[Amps] Strip-X enamel wire stripper

Bob Nielsen nielsen at oz.net
Tue May 10 14:32:02 EDT 2005


On Tue, 2005-05-10 at 13:22 -0400, Bill Fuqua wrote:
> 	 Need to know what can be used as a substitute for Strip-x. Have access to 
> just about any organic compound or solvent. But, what should one 
> use?  Strip-x was a mixture of several organic solvents but I have no idea 
> what the active ingredient(s) were.
> 
> 73
> Bill wa4lav
> 

Strip-X is a mixture of methylene chloride, phenol and ammonia with
inert thickeners:

http://www2.itap.purdue.edu/msds/docs/1451.pdf

I haven't seen the stuff in years.  I imagine the EPA or OSHA had
problems with it.  It really did the job, however.

73,
Bob, N7XY





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