Use ribbon forming adhesive with either fibre arrangement tool for additional advantage. Ribbons formed with this adhesive have excellent stripability, especially compared to ribbonising methods using tape. Unlike tape methods, the paste does not “gum-up” the stripping tool and cause broken fibres. The paste holds the stripped coating residue into a single piece of debris that is easily cleaned from the stripper. If needed, the ribbon can be easily separated into individual fibres using alcohol.