Originally Posted by
izit
Hi and sorry if this is the wrong place to post, Ive searched to see if its possible to strip the insulation from copper cable using Acid (Hydrochloric???)but cant find any thing. any ideas ?
Try useing methyl ethyl ketone, be sure to read the MSDS as this chemical is both explosive and bad for your health but make a great solvent for removing plastic.
You could run the MEK inside a closed reaction vessel filled with an inert gas to prevent an explosion, then distill the solvent off to relaim it for another stripping. Inside your reaction vessel you would be left with the color pigments and ploymers used in making the original plastic.
Or you oculd halt the process when your MEK becomes reasonably saturated you could package and label it to sell as PVC solvent.
The automotive industry already uses a similar process to reclaim waste plastics from molded mouldings and uplostery.
Since my original research on this, I beleive they have come up with ways to remove the pigments leaving the polymers free od any color fro use in making new plastics. If the pigments are left behind you end up with gray.
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