I did say that it was an extremely dangerous process. I did not give any directions for making it.
I understand the often need for a disclaimer about endorsing "the use of flammable, explosive or other chemically dangerous fluids in wire and cable plants."
Magnet wire (enamelling, winding, etc.) plants utitize a material generically called enamel which may be polyvinyl, polurethane, polyester, nylon and other materials which are manufactured with aromatic hydrocarbon solvents which are also added to control viscosity. These materials are applied to wire as it maked multiple passes through a drying oven. Thpically the solvents evaporate and are burned in the oven by either a catalysts or incinerator and the heat is reused in the oven. Enamel varies from 10 to 70% solids and the remaining materials are solvents.
Aromatic hydrocarbons are by nature flammable, can be explosive,and can be dangerous when handled improperly. It is not unusual for any plant to have similar materials. Magnet wire plants however often have thousands of gallons of it on hand because it is a a primary raw material. A rough rule of thumb is that for every 100 pounds of enamelling wire approximately 1 gallon of enamel was used and approximately half of that would be some type of solvent.
Since you said "The Wire Association International, Inc. does not endorse or recommend the use of flammable, explosive or other chemically dangerous fluids in wire and cable plants." does that mean you don't recognize the magnet wire industry as a part of the wire and cable industry?
