Dissolving Rubber/Plastic/Wire Coatings - Advice Needed

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Chlorosulfonic acid effectively dissolves rubber and plastic coatings, although its availability is limited due to its hazardous nature. An alternative is the now-defunct product Strip-X, which contains phenol and methylene chloride, known for its efficacy in stripping enamel wire coatings. Users should exercise caution when handling these substances due to their toxic properties.

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this question is kind of short and is sort of a threadwaste so sorry

but

is there any type of solution that might disolve rubber? plastic? somthing that might disolve the coatings around wires? somthing that might be used to strip wires, except it would disolve it.

thanks
Adam
 
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Chlorosulfonic acid would work, but I doubt you would be able to buy it anywhere. It is also extremely nasty stuff.
 
I use a now defunct product called strip-X, which is a phenol (and methylene chloride) based enamel wire stripper.

http://ptcl.chem.ox.ac.uk/MSDS/PH/phenol.html

http://www.sciencestuff.com/msds/C1680.html
 
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