Varnished wire question

[Bulbz]

The issue is not winding a coil.
The issue is bare wire, for what ever reason this guy wants bare wire,
So I suggested he buy bare wire.

Or he may already have the coated wire, and maybe wants to go and sell it to a scrap metal dealer. 

[jadaro2600]

This has to be the most humorous thread yet;

The reason that I need the enamel removed is because I don't want to solder - it's impractical  for prototyping; although, I suppose that I could just use a larger wire for the prototype, none the less;

I need to be able to remove a section of enamel from the wire without cause it to become embrittled by the heat of a flame.

The wire is thin, and whether or not it's thick or thin, a chemical which  removes the varnish or enamel is favored.  Consider an application which requires tapping the coil at a specific location on the winds, or perhaps you're stuck in my position, where soldering is a pain for prototyping, fire won't work, and embrittlement is an issue.

Thus far the best suggestion has been the methylated spirits.  I have no idea what Nitromors are and the nail polish remover ( acetone and a bunch of other various chemicals which arguably do more than just remove nail polish ) isn't working at all even after 4 hours.

I've gone so far as to consider acids of some sort, but I haven't got access to those sorts of things unless I make them myself, and then I'm limited to what can be made from table salt. Soda Lye and Hydrochloric Acid depending on how good a day I'm having I might be able to raise of lower the PH by a point or two - but that's it; I really haven't got a clue what I'm doing and I hate chlorine!

Bulbz has a good point too, someone might read this and want to remove the enamel for the recycling biz.

[Paul-R]

The issue is not winding a coil.
The issue is bare wire, for what ever reason this guy wants bare wire,
So I suggested he buy bare wire.

I think, Brian, the point may be that it comes enamelled. Use an angle grinder on the main
8:1 transformer in a scrapped microwave oven, and you get out some magnificent
copper lacquered coils.

[Bulbz]

When you stated "prototyping", are you using one of those systems with the holes that you push wires into ?.

If so, you could just solder the wire to copper pins, and insert that into the board instead !

[jadaro2600]

I think I'm just going to prototype with a larger gage wire.

I'll go looking for varnish remover tomorrow and post any results - if I can remember.