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Ralph Mowery

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says...

I just select 375 °C as soldering temperature,
that burns the magnet wire insulation,
and then you can just tin it.
Scraping damages the wire.
But watch out for the terrible possible toxic smell.
I use a match to burn off the insulation. Sand paper also works without nicking the wire. I think I saw some kind of chemical stripper in the electronics catalogs, but I never tried those.

The high temperature iron sometimes works and sometime not depending on
the wire.

I usually use a Bic lighter and one of the Scotchbrite pads to finish
cleaning the wire.