i find a match works better. there is danger there too. too much heat and t=
he wire inside will melt into a small blob.
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umashankar
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> From: vickipowys <>
>To:
>Sent: Tuesday, May 8, 2012 6:26 AM
>Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Removal of plastic coating from wires....
>
>Or maybe you could heat the blade of a razor knife and make the nicks=C2=
=A0
>that way?=C2=A0 I usually strip wire using a razor knife, carefully run=C2=
=A0
>the knife all the way around in a circle without quite touching the=C2=A0=
>wires, then gently coax the plastic off using fingernails.=C2=A0 Being=C2=
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>short-sighted helps.=C2=A0 I've never had any luck with a conventional=C2=
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>wire-stripper.=C2=A0 I will have to give Mitch's soldering iron method a=
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>go sometime, sounds good.
>
>Vicki
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>On 08/05/2012, at 9:48 AM, Mitch Hill wrote:
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>> 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=C2=
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>>> are fine!) two Primo caps by trying to remove the plastic coating=C2=A0=
>>> from the included wires.=C2=A0 The wire is very small...has to be near=
=C2=A0
>>> 30ga. and the coating is very tough.=C2=A0 The issue is that in using=
=C2=A0
>>> wire strippers, all I managed to do was pull the wires from the=C2=A0
>>> capsule on the first one, then when that did not work, I tried to=C2=A0=
>>> very carefully with small scissors, cut around the plastic to pull=C2=
=A0
>>> it off...with exactly the same result.=C2=A0 The amount of exposed wire=
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>>> at the tip of them is insufficient to either solder or twist...so=C2=A0=
>>> what do I do??=C2=A0 =C2=A0 I read some place you can try and burn it o=
ff,=C2=A0
>>> but I can't imagine on copper wire that thin, that will work as=C2=A0
>>> I'd be afraid to simply mix melted plasic IN to the wire itself.=C2=A0=
>>> Any help???
>>>
>>>
>>
>> What you describe sounds to me like Kynar insulation and yes, it is=C2=
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>> very
>> tough.=C2=A0 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.=C2=A0 Its more of a hot knife type process, I think "burning" i=
s a
>> misuse of terms...
>>
>> --
>> --
>> Mitch Hill
>>
>> (Sent from HP DV6T)
>>
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>> sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie=C2=A0=
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