You might try a hot solution of KOH or NaOH. I recall reading those were used to help clean Kapton material after laser cutting. Bob K. -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Gregg Owens Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2014 2:54 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] Kapton Insulation Anyone know of an easy way to remove Kapton insulation from solid 26AWG wire? We have to prep such wires for soldering. I thought we could simply remove with a solder pot but the insulation is just too resilient. Any ideas? Thanks, Gregg ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________