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4. Re: Removal of plastic coating from wires....

Subject: 4. Re: Removal of plastic coating from wires....
From: "vickipowys" vpowys
Date: Mon May 7, 2012 5:58 pm ((PDT))
Or maybe you could heat the blade of a razor knife and make the nicks
that way?  I usually strip wire using a razor knife, carefully run
the knife all the way around in a circle without quite touching the
wires, then gently coax the plastic off using fingernails.  Being
short-sighted helps.  I've never had any luck with a conventional
wire-stripper.  I will have to give Mitch's soldering iron method a
go sometime, sounds good.

Vicki



On 08/05/2012, at 9:48 AM, Mitch Hill wrote:

> On 5/7/2012 6:42 PM, Paul Willison wrote:
>> Same question posed here as on Micbuilders...what now??
>>
>> I just rendered useless(for the time being...I'm sure the capsules
>> are fine!) two Primo caps by trying to remove the plastic coating
>> from the included wires.  The wire is very small...has to be near
>> 30ga. and the coating is very tough.   The issue is that in using
>> wire strippers, all I managed to do was pull the wires from the
>> capsule on the first one, then when that did not work, I tried to
>> very carefully with small scissors, cut around the plastic to pull
>> it off...with exactly the same result.  The amount of exposed wire
>> at the tip of them is insufficient to either solder or twist...so
>> what do I do??    I read some place you can try and burn it off,
>> but I can't imagine on copper wire that thin, that will work as
>> I'd be afraid to simply mix melted plasic IN to the wire itself.
>> Any help???
>>
>>
>
> What you describe sounds to me like Kynar insulation and yes, it is
> very
> tough.  Best way to remove Kynar from fine wires is to use a hot
> soldering iron with a fine tip and a small piece of wood (preferably
> pine) to gently press the end of the wire down against with the
> soldering iron tip as you roll the wire under the soldering iron using
> the soldering iron tip as a hot knife of sorts to "burn" off the kynar
> coating.  Its more of a hot knife type process, I think "burning" is a
> misuse of terms...
>
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