Original poster: "Gerry Reynolds" <gerryreynolds-at-earthlink-dot-net> Hi Jim, Acetone is pretty nasty stuff and not knowing better, I would be concerned about it desolving the winding insulation. Gerry R > Original poster: "Jim Mitchell" <electrontube-at-sbcglobal-dot-net> > >> Now I have the whole thing dipped in acetone to dissolve the rest of the > asphalt. >