[TowerTalk] Info for stripping enameled wire

[Bob Nielsen]

On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 04:21:35PM -0700, Bill Turner wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Apr 2004 17:01:06 -0500, <wcmoore at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> >Another product to remove enamel from wire is Eccostrip made by Emerson and Cummings. 
> 
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> Firstly, "Cumings" has only one "m".  Secondly, a search of their
> website returns no hits.  Perhaps this product has been discontinued?

Thirdly, "Cuming" as in "Emerson and Cuming" has no "s" either.  

> 
> A Google search for eccostrip returns only a water-based degreaser from
> a different company.
> 
> Are you sure of your information?


Emerson and Cuming had a number of products with "ecco" in the name. 
Their product line has changed quite a bit since I did business with
them ~40 years ago and it could be that eccostrip has been discontinued.

I recall a product called "stripvar", possibly made by General Cement,
that would easily remove formvar although it hasn't been available for
many years (I suspect that EPA/OSHA may have had something to do with
that--it was pretty nasty stuff).

Bob, N7XY