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Subject: Re: stripping wirewrap wire

From: "Andrew" <andrewm1973@...>
Date: 2007-04-22

> Roland F wrote:
>
> If you need to place jumper wires on the
> PCB and you have to have the jumpers
> insulated, there is a type of magnet
> wire that has a type of insulation that
> quickly disintegrates when the heat from
> a soldering iron is applied to it.
>
> I don't recall the name of this type of
> coated magnet wire, but I think it is
> readily available. I have a bunch of it
> that I got from old inductances and
> transformers.

Solderable Polyester Coated Wire.

There is also another type I sell called
ButylBond which is a solderable polyester
insulation with a butyl heat activated
glue on the outside.