magnet wire enamel

[George L.]

Hello,

I was wondering if there is a better way of removing enamel from the magnet wire than sandpaper or using a knife to scrape it off. Somekind of solvent?

thanks,

George L.

 

[Someone Electro]

Fire

 

[akg]

Fire

yeah ... ... a good enamel remover, don't forget to clean the ash

 

[JimB]

Some wires have enamel which will burn off when hot solder is applied to them.
Otherwise, a quick scrape with a sharp knife does the trick!

JimB

 

[zachtheterrible]

Yup, fire works great.
I always find it hard to scrape with a knife because it ruins the nice windings that I've made when the knife slips, and I never can seem to get all of it off.

 

[Someone Electro]

If you srape it of whith stomhing sharp (Even an transfomer E core dose the trick) Put the wire on some surface that can be damaged (In case knife slips)
and srape to the end of the wire while slowly rotating the wire this gets the most off.But still not all of it.

 

[George L.]

Where you serious when you said fire, I am about to try this...It sounds so easy. If it works...you will he my hero.

George L.

 

[chemelec]

Buy Heat Stripable Enamel Wire. Than you can remove it with your soldering iron and solder.

 

[Oznog]

Yeah, fire is cool. hehe.... he he. Cool.

 

[akg]

Where you serious when you said fire, I am about to try this...It sounds so easy. If it works...you will he my hero.

George L.

don't place the thin wire too long in fire... it may melt

 

[Someone Electro]

Yea for that hair thin wire wave it in and out of the fire.

EDIT: and use a cigarete lighter NOT a blow torch.

 

[chemelec]

Yeah, fire is cool. hehe.... he he. Cool.

Who said Fire?

But most manufacturers sell enamel coated wire that has a Relatively low temperature insulation that can be removed with a soldering iron and solder. (or with the use of a solder pot.)

 

[Someone Electro]

Not all insulation will and the soldering iron takes a long time to warm up while an cigarete lighter is in instant.

 

[spuffock]

For old enamelled wire, of the sort you can't solder through, do the following. Get a small metal bottle cap, half fill it with methylated spirit or isopropyl alcohol, and light it. Heat the wire to red heat in the flame, and quench it in the alcohol. Remove the wire quickly, don't allow the flame to heat it again. You'll be astonished. If you've done it right the end of the wire will be bright pink copper. It will solder beautifully. You have to be more careful with thinner wires, as they melt too easily. Get a few metres and practice!

 

[phalanx]

For simple enamel magnet wire, you can use paint stripper to remove it. The best ones contain methylene chloride and make short work of it. Best of all you can pick it up right at your local hardware store. Back in the day there was a product called Strip-X used for stripping enamelled magnet wire. It worked like a charm and its active ingredient was methylene chloride.

This will not work on magnet wires that use a polyimide coating.