturing

--=20
http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive
View/change your membership options at
http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist
.