What solvents to use on main lift reterm????

Best solvent to use and recommended by Nexans is clear lamp oil. The best is to heat up the oil to 25-35 degrees Celsius.
Once I used kerosine with an ambient temperature of 35 degrees Celsius, worked very well.

As luckyjim37 mentioned its best to use a heatgun for the copper polyester laminate.

I have done quite a few re-terms on these cables and have always used diesel as the primary cleaning agent followed by CRC Electraclean.

It is still a bastard of a job but with a lot of patience and elbow grease it works.

I’ve noticed it also seems to be a lot more effective in warmer ambient conditions, e.g. on deck in the tropics, than in a cold environment; so the use of a heat gun would definitely help if you are out in the cold (so to speak).

I had never read the Nexans document before but thanks for the post, I know that I’ve never seen any white spirit in use anywhere that I’ve worked. Zippo lighter fluid is basically the same thing but I would obviously urge extreme caution using it in combination with an ignition source such as a heat gun! A recent IMCA safety flash comes to mind.

I’ve often wondered whether one of the citrus based (citric acid) products would work better (and be more environmentally friendly) but I haven’t tried as yet myself. I seem to recall a telecoms company using something similar years ago.

Cheers

I find that;
4 parts WD40
3 parts blood of afresh faced trainee.
1 parts the urine of an overweight hung over Geordie rigger.
2 eye of OIM. ( he doesn’t use them)
A soup song of tears from a stressed client rep.
2 carton of UHT milk, because let’s face it that’s all its good for.
As many cold half drank brews you can find in the van.
Add that bit of water that never drains away in the shower. You know the one you step in having a off shift pi£$.
If that doesn’t work drink it. When you wake up the reterm will be done!!

Hope this helps.