"aurgathor" wrote:
I took apart a UPS, and the PCB, including a significant portion
of the components on it are coated with some kind of clear and
shiny lacquer. This is nice for some things, but now I can't read
the markings on the chips. What kind of cleaner is best to clean
the coating from the chips?

I'm not sure that it's supposed to come off, and any solvent that will
remove it will probably tear the {markings, epolxy bodies} right off
thise chips...