1. AN APPARATUS FOR DEGREASING STRIP MATERIAL, COMPRISING A CONTAINER, A FIRST, LOWR ZONE IN SAID CONTAINER FOR A LIQUID SOLVENT, HEATING MEANS IN SAID FIRST ZONE FOR BOILING THE SOLVENT, A SECOND, MIDDLE ZONE IN SAID CONTAINER FOR THE VAPOUR OF SAID BOILING SOLVENT, COOLING MEANS IN SAID SECOND ZONE FOR DEFINING AHIGHES LEVEL OF THE VAPOUR, A TANK FOR RECEIVING THE SOLVENT CONDENSED ON SAID COOLING MEANS A THIRD, HIGHER ZONE IN SAID CONTAINER, AN INLET OPENING AND AN OUTLET OPENING FOR THE STRIP IN SAID THIRD ZONE, MEANS FOR CONVEYING THE STRIP FROM SAID INLET OPENING DOWN INTO SAID SECOND ZONE AND UP INTO SAID THIRD ZONE AND OUT THROUGH SAID OUTLET OPENING, WIPERS ADJACENT BOTH SIDES OF THE PATH OF SAID STRIP AND ADJACENT THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN SAID THIRD AND SEOCND ZONES TO RUB OFF ANY REMAINING SOLVENT FROM THE STRIP PASSING FROM THE SECOND TO THE THIRD ZONE, SPRAYING MEANS ADJACENT BOTH SIDES OF THE PATH OF THE STRIP BETWEEN SAID FIRST ZONE AND SAID WIPERS AND MEANS FOR PUMPING SOLVENT FROM SAID TANK TO SAID SPRAYING MEANS.