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Fixing a Headphone Cable--Wire Insulation

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I'm thinking of trying to fix a headphone cable by soldering (Sennheiser HD-205, if it matters; it's a fairly thin cable). My main worry is the insulation around the individual wires in the cable, which makes recreating a connection difficult at best. Does anyone with experience in fixing headphone cables know of a good way to remove this insulation or connect the wires in spite of it? I'm not really sure of what to do with it.
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pictures?

I've fixed these things before. You can get a wire stripper at a hardware store and stripe the plastic off. Buy some heat shrink as well. For wires, solder helping hands helps a lot.

In general you want to strip the cable, put on heat shrink, solder your cable, then heat up your heat shrink to cover up the area.
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Headphone wire have enamel on it. The best way to remove this is to use a hot soldering iron with a blob of solder on the tip. It will burn off the enamel and tin the wire.
I have a cheap 15w iron from radioshack and it doesn't get hot enough. I have a 45w RS desolder pump and that works well.
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Basically imagine taking a thin headphone cable and, after 10 or so unsuccessful attempts, cutting through it with a scissors. (Our cats apparently still chew cords) It is enamel, so a wire stripper won't work--much too thin/attached to the wires. I didn't know you could burn through the enamel--so I apply some hot solder, then pump it all off? I'll probably wait until sometime after Christmas to get the materials, so I'd like to know what I'll need.
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