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A learning experience (field Coil)
John Bartley
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01-06-2021, 02:19 PM
There is a product out there called "liquid salts". As far as I know it is sodium hydroxide and it has to be heated from a solid to a liquid in order to work. I have some here that I bought to strip the "unstrippable" Litz wire that is found on the market. It works and works well.

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I melted mine in a little cast iron pot that I used to use for melting lead for musket balls ....
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RE: A learning experience (field Coil) - by morzh - 12-27-2020, 11:44 AM
RE: A learning experience (field Coil) - by n1ps - 01-04-2021, 09:06 PM
RE: A learning experience (field Coil) - by John Bartley - 01-06-2021, 02:19 PM



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